Point of View
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| "Point of View" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 3.09 | → |
| Production number: 68012 First aired: 25 November 1992 | ||
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| Written By René Balcer & Walon Green Directed By Gilbert Moses | ||
A woman claims she killed a man in self defense because he was going to rape her.
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[edit] Plot
Plot
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- 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
- Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
[edit] Guest cast
- Paul Sorvino as Sergeant Phil Cerreta
- Caroline Aaron as Valerie Walker
- Gary Basaraba as Kevin Reilly
- María Cellario as Elaine Cerreta
- Damon Chandler as Judge Allan Bonner
- Cara Duff-MacCormick as Maggie Duff
- Lisa Eichhorn as Mary Kostrinski
- Samaria Graham as Officer Jenna Adams
- Michael Ingram as Officer Andy Libik
- Peter McRobbie as John Ennis
- Alan North as Jimmy Scanlon
- Elaine Stritch as Lanie Stieglitz
- Edward Seamon as Max Calahan
- Joshua Stern as CSU Policeman
- Rich Ramirez as Carrillo
- Tony Lip as Doc
- Delphi Harrington as Suzanne, Jacques Dessange Hostess
- Frank Girardeau as Vinnie
[edit] References
References
[edit] Quotes
"It walks and quacks like a mob hit."
- - Lennie Briscoe
"I cannot and I will not perpetrate a fraud on the court. It's unethical and illegal. I'm not going to put you on the stand tomorrow, Mary, and I am not going to make a closing argument. And the jury is going to wonder why."
- - Lanie Stieglitz
"You've got the flaw of most basically honest people. You're a lousy liar."
- - Lennie Briscoe
"Hey, hey, guys, come on now, I’m busy here."
(Briscoe grabs the phone and speaks into the receiver.) "He'll call you back in 25 years."
- - Jimmy Scanlon and Lennie Briscoe
"I love a tall man with a halo."
- - Lanie Stieglitz
"What am I supposed to do, stare at my linguine while you clip him for meals?"
"Hey, he thinks I'm corrupt, so he trusts me, all right? Say hi to Phil."
- - Mike Logan and Lennie Briscoe
"I mean, I’m thinking back to when Phil came on. It’s not always love at first sight with you."
"Look, I can handle it. I just wanna know for how long?"
"I wanna know how long is my mother-in-law gonna live with us. I don’t know, but I’m learning to enjoy her pot roast."
- - Donald Cragen and Mike Logan
"I’m doing you a favor, Lanie. I could have brought this out in court."
"But then you wouldn’t get the chance to squeeze me into God’s little acre. East of the rock and west of the hard place."
- - Benjamin Stone and Lanie Stieglitz
"If you can read, take a look at that wall. There’s citations there from every office in this city. Now the only bags that are carried for me are for charities which I support."
"Just like Santa."
"Yeah. Yeah, just like Santa. And Tommy Duff wasn’t one of my elves."
- - Jimmy Scanlon and Mike Logan
"John Kostrinski routinely took out the problems of the world on my face. Scanlon ran the docks with my father. When I told him the story, he took pity on me."
"Your husband was killed in a work accident."
"You know the Church and divorce."
- - Mary Kostrinski and Benjamin Stone
"Ben, either you give me parole or I give you the biggest headache since Susan B. Anthony asked to vote."
- - Lanie Stieglitz
[edit] Background information and notes
- This is actor Paul Sorvino's last appearance as Sergeant Phil Cerreta. Cerreta appears in the hospital, recovering from his gunshot wounds in the previous episode. Sorvino is replaced by Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe, an actor who previously appeared as Defense Attorney Frank Lehrman in the second season episode "The Wages of Love".
- Dr. Elizabeth Olivet's rape in the episode "Helpless" comes back to haunt her, and threatens her good judgement in this episode.
- This is the only time that Phil Cerreta's wife, Elaine, is ever seen.
- Unlike most episodes, which end in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, this episode closes with a scene between Briscoe and Logan in the station.
- From this episode on actress Carolyn McCormick is credited as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet in the opening theme. Although she doesn't always appear in an episode, she is credited throughout the rest of the third season and for the entire fourth season.
- Actress Elaine Stritch received an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Lannie Stiglitz in this episode.
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