Since I call Brooklyn home, I always get a little twinge of pride when I see a local story making the leap from the Post's front page to my television screen. Like lots of L&O story lines, this one is New York-centric, but we all know the governor and his ho story rocked the nation. I understand Wolf & Co. can't always be catering to New Yawkers -- there are times when he has to go a little bit Hollywood, if only to broaden the appeal of his skillful story-telling magic. Some of the great episodes of recent seasons have seen Wolf poaching gossip column gold, from the plot involving an infant-toting pop princess and her no-good wannabe rapper husband (who could THAT be?) to the one about a drug-addled bombshell with a new baby who dies under mysterious circumstances after her older son OD's (again, that's a toughie). Oh, did I mention that said bombshell was played by KRISTY EFFING SWANSON? And that her smarmy lawyer "boyfriend" was played by none other than . . . DAVID CROSS? Extra points for genius casting, Wolfie. There are surely other classics I'm totally forgetting (damn you, excessive drugs and alcohol!). Needless to say, a Dick-less world would be a bleak one indeed, and one I'd rather not ponder. Luckily, what with all the variations on the original franchise (get ready for Law & Order: Alternate-Side Parking) and endless syndication, I'll never have to.