L&O at TCA, 2005

Each year, members of the Television Critics Association gather together in El Lay for a fete and awards session, held over several days. During that time, critics and TV people hold press conferences and lunches and act like they're buddies -- before retiring to their separate corners for another year of praising and sniping.

"Law & Order" was no exception, and Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay, Vincent D'Onofrio and Annie Parrisse presided over one such conference. Having gotten our hands on the transcript of the discussion -- some of which has already been published elsewhere, as you'll see -- we present it beginning here.

Enjoy!

--K&K