Justice is back in session with the much-anticipated return ofLaw & Order— and PEOPLE has the exclusive first look!
The police procedural and legal drama is returning to NBC on Feb. 24 with both new and former cast members.Anthony Anderson(Kevin Bernard),Sam Waterston(Jack McCoy) andCamryn Manheim(Kate Dixon) are reprising their former roles alongside franchise newcomersHugh Dancy(Nolan Price),Jeffrey Donovan(Frank Cosgrove) and Odelya Halevi (Samantha Maroun).
In the first trailer, the detectives and prosecutors are working together but there’s some tension.
“Like it or not, we’re partners with these guys,” Lieutenant Kate Dixon tells Detective Frank Cosgrove. “So you better stay above the fray.”
New Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price speaks to District Attorney Jack McCoy about why he was brought on board. “When you asked me to come here, you said, ‘I need someone who sees the world through a different lens with the guts to make hard decisions,’ " says Nolan.
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Jack replies, “It’s okay to play the hero, as long as you win.”
“If you try a good case, if you do it the right way, whatever the jury decides is right is the only way I know how to do it,” says Nolan to District Attorney Samantha Maroun. “[It’s] the only way that lets me sleep at night.”
After more than a decade off the air, NBC announced in September it was ordering the 21st season ofLaw & Order. Recently, the show’s stars spoke to PEOPLE exclusively about the exciting return at theLaw & Orderpress junket.
“I feel great being back within the Wolf Entertainment family and being on the mothership,” Anderson, 51, says. “I think had we not been unceremoniously canceled 10-plus years ago, I think the show would still be on the air and we’d be going into our 31st, 32nd season. That’s what I like to think and believe and it feels great to be back.”
“I feel privileged honored, really excited and terrified,” says Manheim, 60, of her return while Waterson, 81, shares, “It feels absolutely great. Better than I could have ever imagined.”
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Anderson says the series “is going to reflect what’s going on in today’s world” in season 21, adding that “it’s going to be [a] truer reflection of what’s going on between police and community and reform and all of that.”
Law & Orderpremieres on Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.
source: people.com
