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"Law & Order" (1990)Original Air Date:
1 November 2000 (Season 11, Episode 3)Plot:
Detectives discover that a murdered concert violinist was having an affair with her orchestra conductor. | add synopsisUser Comments:
A somewhat average L&O from the Lennie Briscoe Days moreCast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | Jerry Orbach | ... | Detective Lennie Briscoe |
 | Jesse L. Martin | ... | Detective Ed Green |
| S. Epatha Merkerson | ... | Lt. Anita Van Buren |
 | Sam Waterston | ... | Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy |
 | Angie Harmon | ... | A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael |
 | Dianne Wiest | ... | D.A. Nora Lewin |
 | Ronald Guttman | ... | Carl Reger |
| Jan Maxwell | ... | Marian Reger |
| Ron McLarty | ... | Judge William Wright |
 | Ritchie Coster | ... | Jorgan Stern |
 | Stephen Singer | ... | Rafael Kessler |
| George Grizzard | ... | Arthur Gold |
 | Terry Serpico | ... | Jay Brannigan |
| Andrew Weems | ... | Wallace Hogart |
 | Michael Aronov | ... | Andre Korsakoff |
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[as Carl Reger is being arrested by Briscoe and Green]Carl Reger: My lawyer will have your jobs!
Det. Lennie Briscoe: Good. Can we have his?
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This is not one of the top of the line eps. Since nearly all murders involve money, love or pride, Law & Order's biggest challenge has always been to leaven the bread, as it were, with either creative plotting or well-drawn characters. Since the show is episodic in nature (as compared to, say, "Battlestar Galactica" which is one story told across 4 seasons), creating compelling supporting characters is very difficult. One of the things that makes this one of the best TV dramas is how often such characters ARE created.
So it's hard to blame the writers for not always putting the ball in the left field corner. This show, to continue this strange baseball metaphor streak, is more like a looping single over the second baseman.
It goes through the motions until the detectives find a motive and build the case from there. And this one certainly appears to be a standard lover-scorned-lover-kills scenario.
The twist here, if one can call it that, is not that the prime suspect's wife may well be the murderer but that she's covering for him to protect her cushy lifestyle. After all, it would be hard for her to enjoy his $2M a year salary if he's in Attica.
So basically this episode fires on all cylinders but not particularly compellingly. It certainly doesn't belong the top 100 best L&O Prime eps.