Dean Norris, who joined ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ in Season 4, praises showrunner John Shiban, his former ‘Breaking Bad’ writer and producer, for exploring the Stabler family relationships and delivering great writing. Norris highlights the recent Stabler family dinner scene as a testament to Shiban’s storytelling abilities and expresses his trust in the direction Shiban is taking the show.
Norris, who played DEA Agent Hank Schrader in ‘Breaking Bad,’ says he was drawn to ‘Organized Crime’ because Shiban was going to be involved. He says Shiban has fulfilled his promise of delivering great writing, and Norris has enjoyed seeing the Stabler family fleshed out.
Norris is particularly impressed with the Stabler family dinner scene, which he describes as a ‘quintessential John Shiban type thing.’ He says he would love to see more of that kind of writing in Season 5, assuming Shiban remains as showrunner.
Unfortunately, ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ has not yet been renewed for Season 5, despite ‘Law & Order’ being guaranteed Season 24 and ‘SVU’ getting a renewal for Season 26. While there haven’t been many updates since ‘L&O’ and ‘SVU’ (along with the three ‘One Chicago’ shows) were renewed back in March, there reportedly is the possibility that NBC will pass on ‘OC Season 5’ and it will instead be picked up as a streaming series for Peacock Premium subscribers.
As of the time of writing, neither the network nor the streamer have released any official updates on if/when ‘OC Season 5’ is on the way, but fans can show support by continuing to watch new episodes live on Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.
