Conspiracy
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| "Conspiracy" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 3.02 | → |
| Production number: 68006 First aired: 30 September 1992 | ||
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| Written By René Balcer & Michael S. Chernuchin Directed By Ed Sherin | ||
A white man is charged with the murder of a prominent African- American leader.
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[edit] Plot
Plot
[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
- Eric Bogosian as Gary Lowenthal
- Gloria Foster as Satima Tate
- Jeff Gendelman as Mitchell Koblin
- Ben Hammer as Judge Herman Mooney
- David S. Howard as Mr. Koblin
- Michael Jace as Otis Cooke
- Cynthia Martells as Sandra Koblin
- Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
- Harold Miller as Marcus Tate
- Joe Morton as Roland Books
- Kirk Taylor as Dr. Reid
- Ruth Vool as Mrs. Koblin
- Count Stovall as Hospital Officer
- George Hosmer as Court Clerk
- Michael Genet as Johnson
- Bill Cohen as Teacher
- Thomas Delehanty as White Cop
- Joseph Latimore as Black Cop
- Herb Downer as Warner
- James DuMont as Desk Clerk
- Paul Eichel as Jury Foreman
[edit] References
References
[edit] Quotes
"Lone gunman? High-profile target? You don't just get up one morning and go shoot a public figure."
"You stalk him. Look for chinks in his armor."
- - Phil Cerreta and Mike Logan
"What did this guy look like?"
"Brown hair. About 35, 40."
"You ever seen him before?"
"Hey, I don't know. All you white boys look alike."
- - Phil Cerreta, Otis Cooke and Mike Logan
"They all have one thing in common. "White, white, very white." Tells you something."
- - Mike Logan
"Anger is a force for change, but not if it blinds us."
- - Marcus Tate
"I read the papers, I know their politics, and they're freaking racists."
- - Mike Logan
"Blame it on the CIA. They haven't been fingered in years."
- - Adam Schiff
[edit] Background information and notes
- This storyline would be concluded in the seventh season episode "Entrapment", but with a different actor portraying the role of Roland Books. In this episode the role is played by Joe Morton, and actor Ron C. Jones plays him in the seventh season. This is unusual, because actors usually reprise their roles, especially if you take into consideration that Morton appears as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles in several different future episodes.
- The African American Congress (AAC) seems to be at least partial based on a real life organization called the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
- This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of both the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X assassinations. Both men were very active in protecting the civil rights of the black community, and both men were assassinated as a result.
- Director of photographer Constantine Makris received an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series for this episode. He received the same award for his work on the episodes "Mad Dog" and "Stalker".
- Director Ed Sherin was nominated for the same award in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing in a Drama Series.
- This episode won the 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series.
- Actor Eric Bogosian makes his first appearance as Defense Attorney Gary Lowenthal. He would return as the same character in the episode "Night and Fog", but he is probably best known in the Law & Order franchise as Captain Danny Ross on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
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