| "Thinking Makes It So" | ||
|---|---|---|
| ← | L&O, Episode 16.18 | → |
| Production number: 16019 First aired: 29 March 2006 | ||
| Written By Michael S. Chernuchin Directed By Tony Goldwyn | ||
Plot[]
Fontana and Green investigate when a bank manager is involved in the robbing of his own bank and learn that his daughter is being held hostage and that he had to go along with the robbery or risk losing his daughter. One man is killed in the robbery, but the two detectives track down his accomplice and, while alone with Mitchell Lowell, Fontana uses extreme force to get the answers he needs, prompting Lowell's lawyer to claim that all the information Fontana obtained is "fruit of the poisonous tree." McCoy works to fight the claim of police brutality while also trying to find a way to get around Fontana's actions.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Dennis Farina as Detective Joe Fontana
- Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Annie Parisse as A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
Recurring Cast[]
- Peter Jacobson as Randolph J. Dworkin
- Peter McRobbie as Judge Walter Bradley
- Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Guest cast[]
- Michael Countryman as Howard Grant
- Stephen Schnetzer as Mitchell Lowell
- Teri Lamm as Cheryl Grant
- Amy J. Carle as Joan Cathcart
- Kevin T. Collins as Assistant M.E. Mel Fine
- Marlene Lawston as Julie Grant
- Catherine Wolf as Judge Mildred Kurtzman
- Heather Male as Sara Essex
- Kevin Mambo as Karl Farber
- Steve Luker as Doorman
- Ian Hersey as Clerk
- Ginifer King as Faye
- Tony Devon as Jury Member
- Barney Fitzpatrick as Guard
- Kamilah Forbes as Sally
- Susan Cella as Cookie
- Arnie Burton as Hotel Manager
- Marc Forget as Maitre D'
- Lucy McMichael as Jury Foreperson
- Amy Van Nostrand as Maddy
References[]
- Alabama
- Alan Dershowitz
- Iraq
- London, England
- Major Case Squad
- New Jersey
- Rugby, North Dakota
- Paris, France
- Philadelphia
- Donald Trump
Quotes[]
Borgia: So, after all this... I ask Judge Mellon for remand without bail and this clown let's it go without objection.
McCoy: Does this "clown" have a name?
Borgia: [Giggling] Squirt. Dworkin... Andy or something.
McCoy: He's definitely not a clown, Alex.
Borgia: [Still giggling] You didn't see him.
McCoy: I did on two prior occasions. Randy Dworkin is very, very smart.
Dworkin: [Interupts] And cute as a button, Miss Borgia.
McCoy: ...Under some circumstances torture is not only justifiable it's obligatory.
Borgia: That's right...to finding a ticking nuclear device hidden somewhere in New York City.
McCoy: So, it's okay to torture someone to save a million lives?
Borgia: There's at least an argument for it.
McCoy: What if the bomb wasn't in New York City? What if it was in Rugby, North Dakota where only a couple of thousand people would be at risk?
Background information and notes[]
- Tony Goldwyn, who directed this episode, joined the main cast as District Attorney Nicholas Baxter in season 23.
- In an earlier episode, "Red Ball" Joe Fontana makes a comment about wishing he had fifteen minutes alone with the suspect and doing things "the old-fashioned way" to aid in finding a missing girl.
- McCoy makes a reference to being in court against Randy Dworkin on two prior occasions. Those are "Chosen" and "Bounty."
- Dworkin returned to the L&O universe in season 19 of Law & Order: SVU.
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