So the umpteenth spinoff of the Law & Order Franchise is boldly going where comics journalists have bafflingly feared to tread, and where even theatre critics waited untold months to cover for the (apparently justified) fear of arousing the wrath of Disney.

Director Julie Taymor and the once insufferably-humanitarian Bono, it seems, conjure as much clout and wield it as menacingly as over-the-top mad industrialist supervillain Norman Osborn.

Well, now that the show has closed pending several changes, including a replacement for Ego the Living Planet Taymor, the vultures are coming out, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent explores a case that is not at all implausible had the show continued unchecked with its unconscionably lackluster safety measures - that's right, someone falls to their death.

TV Guide describes the story ripped from January's headlines:

The story will focus on a high-flying show called Icarus, which detectives begin investigating when a botched stunt leads to one of the actor's death. Suspects include a "high-strung and larger than life" director possibly modeled after Spider-Man's one-time director Julie Taymor. The episode also features a bisexual rock-star composer named Arno.