Law and Order
Register
Advertisement
"The Troubles"
L&O, Episode 1.20
Production number: 66214
First aired (US): 26 March 1991
First aired (AUS): 29 November 1993
  {{{nNthProducedInSeries}}}th of 456 produced in L&O  
{{{nNthReleasedInSeries}}}th of 456 released in L&O
  {{{nNthReleasedInAll}}}th of 1271 released in all  
Ian O'Connell
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 Cuban drug dealer and an Irish insurgent are suspected of killing a Lebanese drug smuggler and gun runner.

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.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

References[]

Quotes[]

Damato: They should send them all back where they came from.
Greevey: What about I-talians, Damato?
Damato: I-talians is different.

Donald Cragen's realistic description about Federal agents: They don't cooperate. They think they're God Almighty. A case with Federal prisoners involved? Every time you even want to see one of them you got to see the superintendent of the facility, genuflect going in, coming out of his office.

Logan: You know, it’s weird. Two of our grandparents come from the same town. We've both got uncles as priests.
Greevey: And you're both Libras. That's destiny for you.

Max Greevey: Come off it, Mike. You forget why O'Connell was going to court? I grew up with the Westies. Nice polite altar boys. They make the sign of the cross when they slit your throat.

Logan about Arabic faxes: Looks like a break-dancing chicken wrote this.

Sheila: I like cops. But only when they're off-duty.
Logan: Was it that obvious?
Greevey: Anybody offering you any undercover assignments?

Sheila to Greevey: You don't know? The I.R.A.'s everywhere. In the prisons, on the streets. Maybe even in your own precinct. The Provos, the Sinn Féin...they're all the same. Bloody thugs.

McCarter: I'm no terrorist. I'm a soldier.
Mallahan: What he means is, he is a man of conscience.
Stone: What he means is, he is the misguided, romantic dupe of those who consider him completely expendable.

Axelrod: What's the matter with you guys in the D.A.'s office? Got no peripheral vision? Can't you see the big picture?
Robinette: We're just not blinded by it.

O'Connell: 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?
Stone: Happenstance, sir. Same way you ended up with the name of a real Irish patriot.

Background information and notes[]

  • The title, "The Troubles", refers to the name of the decades-long armed warfare in Northern Ireland which lasted from the late 1960s until 1998, between British armed forces and the Provincial IRA, motivated by the politics of the UK's former governance over Ireland.

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3

Federal
Detention Center
280 Warren Street
Monday, May 6

Crescent Market
438 Hester St
Wednesday, May 15

Federal
Detention Center
Friday, May 17

4 5 6

McBride's Tavern
450 Hubert St
Tuesday, May 21

U.S Federal
Court House
Thursday, June 6

Supreme Court
Criminal Term
Trial Part 52
Monday, September 2

Previous episode:
"The Serpent's Tooth"
"The Troubles"
Law & Order
Season 1
Next episode:
"Sonata for Solo Organ"
Seasons 1234567891011121314151617181920212223
Advertisement