LAW & ORDER: Mehcad Brooks Looks Back on Sam Waterston’s Farewell and Previews Shaw’s ‘Tough, Really Deep’ Hour
February 29, 2024 by Marisa Roffman
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LAW & ORDER — “On The Ledge” Episode 23006 — Pictured: Mehcad Brooks as Det. Jalen Shaw — (Photo by: Steve Hart/NBC)
It’s a new era for LAW & ORDER in the aftermath of Sam Waterston’s departure from the franchise.
Tributes poured in for the legend (who exited the series in February) from previous and current castmates, with one of the sweetest being from L&O star Mehcad Brooks. “He’s been a beacon of light, morality and integrity for decades in America and he paved the path we as a cast now tread,” the actor, who plays Detective Shaw on the NBC series, wrote in part on Instagram.
“I was humbled to stand shoulder to shoulder with Sam,” Brooks tells Give Me My Remote of his online homage to his former costar. “He gave me so many wonderful compliments about my work. And that just meant so much to me because I grew up watching him. He was this beacon of light and virtue and morality and grit for several decades…even when the show had its own hiatus, Sam Waterston was still on the tip of everybody’s consciousness as someone who represented those things.”
LAW & ORDER: Mehcad Brooks Previews Shaw’s ‘Existential Crisis’ Amidst ‘Every Good Cop’s Nightmare’
December 6, 2022 by Marisa Roffman
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LAW & ORDER — “Camouflage” Episode 22001 — Pictured: Mehcad Brooks as Det. Jalen Shaw — (Photo by: Michael Greenberg/NBC)
On the Thursday, December 8 episode of LAW & ORDER, a suspect in a murder case escapes from police custody. The man, Troy Booker (Chaundre Hall-Broomfield), now claims he’s innocent of the initial crime—despite confessing to Shaw (Mehcad Brooks) in the immediate aftermath.
It’s all hands on deck for the cops, including Shaw, and prosecutor Price (Hugh Dancy) as they attempt to get to the bottom of what went down and stop things from spiraling even further. For Shaw, he also has to come to terms with the notion he may have helped put an innocent Black man behind bars.
