| "Baby, It's You" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 8.06 | → |
| Production number: K2511 First aired: 12 November 1997 | ||
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| Written By Jorge Zamacona Directed By Ed Sherin | ||
Summary[]
Briscoe and Curtis team up with their Baltimore counterparts in order to solve the mystery of who killed a child model.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Carey Lowell as A.D.A. Jamie Ross
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast[]
- Richard Belzer as Baltimore P.D. Detective John Munch
- Zeljko Ivanek as A.S.A. Ed Danvers
- John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
- Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
- Dan Frazer as Judge Barry McLellan
- Gia Galeano as Detective Gia
- J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
Guest cast[]
- Maureen Anderman as Gayle Janaway
- Dan Hedaya as Attorney Leslie Drake
- Tom Tammi as Dr. Steven Janaway
- Richard Council as John Law
- Yaphet Kotto as Lieutenant Al Giardello
- Jon Seda as Detective Paul Falsone
- Taro Alexander as Paul Delacourte
- Sam Valle as Johnny Ramirez
- Pamela Nyberg as Jeri Stein
- Anne Bonvegna as Cassie Nobels
- Maribel González as Lucia Cottone
- Isabel Sergovia as Ana Ramirez
- Anne Frith as Sadie Appleyard
- Ajay Kothari as Virgil Pipino
- Melanie Vesey as Michelle
- Richard Litt as Gronbeck
- Billy Gillespie as Assistant M.E.
- Mick O'Rourke as Cameraman
- Bob Wilson as Reporter #1
- Nancy Nichols as Reporter #2
- Dana Smith Croll as Reporter #3
- Ray Virta as Reporter #4
- Johnny Moreno as Detective #1
References[]
- Brittany Janaway
- South Beach
- Marilyn Monroe
- Jean Shrimpton
- Brooke Shields
- Saddam Hussein
- Roland Park
- Gwen Munch
- Meldrick Lewis
- Isabel Curtis
- Baltimore Police Department
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Baltimore Sun
- Frank Pembleton
- Meldrick Lewis
- Carnegie Deli
- Walt Whitman
- Montgomery Clift
Quotes[]
- Johnny Ramirez: (mis-reading Munch's guest pass) "Defective Monk"?
- John Munch: That's "Detective Munch", with a "ch".
- Johnny Ramirez: Defective monk... that's like a fallen angel. That's what Brittany was...
- John Munch: (sigh) Yeah, I can see that.
| “ | You're about to look into a very ugly corner of the human heart... bring a shovel. | ” |
–Emil Skoda | ||
Background information and notes[]
- This episode is based on the JonBenét Ramsey case. Another episode in the Law & Order franchise that was also inspired by this case is the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Masquerade".
- This is the first part of a crossover episode with Homicide: Life on the Street which continued with the Season 6 episode "Baby, It's You (2)".
- Briscoe talks about how John Munch was a mediocre pool player and how he had slept with his ew-wife, Gwen Munch. The pool game and the revelation of the relationship came about it in the Homicide episode "For God and Country", the second part of the first Law & Order-Homicide two-part crossover. Briscoe also mentions how Munch helped investigate the subway bombing two years ago which was in the first episode of the crossover "Charm City".
- J.K. Simmons had appeared in the first two-part crossover with Homicide: Life on the Street as Colonel Alexander Rausch in the Homicide episode "For God and Country". He did not appear in the Law & Order episode of that crossover, "Charm City". This time, he appears as Emil Skoda in Law & Order but does not appear on Homicide.
- Richard Belzer also appeared in The X-Files episode "Unusual Suspects" as John Munch (in a non-canon appearance) the week this episode and the second part of the crossover aired, thereby setting a TV record by becoming the first person to play the same character on three different prime time series during the same week.
Episode scene cards[]
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Home of |
Delacourte Showroom |
| 3 | 4 | 5 |
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Homicide Division |
Home of |
Law Office Of |
| 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Bingo Cab Co. |
Chambers of |
27th Precinct |
| Previous episode: "Nullification" |
"Baby, It's You" Law & Order Season 8 |
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