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"Alana De La Garza has said that she hopes that fans of the original Law &amp;amp; Order series will be able to find some closure, now that she has joined the cast of the show&amp;#039;s spinoff Law &amp;amp; Order: LA. In January, it was announced that De La Garza would reprise her role as Assistant District Attorney Connie Rubirosa as part of a midseason revamp of the spinoff, which also saw the likes of Skeet Ulrich, Regina Hall and Megan Boone written out of the series. &amp;quot;I was in negotiations for a pilot when the head writer sent me a quick email to say, &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t do anything rash, we&amp;#039;re trying to resurrect Connie&amp;#039;,&amp;quot; De La Garza explained to TV Line. &amp;quot;And the offer came in the next day.&amp;quot; The actress admitted that she was sad when she learned that Law &amp;amp; Order would not be returning for a new season last year, and jumped at the opportunity to play Rubirosa again. &amp;quot;We were all taken aback by it,&amp;quot; she said regarding the abrupt ending of Law &amp;amp; Order. &amp;quot;So maybe this will give [the fans] a sense that Law &amp;amp; Order is still going on, it&amp;#039;s just not on the air.&amp;quot; Law &amp;amp; Order: LA returns with a double airing on Monday. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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