Vacancy 

The murder of a bridesmaid after a wedding leads Goren and Eames to the men she and a fellow bridesmaid had drinks with, and the cab driver who brought the women to a cheap hotel.

Director:

Jean de Segonzac

Writers:

Dick Wolf (created by), Rene Balcer (developed by) (as René Balcer)

Stars:

Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent D'Onofrio	...	Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe	...	Alexandra Eames
Jamey Sheridan	...	James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance	...	Ron Carver
Desmond Harrington	...	Tim Rainey
Scott Decker	...	Pete
Jonathan Walker	...	Agent Fred Welken
Emily Bergl	...	Alice
Kristin Vogelsong	...	Megan Cole
Gustave Johnson	...	Judge Desmond Evans
Michael Ornstein	...	Philip
Marla Schaffel	...	Ellen Rainey
Chris McKinney	...	Det. Carrera
Charity Henson	...	Stella
Zoe Perry	...	Wendy

Storyline

Goren and Eames investigate after a bridesmaid, Megan, is found dead in the cheap motel room she had been sharing with Alice, another bridesmaid at their friend Tory's wedding. The two detectives start with investigating Pete and Jayson, the two guys the women had met at Brasserie Nylorac, but soon realize that Alice's story has a lot of holes in it, and the presence of cigar smoke around Megan, a young woman who hated smoking, leads Goren and Eames to suspect that the killer had a personal connection to Megan. Their investigation soon leads them to a cab driver named Tim Rainey, whom they soon realize is an actor preparing for the ultimate role.

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Plot Keywords:

cigar smoking | bridesmaid | lead | crystallization | peephole | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When they first start investigating the hotel room Eames looks through the girls clothing and announces a guys name on a napkin "Pete & a phone number," before she even fully opens the napkin & rotates it right side up.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Detective Robert Goren: This search for the truth, it's... it's not for the faint-hearted.

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Connections

References Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

User Reviews

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A two-bit actor (Dasmond Harrington) has to play the serial killer character in a movie. Or, at least, he had to, because the project felt through due to financial matters. Anyway he's too bounded to this character, it reminds him something related to the past. His mother was killed when he was a child and she was a promiscuous woman used to make men mad. The poor victims of his rage are two poor girls in their late '20 came to the Big Apple just to celebrate a bridal shower and then trapped because of the snow.

This episode shows how a married man, devoted to his family, could turn into a criminal just to impersonate someone. In some way, he resembles Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver", he's got the same hate hidden inside him and ready to blow.