There was a throwaway reference to him working on behalf of Holocaust survivors, trying to get their money from the Swiss, or something, which I thought was a disservice to Steven Hill’s long tenure on the show.
Which Sex and the City actress is a killer?
While they all slay me, the correct answer is Cynthia Nixon in an early episode based on the Bernard Goetz incident.
What was the name of Jerry Orbach’s character when he appeared as a defense attorney?
Correct! (That whole episode was fantastic).
What 2005 Oscar nominee was in an earlier episode as a call girl?
Didn’t Laura Linney play the gal who murdered the visiting Japanese businessman? (Earlier, in Japan, said Japanese businessman had essentially consigned Linney to life in a brothel on the pretense of offering her employment as a singer.)
Correct. IIRC, she read a bunch of books on battered wife syndrome, then killed him and used that as a defense.
Stuyvesant and Hudson. I can’t recall which one is named college, and which is university.
I’ll try to come up with some questions of my own.
Wasn’t it McCoy?
I am highly interested in this one! I know I will go :smack: once the answer is revealed.
I think it’s Hudson University.
The one with Larry Miller, who killed his wife in the earlier episode, and was in the later one being threatened by the mob for a different crime.
I’m not sure where “the rounds” are, but I would love it if it were “I this because I’m a lesbian?”
Roscoe Lee Browne (the Narrator from Babe, among other things) was in a couple of episodes, but I don’t think he was a defense attorney.
David Groh (from Rhoda!) as Dr. Lowenstein. A despicable character.
A more recent L&O character also played on the X-Files. Which actor and which episode?
That’s the one I was looking for.
That’s not the one I’m thinking of.
Per Claire Kincaid in the episode “Rebels” McCoy drives a Honda, which a bike shop salesman refers to disparagingly as a “rice burner.”
Captain Don Cragen (now on SVU) and Det. Lennie Briscoe (late and lamented) were both “in the program” and Jack McCoy is on and off the wagon depending on the situation.
There’s one more now, on L&O Trial by Jury: Kirk Acevedo (D.A.I. Salazar/Alvarez on Oz)
The correct character name for Donna Hanover is Judge Deborah Bourke.
In the first Larry Miller episode, “Coma,” he played a comedy club owner named Dobson who hired a crackhead comedian to murder his wife. Only after he was tried and acquitted did Briscoe and Logan discover the connection between Miller and the crackhead. In the second episode, “Encore,” Miller’s second wife (who was his mistress first time around) was killed by yet another hired hitman and with a very convoluted path which included a fingerprint on a subway slug, Dobson was convicted. Miller also poopped up on L&O as himself a couple of years ago in the episode “Smoke” which was the “ripped from the headlines” deal based on Michael Jackson dangling the baby.
My questions:
TL1: Which of the following real-life cases weren’t ripped from the headlines for an L&O episode?
a.) The D.C. snipers case
b.) The “yuppie muderer” Robert Chambers
c.) The Menendez brothers case
d.) The Lorena Bobbit case
e.) The Nancy Kerrigan assault case
TL2: Which regularly appearing police officer was revealed to be corrupt and on an organized crime payroll?
TL3: Which regular cast member’s kids were frequent recurring “scenic players?”
TL4: In addition to The Practice and Oz, 8 of the regular cast members from Third Watch have appeared on L&O (original series). Name them.
Correct, but there’s another one.
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Profaci, during the Law and Order move.
I know the woman cop, the redhead, appeared as a woman who got pregnant to frame her boss. The older, heavier cop appeared as the husband of a woman who helped her lover torch his construction site. (sorry, I don’t know names off Third Watch.)
There are some mighty sharp Law & Order mavens here. Hats off to you all.
I don’t have the recall of who played what where, so my questions are more story-based:
Both Ben Stone and Jack McCoy earned their promotions to Executive ADA by successfully prosecuting a high-profile case. Who were the defendants, and how did each case come back to haunt the prosecutor?
An easy one: What’s the name of the fictional crime family most often referred to throughout Law & Order?
Name at least three stories that end with a person taking his own life.
Sorry, ivylass but the correct answer to my “which of these cases was not ripped from headlines” is actually “none of the above.” All of the stories were turned into L&O episodes. I’ll admit that was slightly unfair.
Since you don’t know character or actor names, I’ll consider my Third Watch question still technically open.
That would be the Massucci family.
Re Stone, that was the Phillip Swan case. Swan (Zeljko Ivanek), representing himself, scores a re-trial and subsequently an acquittal. He tries to sue Ben for violating his civil rights, but ends up back in jail after Stone gets him for another murder, which covered up his first crime. One of my favorite eps.
Teaelle, can you refresh my memory with the Menendez Brothers case on L&O?
Well Ass For A Hat got the Ben Stone one (I guess we’re using IMDb now ;)) so I’ll take the McCoy one. He was sleeping with a former Assistant ADA who withheld evidence from the defense so McCoy could get promoted and they could take a beach vacation. A good episode for the “Is he sleeping with Claire” debate. The former lover says “You are sleeping with him, aren’t you?”
For McCoy, he achieved a high profile conviction, against a child-killer and unbeknownst to him, his assistant/lover had pressured a witness to “fudge” the truth a little. When the conviction was overturned, he went after his former assistant, now in private practice, and charged her. She ended up surrendering her license.
Bonus…where did Jack take his assistant to celebrate this win and his promotion?
Actually, I think she says, with a knowing look, “You know Jack, don’t you?”