Last night the blonde DA (Elizabeth Röhm) on “Law & Order” was canned for being “too passionate.” From what I could tell there had been little indication this had been in the cards. But what was completely out of left field was her response to Fred Thompson when he let her go. “Is it because I’m a lesbian?”

Now, this isn’t mere bitterness that they didn’t develop this story line years ago. But this was a complete non sequitur (unless I missed the famous lesbian date episode). She might as well have said, “Is this because I’m am the warrior queen of the planet Glaxnor?” Or, “Is this because I ate the last bread crust when we were in that Cambodian tiger cage?”

I like the lack of character development generally, but can we get a little foreshadowing next time?