I realize this has nothing to do with movies, but we watched television sometimes in between reloading the Blu-ray player with the next disc.

As you’ve probably already heard from your granparents or your creepy friend who collects TV Guide, NBC has canceled “Law and Order,” the police/legal drama that ran for two decades on the network.

It has created several spin-off shows, and delivered hundreds and hundreds of episodes featuring a truly awesome opening theme.

On a personal level, this show affected me greatly because it allowed me to cite pretend legal precedents in everyday conversation. This garnered me both the friendships I have to this day and my ability to feign knowing what Ex Parte Milligan means.

Trick question. No one knows what it means, Mr. Lincoln.

But are you sad to see the show go?

Part of me is, and part of me knows that there are 3,009 episodes ripe and ready to be picked for syndication. Hell, most of them are already there. Jokes aside, I’m just hoping they wrap up Van Buren’s storyline by the end of this season, because it’s been excruciating to live through so far. Plus, she’s possibly one of the best characters (let alone actresses) on television right now, and she deserves some strong, tear-rendering closure.

Fortunately, when I ever I miss the show, I can always watch this:

What do you think? Are you pouring one out for Law and Order?