Law and Order

Why does Law and Order feel like I want to watch it for an hour, only to be left without a specific and clear cut ending?

If I wanted to be mentally enriched, I would go see a Mamet play, watch an Audray Tautou movie, or read Ulysses.

YOU ARE A TELEVISION SHOW! GET OVER YOURSELF! I am supposed to leave you just as empty-headed as I came to you.

*Smacks Law and Order on the nose with a rolled up newspaper* Bad tv show! Bad!