"Law & Order" Subterranean Homeboy Blues (1990)

Director:

E.W. Swackhamer

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Robert Palm (written by)

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

20 September 1990 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

A woman claims she shot two punks on a subway car in self-defense, but investigators and prosecutors are not sure that they believe her. |

Plot Keywords:

Attorney | Detective | Police | District Attorney | Evidence

Cast

George Dzundza	...	Sergeant Max Greevey
Chris Noth	...	Detective Mike Logan
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen
Michael Moriarty	...	Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone
Richard Brooks	...	A.D.A. Paul Robinette
Steven Hill	...	D.A. Adam Schiff
Cynthia Nixon	...	Laura Di Biasi
Sam Gray	...	Judge Manuel Leon
Akili Prince	...	Darnell 'Chenault'
Lorraine Toussaint	...	Shambala Green
Phyllis Somerville	...	Nurse
Alexandra Gersten	...	Abby Diamond
Tonya Pinkins	...	Woman
Barbara Caruso	...	Hastings
Dwayne McClary	...	Jones

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

The title of this episode, Subterranean Homeboy Blues, is a play on words from a well-known Bob Dylan song, "Subterranean Homesick Blues".

Goofs:

Continuity: The dates shown are in the middle of February. On the wall of the hospital administrator’s office when the detectives are talking to him, the calendar shows March 1999.

Quotes:

Executive A.D.A. Benjamin "Ben" Stone: Do you have any other personal views on this subject you'd like to air before we walk into court and Ms. Shambala Green hands us our asses on a platter?