Apocrypha

"Apocrypha"
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Production number: 69013 First aired: 3 November 1993
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Written By Michael S. Chernuchin Directed By Gabrielle Beaumont

Plot

After a bomb explodes, the challenge is proving the bomber was carrying out the orders of a cult leader.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet

Recurring cast

• John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
• Lawrence Pressman as Defense Attorney Nicholas Burke
• Stan Lachow as Judge Donald Renner
• Maggie Burke as Judge Elayne Link

Guest cast

• Bibi Besch as Margaret Berman
• Cheryl Giannini as Louise Gruman
• Ted Sorel as Stuart Melnick
• Deena Martin as Barbara Mann
• Joyce Ebert as Mrs. Hendricks
• Sam Robards as Daniel Hendricks
• Tim Kelleher as Dale Rudolph
• Dan Desmond as Paul van Egidy
• Neal Huff as Donald Melnick
• Rhea Silver-Smith as Joanne Rudolph
• Ray Genadry as Asaad Asalam
• William Hill as Hines
• Alan Pottinger as Wiley
• Martin Kildare as Agent Garrett
• Paul O'Brien as Officer Barnes
• Mark Kenneth Smaltz as Grady
• Louis Cantarini as Diggs
• Jason Andrews as Carney
• Cheryl Adam as Wendy Berman
• Charles Malik Whitfield as Smith
• Ann Coleman as Jury Forewoman
• Nicholas B. Daddazio as Court Clerk
• Tommy Roeder as Cult Member Reporter (uncredited)

References

• Colombia
• Egypt
• FBI
• Irish Republican Army
• Symbionese Liberation Army

Quotes

Mike Logan: Listen, my old lady had a rosary in her left hand while she beat the crap out of me with her right. Next time I go to church, six of my closest buddies will be carrying me.

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Adam Schiff: Next, I'd like to see you yank out the tablecloth and leave the glasses standing. No way you should have won this case.

Ben Stone: I just sold them a bit of my own snake oil.

Background information and notes

• This episode is based on the Charles Manson case. Manson was a charismatic cult leader who was believed to have brainwashed many of his followers into committing horrible atrocities, the most memorable (to most) being the brutal slaying of pregnant actress Sharon Tate in her home. (Charles Manson)

Episode scene cards

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Apartment Of Margaret Berman 27 East 51st Street Tuesday, July 21	St. Paul's Lutheran Church 591 East 23rd Street Wednesday, July 29	Unitel Service Station 496 East Houston Thursday, July 30

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Old World Antiques Stuart Melnick 607 Madison Avenue Tuesday, August 3	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Thursday, August 5	Chambers Of Judge Elayne Link Tuesday, August 10

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Supreme Court Trial Part 57 Thursday, September 23

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