Law & Order: Paint By Number

by Kyllikki

Simply insert the appropriate words and phrases into this template and you're on your way to a surefire ratings-winning episode.

2. Word List

Law & Order: Paint By Number (Word List)
by Kyllikki (kyllikki8@hotmail.com)

Dropped plotlines?  Muddled motives?  Questionable science?  Even more questionable law?  One-dimensional characters?  Deus ex machina endings that come out of nowhere?  You betcha --  welcome to the 13th and 14th seasons, folks.  But don't worry -- you can write a script just like one you'd see on TV!  Simply insert the appropriate words and phrases into this template and you're on your way to a surefire ratings-winning episode.

NOTE:  this story was written as satire and in my mind stands alone as such; however, if you would like use it as a MadLib and play along at home, here is your word list.  The story itself is Chapter 1.

Words/Phrases to use:

1.  topic of conversation
2.  cause of death
3.  prescription drug
4.  pithy/cliched/punny phrase
5.  (different) cause of death
6.  profession
7.  profession (same as #6)
8.  (different) pithy/cliched/punny phrase
9.  family function
10. profession (same as #6)
11. swanky industry
12. (different) pithy/cliched/punny phrase
13. type of misdemeanor/minor felony [i.e., not murder or manslaughter]
14. swanky industry (same as #9)
15. fancy-sounding corporate name
16. (different) pithy/cliched/punny phrase
17. fancy-sounding corporate name (same as #15)
18. (different) misdemeanor charge
19. Alibi [e.g., playing golf]
20. (different) pithy/cliched/punny phrase
21. prescription drug (same as # 3)
22. prescription drug (same as # 3)
23. disease
24. prescription drug (same as # 3)
25. prescription drug (same as # 3)
26. prescription drug (same as # 3)
27. personal item
28. (different) pithy/cliched/punny phrase
29. fancy-sounding corporate name (same as #15)
30. Caribbean location
31. reduced charge [e.g., misdemeanor assault]
32. reduced charge (same as #31)
33. prescription drug (same as #3)
34. personal item (same as #27)
35. personal item (same as #27)
36. personal item (same as #27)
37. "quaint" "Southern" phrase
38. larger global issue [e.g., The Children, the environment, global thermonuclear war...]
39. fancy-sounding corporate name (same as #15)
40. misdemeanor charge (same as #18)
41. Manhattan street name
42. type of misdemeanor/minor felony (same as #13)
43. ethnic food
44. ethnic food (same as #43)
45. Manhattan street name (same as #41)
46. Manhattan street name (same as #41)
47. catastrophic consequence [e.g., the world will stop turning on its axis]
48. type of forensic evidence
49. insult [e.g., buttface]
50. type of corporate malfeasance
51. moral platitude.

...that's it!  You're done!  Congratulations!