"The Abominable Showman" | ||
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TBJ, Episode 1.01 | → | |
Production number: 5701 First aired: 3 March 2005 | ||
Written By Dick Wolf Directed By Jean de Segonzac |
Summary[]
A.D.A. Tracey Kibre goes after a Broadway producer for the death of an actress who he was dating when she went missing.
Plot[]
Plot
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Bebe Neuwirth as A.D.A. Tracey Kibre
- Amy Carlson as A.D.A. Kelly Gaffney
- Kirk Acevedo as D.A. Investigator Hector Salazar
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
- Jerry Orbach as D.A. Investigator Lennie Briscoe
Recurring cast[]
- David Clayton Rogers as A.D.A. Ted Hearn
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Ben Shenkman as Irv Kressel
- Candice Bergen as Judge Amanda Anderlee
Guest cast[]
- Annabella Sciorra as Defense Attorney Maggie Dettweiler
- Tony Bill as Kurt Lascher
- Donald Moffat as Judge Matthew Sherwood
- Cady Huffman as Penny Sterba
- Lisa Emery as Lynn Blaylock
- Tom O'Rourke as Defense Attorney Peter Behrens
- Patricia Mauceri as Judge Francesca Caruso
- George Luros as Maitre d' Salvatore
- Jill Flint as Karen Masters
- Rebecca Mader as Melani Ferris
- Lynn Chen as Lin
- Bo Dietl as Toni Stotti
- Alyssa Rae as Dede Blaylock
- Nikki E. Walker as Jury Foreman
- Tony Cucci as Juror #1
- Chris McGinn as Juror #2
- Janis Dardaris as Juror #3
- Ana Maria Jomolca as Juror #4
- Maria Smith as Karen Phelps
- Lev Gorn as Mr. Dushinsky
- Antonio D. Charity as Bailiff
References[]
Quotes[]
- Peter Behrens: Good looking D.A. takes on the King of Broadway.
- Kurt Lasher: You're fired.
- Peter Behrens: Excuse me.
- Kurt Lasher: You're fired. I need a woman.
- Tracey Kibre: No wonder Russians hate jury trials.
- Kurt Lasher: Why did the little bitch get pregnant?
- Tracey Kibre: Welcome to the squad, Detective. You're one of Jack McCoy's favorite cops.
- Penny Sterba: I wanna see your badges!
- Lennie Briscoe: We don't need no stinking badges.
- Penny Sterba: 'What? What did you say?
- Lennie Briscoe: I said, yeah, people need to see our badges.
- Tracey Kibre: Life's a bitch.
- Maggie Dettweiler: Yeah, and sometimes the one with the scales is blind, deaf, and dumb.
Background information and notes[]
- Actor Fred Dalton Thompson was credited as 'Fred Thompson' in the opening theme. This was later corrected in the reruns from the episode.
- This is the third pilot episode directed by Jean de Segonzac. He also directed the pilot episodes from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ("Payback") and Law & Order: Criminal Intent ("One").
- Like every other Law & Order spin-off series, the first episode has a special guest appearance from someone from the original show. In this case it is Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy. Actors Jerry Orbach and Fred Dalton Thompson were regular cast members on the original L&O.
- Actor Jerry Orbach had already passed away when this episode aired. He died on December 28, 2004 and the episode aired a little over two months later on March 3, 2005.
- Actress Annabella Sciorra appears as Defense Attorney Maggie Dettweiler in this episode. Sciorra would later return to the franchise as Detective Carolyn Barek in twelve episodes from Criminal Intent's fifth season.
- Although they starred in Law & Order together in Seasons 13 and 14, this was the first time that Jerry Orbach and Fred Dalton Thompson shared a scene.
Episode scene cards[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Café Des Artistes |
Grand Jury Room |
Law Office of |
Chambers of |
Supreme Court |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Kressel Jury Consulting |
Apartment of |
Supreme Court |
Jury Room |
Jury Room |
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