Charm City

"Charm City"
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Production number: K0116 First aired: 2 February 1996
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Written By Michael S. Chernuchin & Jorge Zamacona Directed By Ed Sherin

Plot

Detectives Pembleton and Bayliss clash with Briscoe and Curtis when they come to New York to investigate a subway explosion.

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
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Richard Belzer as Baltimore PD Detective John Munch
• Ted Kazanoff as Judge Daniel Scarletti

Guest cast

• Leo Burmester as Defense Attorney Le Clair
• Kevin Geer as Brian Egan
• Raymond Anthony Thomas as George Bell
• Andre Braugher as Baltimore PD Detective Frank Pembleton
• Kyle Secor as Baltimore PD Detective Tim Bayliss
• Justin Kennedy as Belcher
• Catrina Ganey as Mrs. Chapman
• W.T. Martin as Judge Fred Naughton
• Florence Anglin as Marcy
• Ntare Mwine as Mike Davies
• Robert Turano as Bavarro
• Phillip Geoffrey Hough as Kendall Egan
• Stephanie Lane as Susan Landsman
• Kirk Taylor as Officer Graham
• Marcus Naylor as Officer Henry
• Robinson Frank Adu as Mr. Johnson
• Michael Devries as Arson Detective Krane
• Christopher Prizzi as Hazmat Adler
• John DiMaggio as Bartender
• David Rainey as Richard Howard
• Leila Danette as Mrs. Donner
• Jordan Lage as Jury Foreman
• Karen Ullman as Secretary
• Gregory Holtz, Sr. as Man

References

• Marion Barry
• Ted Bundy
• Louis Farrakhan
• Clint Eastwood
• Rodney King
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Josef Mengele
• Ronald Reagan
• Simi Valley

Quotes

Curtis: "Ronald Reagan". That's cute.
(Egan tries to run)

Briscoe: You're not going anyplace, Mr. President!

Curtis: Whoever you are, you're under arrest for murder. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.
(Baltimore detectives approach)

Briscoe: Oh, look at this. Sorry, fellas, finders, keepers.

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McCoy: We're better off in Westchester.

Kincaid: Oh, I see. 12 Jewish golfers don't have a biased bone in their bodies but Irish and Italian working class they'll lynch you as soon as they look at you. I'm sorry. I must have missed the day they taught ethnic stereotypes in law school.

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Egan: You don't see anything. You have no idea what's going really on.

McCoy: Why don't you tell me?

Egan: I'm just the tip of the iceberg.

McCoy: You're a racist, and a murderer, and you found out your country won't tolerate it.

Egan: You mean your country won't. Mine is growing. You think you can stop it? You can't stop anything.

Background information and notes

• This episode was the first part of a two-part crossover with Homicide: Life on the Street, concluding with the Homicide episode "For God and Country." This was the first two part crossover between the two series as well as the first time that Detective John Munch appeared in a Law & Order series.
  • The title of the episode, "Charm City", is a nickname for Baltimore; Homicide is set in Baltimore.

Episode scene cards

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St. Cassandra's Hospital 191 West 135th Street Monday, December 12	Baltimore Police Homicide Unit Wednesday, December 14	Taft Hotel 331 East 21st Street Thursday, December 15

4	5	6
Home Of Brian Egan Baltimore, MD Thursday, December 15	Office Of Executive Assistant D.A. McCoy Monday, December 19	Chambers Of Judge Fred Naughton Westchester County, NY Wednesday, January 11

7	8
Supreme Court Westchester County, NY Tuesday, March 7	Supreme Court Westchester Country, NY Monday, March 13

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