Asylum
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| "Asylum" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 2.04 | → |
| Production number: 67409 First aired: 8 October 1991 | ||
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| Teleplay By Kathy McCormick Story By Robert Palm Directed By Kristoffer Tabori | ||
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[edit] Plot
The detectives arrest a homeless man, who is later convicted of murder based on their discovery of the weapon in his "home" in Central Park, but the conviction is threatened on appeal because they lacked a search warrant.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- Paul Sorvino as Sergeant Phil Cerreta
- Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
- Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
- Richard Brooks as A.D.A. Paul Robinette
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
[edit] Guest cast
- Bill Alton as Judge Bernard O'Malley
- Graham Brown as Appellate Judge Barry Marton
- Melissa Fraser Brown as Miss Murdoch
- Matthew Cowles as Christian Tatum
- Elizabeth Lawrence as Miss Elsie Hatch
- Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
- Wendy Radford as Miss Fahey
- Stuart Rudin as James Polesky
- Michael Tolan as Norman Ackerman
- William Mesnik as Appellate Judge Leonard Rosenblum
- Irving Metzman as Judge Streebie
- Lycia Naff as Mimi Sternhagen
- George T. Odom as Attendant
- Ron McLarty as Scoler
- Dan Grimaldi as Counterman
- Alexandra O'Karma as Technician
- Steven Randazzo as Quinn
- Mary Testa as Dilbeck
- Lex Monson as Homeless Man #1
- Jack Wallace as Homeless Man #2
- Tom Riis Farrell as Homeless Man #3
- Jane White as Appellate Judge #1
- Ira Wheeler as Appellate Judge #4
[edit] References
[edit] Quotes
"He's psychotic; he's not psychopathic."
"What's the difference?"
"Psychotic is when you believe the doorman was sent from Planet X to put mind control devices in your teeth. Psychopathic is when you blow the doorman away and take out twenty other people while you're at it."
- - Dr. Elizabeth Olivet and Phil Cerreta
"And night before last, there was a naked man with a crossbow, running up and down West 74th Street."
"Where did he keep the arrows?"
- - Elsie Hatch and Mike Logan
"I want that reward."
"I thought Polesky was your friend."
"I'm flexible."
"Crazy, not stupid."
- - Christian Tatum, Phil Cerreta and Mike Logan
"What can you tell us about the ring?"
"When is Mr. Rehnquist getting here?"
"Oh, listen, he’s caught up in a Supreme Court thing. Hang tight."
- - Phil Cerreta, Christian Tatum and Mike Logan
"Your psychiatrist tells us that you have moments of rational thought. We're going to take care of you, and you're going to go back in there and have one of those moments."
- - Benjamin Stone
"Let's say it was a mugger. He got scared off before he could get to the money."
"Or maybe he just got mad because somebody kicked his box."
"Well, wouldn't you?"
"Don't you kick my box!"
- - Mike Logan and Phil Cerretta
"He was sitting under that tree drinking Scotch."
"This doesn't look like the Scotch-and-soda crowd to me."
- - Homeless Man and Mike Logan
"Take your time."
"I want the good-looking one. Bachelor number two."
- - Phil Cerreta and Ms. Murdoch
"How come every freak in the country lives in New York? Why don’t some of you people move to Nebraska?"
"I’m from Nebraska, sweetie. How do you think I got this way? "
- - Ms. Murdoch and Sal Violet
"You didn't have a warrant to search the appellant's place of abode."
"Place of abode, huh? It was in the damn bushes."
- - Benjamin Stone and Mike Logan
"Well, my client won't be very happy, but at least he'll have a roof over his head for the next twenty-five years."
"Well, there's Lemonhead -- rubber cell at Bellevue. And Nathan Robbins -- he's got six feet of dirt over his head. So what's happy got to do with it?"
- - Mr. Scoler and Benjamin Stone
[edit] Background information and notes
Background information and notes
| Previous episode: "Aria" | "Asylum" Law & Order Season 2 | Next episode: "God Bless the Child" |
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