Baggage (12 Jan. 2003)

The death by vicious beating of an airline supervisor seems to point toward the men she's complained to management for harassment.

Director:

Constantine Makris

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
Lee Tergesen	...	Keith Ramsey
Danny Johnson	...	Walter Tate
Ron Ryan	...	Mr. Sullivan
E.J. Carroll	...	Desmond McCarthy
Colleen Clinton	...	Jenny Sullivan
Lynne Lipton	...	Mrs. Sullivan
Timothy Devlin	...	FBI Agent Lions
Rich Cooper	...	Louis Pens
John Coughlin	...	Bill Stuart
Jose Pablo Cantillo	...	Jack Martinez
Colette O'Connell	...	Sylvia Broderick

Storyline

The death by vicious beating of an airline supervisor seems to point toward the men she's complained to management for harassment.

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Plot Keywords:

journal | personal check | stabbed in the chest | compromising picture | mailbag | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 January 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot revolves around credit card fraud. Keith Ramsey claims to be a vice president of Trans-Union Airlines. Trans Union is the name of one of the three US credit reporting agencies.

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Quotes

Detective Alexandra Eames: My dad's a cop, when I have a problem he's still the first one I talk to.

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Connections

Remade as Paris enquêtes criminelles: Trafics (2008)

User Reviews

Not "Liberal Man-Bashing" but based on a true story.

"Baggage" contains an intricate, twisty plot. At first, the victim's murder seems to have been motivated by her filing a sexual harassment suit against her co-workers, until Goren & Eames find that the victim had discovered an identity fraud scheme. But the killer's true motive goes even deeper.

As for claims of "liberal man-bashing", this episode is based on the Susan Taraskiewicz case. Susan was a Northwest Airlines baggage supervisor who kept a diary detailing the sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of coworkers. She was last seen on September 13, 1992 when she left Logan International Airport. Thirty hours later, her body was found inside the trunk of her car outside an auto body shop in Revere, Massachusetts. After an FBI team declared that the murder required two or three people, the investigation focused upon Northwest Airlines workers who had sexually harassed and physically threatened Taraskiewicz, who was a ramp supervisor. The same workers were engaged in a credit card theft ring, and before her death, at least one worker had claimed to others that Taraskiewicz was a snitch. Her murder remains unsolved. It is not "liberal man-bashing", despite what some believe.