I am without a doubt one of the biggest Law and Order geeks out there. I've watched it ever since the first season, sometimes drifting away but always coming back. It has been my longest running, sustainable relationship with an entire group of people.
This year, Lt.VanBuren has ovarian cancer caused by previously undetected HPV. She's going through chemo and having a hard time.
On Friday's episode, her son brings her a joint he got from a nurse in an oncology ward at the hospital near his college. She gets defensive, saying this was not how she raised him. Her son is pragmatic about her illness and says it's up to her. He leaves the room. Her bf comes over and she accuses him of being in cahoots with her son, she is "an officer of the court, sworn to hold up the law". He shrugs and tells her she's a sick woman who can't keep her food down. He is also very pragmatic about it. No drama, just the facts.
In her next scene, she is at the station and pulled aside by the "Chief of D's". He tells her someone reported smelling marijuana on her clothes. Pulling her into a corridor, he asks her if she's crazy, holding onto her arm with one hand and reaching into his pocket with the other. He takes out a box of mints and gives it to her, telling her they can hide anything on her breath.. He then tells her to change her clothes after she smokes. Her confused amazement at his actions doesn't keep her from agreeing with him. "Chief?" she asks. "Oral cancer three years ago" he replies. "That stuff was the only thing that got me through". The show than returned to the main plot and did not mention med. mj, or cancer for the rest of the episode.
Have I mentioned how much I love Law and Order?
The link below is from my dear friend vj who continually tries to get me to move to Portland for my health. One of the many reasons I love her.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5AD06O20091114?rpc=60
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