So, imagine my delight when I discovered that the official Law & Order YouTube channel has edited excerpts of episodes starting at Season 20 and reaching back to the series' debut (the channel also has clips of episodes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but that show just isn't my jam). These YouTube excerpts often don't feature full episodes, but rather bits no longer than 12 minutes or so, covering a third to half the episode (the clips that cut back an entire episode to a 14-minute span just aren't the same). And as a bonus for a TV critic, bingeing episode clips makes it even easier to see the difference between Law & Order's awkward beginnings, the smooth complexity of its best middle years and the hacky, predictable formulas of current episodes and spinoffs.