| "Black Tie" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 4.05 | → |
| Production number: 69004 First aired: 20 October 1993 | ||
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| Written By Michael S. Chernuchin & Walon Green Directed By Arthur W. Forney | ||
After wealthy Jonathan Keyes is found dead in his home, the police receive an anonymous tip that he was murdered.
Plot[]
Briscoe gets a 911 call that a millionaire was murdered, but the investigation gets thwarted by his wife and family attorney, who claim that he died of natural causes.
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 (credit only)
Recurring cast[]
- John McMartin as Defense Attorney Lawrence "Larry" Webber
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Professor Norman Rothenberg
- Ben Hammer as Judge Herman Mooney
- Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
- John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
- Leslie Barrett as Appellate Judge Lewis Getman
- Norma Fire as Appellate Judge Pamela Jensen
- Judy Frank as Appellate Judge Jean Bryant
- Ira Wheeler as Appellate Judge Bloom
Guest cast[]
- Caroline Lagerfelt as Danielle Keyes
- Viveca Lindfors as Helga Holtz
- Beverly Johnson as Marcela
- Heidi Leick as Kathy Rogers
- Robert Cicchini as Defense Attorney Gerald Austin
- Malcolm Gets as Lance Keys
- Richard Bright as Mr. Quinn
- Lewis Arlt as Defense Attorney Garrett Darby
- Tom Lacy as Whit Ferguson
- Phillip Clark as Murphy
- Andrew Mutnick as Assistant M.E. Felix Gates
- Michael Hayward-Jones as Felix
- Graham Brown as Appellate Judge Barry Marshall
- Daniel Zelman as Bruce Abelson
- Fred Burrell as Dr. Bradley
- Billy Gillespie as Reporter #1
- Reade Kelly as Jury Foreman
References[]
References
Quotes[]
Quotes
Background information and notes[]
- This episode is based on the Sunny von Bülow case. On December 21, 1980, Sunny von Bülow slipped into a coma. Her friends and family have never known for certain if Sunny attempted suicide, or if her husband, Claus von Bülow, had tried to kill her by injecting her with insulin. Claus was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to thirty years in prison, but the conviction was reversed in 1984. Von Bulow was granted a second trial in 1985 and was acquitted. Both the real-life case and this episode involved insulin injections and family interference with the investigation. (Source: Sunny von Bülow at Wikipedia)
- This episode marks the second and final time Beverly Johnson appears. The first was in Season 3, episode 10, "Consultation". Johnson and Chris Noth were in a relationship from 1990 to 1995.
Episode scene cards[]
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Office of the |
Di Portago Accessories |
The Griffin Club |
Apartment of |
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Chambers of |
Dr. Felix Gates |
Supreme Court |
Appellate Division |
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