Assassin (29 Jun. 2008)

A Sri Lankan political activist visiting New York City is the victim of an assassination attempt, but the mastermind turns out to be a very unlikely person.

Director:

Norberto Barba

Writers:

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

Stars:

Chris Noth, Julianne Nicholson, Eric Bogosian

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Noth	...	Detective Mike Logan
Julianne Nicholson	...	Detective Megan Wheeler
Eric Bogosian	...	Captain Danny Ross
Indira Varma	...	Bela Khan
Stephen Schnetzer	...	Ajay Khan
Waleed Zuaiter	...	Rani Khan
Rob David	...	Nik Loren (as Roberto Purvis)
Todd Weeks	...	Agent Corbett
Adya Bedi	...	Jasmina Khan (as Aadya Bedi)
Madhur Jaffrey	...	Mrs. Khan
Rock Kohli	...	Gil
Michael Patterson	...	Kenneth Jamison
Olivia Birkelund	...	Blair Khan
Deepa Purohit	...	Maya
Lynn Adrianna	...	CSU Tech Mike (as Lynn Adrianna Freedman)

Storyline

Arriving in New York from Sri Lanka, political activist, Bela Khan, is in the States to visit her ailing mother, and speak at a political rally. While leaving the rally, assassin, Bhatt Tom, attempts to kill her but misses and kills her personal assistant, Rosemary Shaw, instead. The assassin is killed by her body guard, Gil. Detectives soon discover that it was the body guard, Gil, who planned the exit through the kitchen, to set up Bela for the hit, in exchange for getting his brother off of death row. When he is assassinated while in custody, Logan and Wheeler turn their attentions to members of the the Khan family itself, as possibly being behind the hits, and must figure out who is pulling the strings, and who the real target is before it's too late.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

29 June 2008 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 50 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The rifle used to kill Gil, the bodyguard is said to be a "Custom US Survivor Sniper Rifle." The rifle is actually a US Survival rifle which are only chambered in .22LR. The magazine and bolt shown are consistent with a rifle chambered in .22LR. The only custom pieces are the grip and butt stock. A shot from that rifle (.22LR) would not do anywhere near the damage depicted, and certainly would not exit the victims chest in such a dramatic fashion. It would be far more likely that the bullet would stay in the chest, and probably would not kill the victim at all and would leave very little (if any) blood anywhere on the scene.

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Quotes

Rani Khan: [to his sister] You look well: House arrest agrees with you.

User Reviews

Inept writing

The setup of this episode is so inept, the plot became irrelevant to me. How on earth Tamil separatists from Sri Lanka could be Muslims with the surname Khan is beyond me. This episode seems like an unintentional version of the "Borat" movie; wrong names, looks, accents etc. No wonder the rest of the world thinks that we Americans are stupid! As it is, the average person knows barely anything about the rest of the world and then t.v. shows like this come along and add to the misconceptions. To the intellectually bankrupt writer in Hollywood: I'm sure "they" all look and sound alike, but if you want to incorporate real world situations into a storyline do some background research.