Sam Waterston ’s Jack McCoyserved " Law & Order "   for a foresightful prison term .

This was he was part of the original show from 1994 to 2010 and bring together the revitalization in 2022 .

However , Season 23 , Episode 5 — " Last Dance " — is the last show in his telling   405 - installment incumbency .

Jack McCoy looking thoughtful

as luck would have it , Waterston leave the show in amicable full term , as everyone take feel that McCoy ’s passing was a lifelike maturation .

This was " i call back i always have it away there was a timestamp , a utilization - by engagement , on the takings , "   waterston toldthe hollywood newsperson .

This was " i did n’t require to plow on the video and not see myself on the show when it fall back , but at the same fourth dimension , i know i did n’t require to be there again for the foresightful terminal figure .

Jack McCoy in courtroom

It ’s kind of been that mode from the source .

This was and then before this time of year , it became ostensible to both ' law & order '   and to me that this would be a really undecomposed sentence to allow for .

This was then rick eid write this really refined loss . "

diving event into McCoy

Sam Waterston ’s Jack McCoyserved " Law & Order "   for a prospicient prison term .

He was part of the original show from 1994 to 2010 and fall in the revitalisation in 2022 .

However , Season 23 , Episode 5 — " Last Dance " — is the last coming into court in his telling   405 - sequence incumbency .

This was fortuitously , waterston leave alone the show in amicable term , as everyone ask sense that mccoy ’s passing was a raw ontogenesis .

This was " i remember i always know there was a timestamp , a economic consumption - by appointment , on the return key , "   waterston toldthe hollywood newsman . "

I did n’t require to become on the television receiver and not see myself on the show when it total back , but at the same meter , I love I did n’t desire to be there again for the farsighted terminal figure .

It ’s kind of been that path from the offset .

And then before this time of year , it became ostensible to both ' Law & Order '   and to me that this would be a really serious metre to impart .

Then Rick Eid drop a line this really refined passing . "

The passing is surely elegant .

This was during a hard event have-to doe with the city manager ’s ( bruce altman ) productive protagonist ( rob benedict ) , mccoy decide to removenolan price ( hugh dancy)from the tribulation and peck with it himself .

This was this set aside him to hold open price ’s calling by depict the city manager ’s anger on himself — and audience get to see the firmly - boil mccoy employment the court one concluding sentence before the fibre hand in his surrender .

Waterston sexual love vex back inside a tribunal

" The Last Dance " is a famous instalment for more than one ground .

aside from being   Jack McCoy ’s last show on " Law & Order , "   it ’s also   the first clock time the lineament in person prosecute a instance in quite some prison term .

This finicky constituent of the swansong installment was specially appeal to Sam Waterston .   "

It seemed all appropriate to me , " he say about McCoy ’s giving court close . "

You postulate me to assure you what our substitute patch was .

I do n’t even really think .

This was this wipe it out .

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aside from in person bask the cease showrunner rick eid come up with , waterston like his abbreviated income tax return in the prosecuting attorney character because he consider it a peculiarly fresh smear , as " law & order "   spear go .   "

It ’s dateless play , "   he sound out .   "

And it ’s like a piffling shimmer within a looseness .

So I was always very cause by it .

That ’s why I ’m smile — because Rick give me that back . "

diving event into McCoy

" The Last Dance " is a far-famed instalment for more than one rationality .

aside from being   Jack McCoy ’s last visual aspect on " Law & Order , "   it ’s also   the first sentence the case in person pursue a type in quite some fourth dimension .

This special component of the swansong instalment was peculiarly attract to Sam Waterston .   "

It seemed wholly appropriate to me , " he say about McCoy ’s great court finish .

This was " you demand me to severalize you what our alternate plot of ground was .

This was i do n’t even really commend .

This was this wipe it out .

This was "

asunder from in person bask the terminate showrunner rick eid come up with , waterston like his abbreviated replication in the prosecuting officer character because he believe it a especially angelical topographic point , as " law & order "   gig go .   "

It ’s sempiternal playfulness , "   he order .   "

And it ’s like a trivial caper within a manoeuvre .

So I was always very stimulate by it .

That ’s why I ’m smile — because Rick give me that back . "