Ponderings about a Law and Order DVD

Today I happened to go to what some might call a thrift store, but I don't consider Goodwill or the Salvation Army to be thrift stores. A thrift store I feel is a slightly fancier establishment where you go to find *vintage* outfits. In any case. At Goodwill I was looking at the DVD section where there was a bookshelf of DVDs. The selection was more interesting than what you might find at a regular store like Target. The selection was more eclectic and it included things like Zoolander and seasons one and three of Arrested Development, which I would have gotten but that show is on Netflix. Zoolander used to be on Netflix but it isn't anymore. There was also a movie with Tom Cruise called Collateral which looked kind of interesting. And Syriana which I don't really know what it is about but it has George Clooney in it, which made me not want to get it because I think George Clooney is an idiot. They had an interesting assortment, definitely. One thing that caught my eye was the DVD "Law and Order Crime Scenes," which features 8 episodes "personally selected by Dick Wolf." I am looking forwards to watching them sometime hopefully soon. This, by the way, is the original Law and Order and not Law and Order CI, which I refer to by just Law and Order since that's the one I watch the most even though it technically is Law and Order CI instead of just Law and Order. (I really kinda doubt that people care what I refer to the various versions of Law and Order as.) Of course, encountering this DVD made me start having some wonderings. Obviously, some person residing presumably in the county (seeing as I assume someone from outside the county would go to a different Goodwill in their county that presumably would be closer) didn't want their Law and Order DVD anymore. It makes me wonder why though, why they decided to donate their DVD to Goodwill. The DVD is from 2003 as on the back it mentions that the show had been on for 13 years. This means the DVD is rather old, comparatively, and could perhaps sort of be referred to as an antique. In a way, I guess. I feel like DVDs weren't all that common in 2003 and it almost would make more sense for it to be on a videotape. They had VCR players at Goodwill too for the record. What were the thoughts running through this person's head when they decided to get rid of their Law and Order DVD? Who was this person? Was it a man, a woman, and how old? What were their personal thoughts about Law and Order? I feel like they must have liked the show a decent amount because they sprang for a DVD of 8 episodes personally selected by Dick Wolf. That's just my inference and I could be wrong. Perhaps they were cleaning out their basement or something, wherever they happened to find this DVD and thought they ought to donate it. Maybe it belonged to someone they knew/lived with who liked Law and Order but had passed on and now this person was going through their belongings. I don't know but I really wonder. Was the DVD loved and cherished by someone who decided it was time to let go of it? Or was it someone who bought it on a whim and didn't even really like Law and Order and maybe never even really watched it in full? Who knows! I just really would like to know the whole story behind the previous owner of this DVD and why they decided they didn't want it anymore. I think it's a rather snazzy DVD case design - it has on the front over a black background (like the screen that says EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DICK WOLF at the end of every Law and Order episode) the title of the DVD in a medium gray color that doesn't stand out a lot. That consists of the Law and Order logo and a subtitle underneath it in a different font, Arial Narrow or something along those lines that says "episodes selected by Dick Wolf" except in all capitals. I think it's a nicely designed cover and not too garish although garish things certainly can have a place in life. Along the spine is a yellow portion that extends slightly onto the front and back with the words "CRIME SCENES" in black, like how it would look on police tape and superimposed over that is "Law and Order Crime Scenes" in a smaller font. On the back there is a little summary and a list of the 8 episodes featured on the DVD. My mother thinks it's not natural to wonder so deeply about the story behind a used DVD, but I still wonder. She thinks it's as simple as that someone didn't want it anymore, but I want to know the whole story behind it. I'm curious to watch the episodes and try to see why Dick Wolf decided to pick these 8 to go on the DVD.