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‘Law & Order’: How Tony Goldwyn Was Introduced As DA Nicholas Baxter


'Law & Order': How Tony Goldwyn Was Introduced As DA Nicholas Baxter

Three weeks after Law & Order bid farewell to Sam Waterston, the NBC procedural on Thursday introduced Tony Goldwyn as the newest District Attorney. Usually, the legal part of the drama doesn’t happen until later in the episode, but Goldwyn’s Nicholas Baxter joined the action at the top of the hour as Detectives Jalen Shaw ( Mehcad Brooks) and Vincent Riley ( Reid Scott) are investigating the bludgeoning death of multi-millionaire Jonah Barlowe. Tension between the two men starts to build when the defendant in the murder case — a financial dominatrix who stole millions from Barlowe — tries to make a deal by offering evidence on a famous actor who raped 10 women.

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