Thanks. I didn’t think I had seen any later episodes of CI, so I thought Rodgers had mentioned it on the mothership series.
Way back, before he became Lennie, Jerry Orbach played a slimy defense attorney. Of course, L&O’s defense attorneys were usually pretty slimy.
I can’t agree that they were usually slimy. Some were, some weren’t. They might seem slimy id you’ew buyinf into the police version of the narrative, but as the show went on and became more dependent on twists, the police were frequently shown to be wrong.
When the defense attorney was just a walk-on part, they were usually OK. When the defense attorney had a significant part of the plot, they were usually slimy. Not always, but pretty often.
I have to disagree in regards to Elaine Stritch as Lanie. She told her client she wouldn’t suborn perjury by putting her on the stand and the jury was going to wonder why.
Patti LuPone played a good defense attorney too. McCoy realized his key witness was lying and threw her a bone and she ran with it and got her client off.
I always wondered about putting the defendant on the stand. From what I understand, that’s not usually done.
Ty’s MF wife Julie Bowen was in an SVU episode, along with Sarah Gilbert and Luke Perry.
Jeremy Sisto played a defense lawyer before becoming a permanent cast member. His onscreen partner Anthony Anderson played a hotheaded detective in SVU before joining the mothership.
I always wondered about that episode. McCoy asked that witness a question that he knew would be answered with an obvious lie, knowing that LuPone’s character would pounce on it, which she did.
But doesn’t that mean that McCoy suborned perjury? Even though it was for a good cause, and even though he knew the perjured testimony would immediately be called into question, it seems like he would be subject to punishment.
Someone mentioned James Earl Jones guest-starring. This was during the Ben Stone era, and he played a defense attorney named McCoy. Watching that episode today, it’s so weird to hear people saying “Mr. McCoy” when Sam Waterston is nowhere in sight!
At that point McCoy was no longer trying to convict the defendant, an au pair accused of murdering the baby in her charge. He had figured out she was innocent snf and that the witness (the baby’s older brother) was the killer. He asked the brother the question in order to trap him in a lie that would expose his perfidy. The bone he was throwing the Patti Lupone character was not helping her get her client off, as he could do that unilaterally. It was letting her, the lawyer, look good by being the person who asked the follow-up questions that would exonerate her client.
So no, McCoy was not suborning perjury,because he was not encouraging the witness to lie. He was using the fact that he could prove that the witness was lying to exonerate the defendant and to gather evidence against that witness, and secondarily helping out a friend. If the Lupone character hadn’t picked up on the cue, he would have recalled the witness and one it himself.
Back to Before They Were Stars…Courtney Vance played a stockbroker who snookered his firm for a bonus and killed his boss when the boss began to look into it. His character was always so chilling to me…Vance has such a soft, smooth voice, but you could really hear the menace in it.
I would hire Abby Carmichael as a Dominatrix. (cough If I were into that kind of thing cough)
I just remembered…Connie Nielsen (who played Detective Dani on SVU while Mariska was on maternity leave) was also in that movie.
I’m pretty sure either she or Jane Rizzoli would punch you in the face for suggesting it. And not in a sexy way.
Dr. Rogers and Lennie Brisco, just to hear them talk. Sometimes there’s dialogue on other shows that I imagine one of them saying.
Skoda did make one big mistake - I happen to be watching “Fools for Love” the 2000 episode in which Skoda falls for the story that a truly evil defendant is telling. Fortunately, she still gets convicted.
Even Rodgers made a mistake once (though she was also the only one who caught it, and immediately fessed up). Surely you’re not suggesting tht anyone be held to a standard of excellence even RODGERS cannot meet
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No, Skoda made an understandable, if unfortunate, mistake in judgment - nobody’s perfect (even Lenny managed to elicit a false confession once, didn’t he?). It’s just that Skoda’s error was a bit out of character, since he’s usually pretty skeptical - which makes the mistake noteworthy. Rodger’s error of fact, by the way, was based on a mistake made by an expert in the Yates’ case, I think - an error in which the expert cited a Law and Order episode, making it a pretty meta situation.
We’re not disagreeing. Skoda and Rodgers are the two ost competent characters in the franchise, and even they erred – once each.
Thiiiis x100,000,000,000,000!
Barba is the sole reason I still watch SVU. He’s the fuckin’ best and a snazzy dresser to boot.
Raul Esparza is a ridiculously talented actor. He can change his facial expression so subtly but it says a ton.