Have you noticed that every single solitary TV drama has a pressing need to take us into the men's room, where some poor schlub is usually trapped in the act by some aggressive character, usually female, and forced to listen to a diatribe?
The latest to go there won't even start until winter, on Fox. It's called Canterbury Law. Julianna Margulies plays an aggressive attorney, and she aggresses herself right into the can in a scene the producers and Fox are so proud of, they stuck it in their promotional clips.
So, grouchy as always, I asked in a disdainful tone why they always do that. You know, Storm shames the entire TV industry into slightly higher standards. Good luck.
Walon Green, who's worked on Hill Street Blues and Law & Order and a million other things had an answer that gave me new appreciation for life in the pissoir:
Well, the urinal is actually an ideal place to shoot something, because it's not a stall. It's not enclosed. It's open. It offers opportunities for different angles and good coverage, and there's also sound potential.
"Walon, you rock," said Julianna, as I quietly shrunk back into my shell.