"The Troubles"
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Production number: 66214 First aired: 26 March 1991
	th of 438 produced in L&O
←	th of 438 released in L&O	→
	th of 836 released in all
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 terrorist are suspected of killing a Lebanese drug smuggler and gun runner.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 2.1 Main cast 2.2 Recurring cast 2.3 Guest cast 3 References 4 Quotes 5 Background information and notes 5.1 Episode scene cards

Plot Edit

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 Edit

Main cast Edit

• 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

Recurring cast Edit

• William Severs as Judge Henry Fillmore

Guest cast Edit

• Anthony Heald as Ian O'Connell
• Donal Donnelly as Daniel Mallahan
• Paxton Whitehead as Fenwick
• Alan North as Reilly
• Robert Silver as Axelrod
• Bill Nelson as Shelby
• Betty Miller as Mrs. Bridget McDiarmid
• Kevin J. O'Connor as Patrick McCarter
• Michael Cullen as Roberts
• Ray Iannicelli as Damato
• James Canning as Pringle
• Harriet Sansom Harris as Sheila
• Paul-Felix Montez as Savino Montez
• Richard Russell Ramos as Medical Examiner
• Gy Mirano as Interpreter
• Parvin Farhoody as Mrs. Mustafa
• Brandon Burke as Old Man #2
• Mike Alpert as Driver
• John McLoughlin as Court Clerk
• Richard Goteri as Policeman (uncredited)
• Rawleigh Moreland as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

References Edit

References

Quotes Edit

"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

Background information and notes Edit

• This episode is based on the Joe Doherty case. Doherty, a former volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), was convicted in 1981 for life imprisonment for murdering a member of the Special Air Service (SAS) in 1980 while Doherty was on active duty. He escaped from Crumlin Jail in Belfast shortly after his trial and spent eleven years in the United States before he was arrested there in 1983, and became a cause célèbre while fighting an ultimately unsuccessful nine-year legal battle against extradition and deportation, he was returned to Ireland in 1992, then ultimately released in 1999 under the terms of the Good Friday peace agreement. A street corner in New York City was later 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).

Episode scene cards Edit

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Federal Detention Center 280 Warren Street Monday, May 6	Cresent Market 438 Hester St Wednesday, May 15	Federal Detention Center Friday, May 17	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

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