Anti-Thesis (13 Oct. 2002)

A university president is killed and the suspects include a professor who wants a chairman position, a grad student, and a lecturer from Oxford.

Director:

Adam Bernstein

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Rene Balcer (developer),

Stars:

Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Detective Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	...	Detective Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	...	Captain James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	...	A.D.A. Ron Carver
Olivia d'Abo	...	Elizabeth Hitchens / Nicole Wallace
Linda Emond	...	Dr. Christine Fellowes
Peter Gerety	...	George Dawkins
Daniel London	...	Mark Bayley
Reg E. Cathey	...	Professor Roland Sanders
Philip Bosco	...	Prof. Winthrop
Geoffrey Cantor	...	Ronald Hardin
Craig Chester	...	Derek
Doug Barron	...	Hamilton Frisch
Pascale Armand	...	Valerie Goodman
Jason Furlani	...	Detective Ponds

Storyline

A university president is killed and the suspects include a professor who wants a chairman position, a grad student, and a lecturer from Oxford.

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Plot Keywords:

anaphylactic shock | bisexual | peanut allergy | thai restaurant | interrogation | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Network Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Goren's birthday is 20 August 1961.

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Goofs

Goran speaks to the police in Australia and refers to the Victoria Police as the Melbourne Police. Also he says Elizabeth Hitchens was 'President' of a company but the correct term is more likely 'Managing Director'. Australian companies do not have presidents.

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Quotes

Nicole Wallace: In American literature, the descent into madness is normally preceeded by obsession.

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Connections

References A Cry in the Dark (1988)

User Reviews

Approaching "Cracker" standard

That's the Robbie Coltrane "Cracker", mind you, and not the awful American remake.

The series has tried to get there, but until now the criminals have been, well, a little second-rate, and Goren has bullied and besserwissered his way all too easily. This episode was a refreshing change, with some chinks in his armour showing up.

On the whole it was also excellently and intelligently scripted, although you could see that Moynihan crack about "academic fights being so vicious because the stakes are so small" coming a mile away. It is unlikely that the speaker would have needed to remind the person she was talking to about something QUITE so obvious...

Otherwise, congratulations all round! The concept of a 1,000-page dissertation on Dylan as T.S. Eliot's and Ezra Pound's love-child hardly bears thinking about - but it's probably been written.