The Troubles
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| "The Troubles" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 1.20 | → |
| Production number: 66214 First aired: 26 March 1991 | ||
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| Teleplay By Robert Palm Story By Dick Wolf & Robert Palm Directed By John Whitesell | ||
Mike Logan is forced to face his cultural biases when both a Lebanese gunrunner and an Irish terrorist are suspected of killing a drug dealer.
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[edit] Plot
A Cuban drug dealer and an IRA soldier are suspected of the murder of a Lebanese drug smuggler and gun runner. Logan must deal with his own bias and sympathy towards the Irish suspect to investigate the crime. The assistant D.A.s must consult with international attaches and members of the New York Anti-Terrorist Division to prosecute the suspects.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main cast
- George Dzundza as Sergeant Max Greevey
- 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
- Donal Donnelly as Daniel Mallahan
- Anthony Heald as Ian O'Connell
- Betty Miller as Mrs. Bridget McDiarmid
- Paul-Felix Montez as Savino Montez
- William Severs as Judge Henry Fillmore
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Patrick McCarter
- Rawleigh Moreland as A.D.A.
- Bill Nelson as Shelby
- Alan North as Reilly
- Gy Mirano as Interpreter
- Ray Iannicelli as Damato
- Walter Flanagan as Old Lad
- Mike Alpert as Driver
- Brandon Burke as Old Man #2
- James Canning as Pringle
- Michael Cullen as Roberts
- Richard Goteri as Policeman
- Harriet Sansom Harris as Sheila
- John McLoughlin as Court Clerk
- Richard Russell Ramos as M.E.
- Robert Silver as Axelrod
- Paxton Whitehead as Fenwick
[edit] References
References
[edit] Quotes
"I like cops. But only when they're off-duty."
"Was it that obvious?"
"Anybody offering you any undercover assignments?"
- - Sheila, Mike Logan, and Max Greevey
"I grew up with the Westies. Nice polite altar boys. They make the sign of the cross when they slit your throat."
- - Max Greevey
"They should send them all back where they came from."
"How about eye-talians, Damato?"
- - Damato and Max Greevey
"The Provos, the Sinn Fein . . . they're all the same, bloody thugs."
- - Sheila
"What's the matter with you guys in the D.A.'s office? Got no peripheral vision? Can't you see the big picture?"
"We're just not blinded by it."
- - Special Agent Axelrod and Paul Robinette
"I'm no terrorist. I'm a soldier"
"What he means is, he is a man of conscience."
"What he means is, he is the misguided, romantic dupe of those who consider him completely expendable."
- - Patrick McCarter, Daniel Mallahan, and Benjamin Stone
"You know, it’s weird. Two of our grandparents come from the same town. We’ve both got uncles that’s priests."
"And you're both Libras. That’s destiny for you."
- - Mike Logan and Max Greevey
"Looks like a break-dancing chicken wrote this."
- - Mike Logan
"May I ask you a question, sir? How with the map of Donegal on your mug did you ever end up with a name like Stone?"
"Happenstance, sir. Same way you ended up with the name of a real Irish patriot."
- - Ian O’Connell and Benjamin Stone
[edit] Background information and notes
- This episode was based on the Joe Doherty case. Doherty is a former volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who escaped during his 1981 trial for killing a member of the Special Air Service (SAS) in 1980. He was arrested in the United States in 1983, and became a cause célèbre while fighting an ultimately unsuccessful nine-year legal battle against extradition and deportation, with a street corner in New York City being named after him. (Source: Joe Doherty at Wikipedia)
- This is one of only a handful of episodes in which one or more cops (Detectives Max Greevey and Mike Logan) share a scene with the DA (Adam Schiff).
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