"Assassin" | ||
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← | CI, Episode 7.14 | → |
Production number: CI7014 First aired: 29 June 2008 | ||
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Teleplay By Julie Martin & Eric Overmyer Story By Julie Martin & Warren Leight Directed By Norberto Barba |
Plot[]
A Sri Lankan political activist visiting her sick mother in New York, is the victim of an assassination attempt that kills her personal assistant Rosemary instead. Logan and Wheeler question the bodyguard when they learn that the assassin shot 2 rounds before the bodyguard reacted despite being an ex special forces. When the bodyguard is shot and killed by a bullet to the heart by an assassin, Logan and Wheeler turn their attention to the activist's family.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
- Julianne Nicholson as Detective Megan Wheeler
- Eric Bogosian as Captain Danny Ross
Recurring cast[]
- Hudson Cooper as Detective Jefferies
- Lynn A. Freedman as CSU Technician Michelle Hodman
- Todd Weeks as Agent Corbett
Guest cast[]
- Indira Varma as Bela Khan
- Stephen Schnetzer as Ajay Khan
- Waleed Zuaiter as Rani Khan
- Roberto Purvis as Nik Loren
- Aadya Bedi as Jasmina Khan
- Madhur Jaffrey as Mrs. Khan
- Michael Patterson as Kenneth Jamison
- Olivia Birkelund as Blair Khan
- Jyotsna Du Ciel as Rosemary Shah
- Barzin Akhavan as Tamim Shah
- Douglas Crosby as Patsy Moran
- Denise Vasi as Sarah Baker (uncredited)
- Saila Rao as Young Mother
- Deepa Purohit as Maya
- Rock Kohli as Gil
- Justin Walvoord as Customs Agent
- Brad Holbrook as Reporter 1
- Summer Crockett Moore as Reporter 2
References[]
Quotes[]
Quotes
Background information and notes[]
- This episode is likely based on the controversy surrounding Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan as an opposition candidate. It is also, as Logan said, similar to the assassination of US Senator Robert Kennedy in 1968.
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