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Production number: K1119 First aired: 13 March 1997 | ||
Written By Ed Zuckerman, Gardner Stern & René Balcer Directed By Ed Sherin & Constantine Makris |
Plot[]
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis travel to Los Angeles after the body of a movie studio executive is found without her head, hands, and feet. (Part One of Three)
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 (credit only)
Recurring cast[]
- Keith Szarabajka as Defense Attorney Neil Gorton
- Lauren Graham as Lisa Lundquist
- Scott Cohen as Eddie Newman
- Jeffrey D. Sams as Evan Grant
- Paul Hecht as Dr. Dan Duvall
- Michael Harney as Lieutenant Stu Miller
- Michael Zaslow as Ben Hollings
- Mark Joy as LA Detective Dunlevy
- Janeane Garofalo as Greta Heiss
- John Newton as Judge Eric Caffey
- Norma Fire as Judge Pamela Jensen
- Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
- John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
- Caralyn Gorel as Katie Gorton
- Robert Dolan as CSU Technician
Guest cast[]
- Dick Latessa as Defense Attorney Mitchell Klein
- Scott Rabinowitz as Dr. Alan Levine
- Harrison Young as Gus
- Rainer Grant as Marlowe Powers
- John Kudan as Jerome
- Gary Evans as Uniform Policeman Richie
- Don Creech as Carl Thurston
- Marla Rubinoff as Shane Perry
- Brian McQuillan as Luke Richmond
- Susan Cella as Maria Rago
- Maria Bellantoni as Carmela Rago
- Ken Forman as Bartender
- Rene Bluestone as Stacy Rudman
- Gene Ruffini as Bum
- Jo Twiss as Neighbor
- Gregg Dubner as Newscaster
- Benjamin J. Cain, Jr. as Court Clerk
- Robert Culp as Himself (uncredited)
References[]
- Bora Bora
- Andrea Brown
- The Century Plaza Hotel- The detectives stay there after Lisa Lundquist tells them about the corporate rate Mattawin Studios gets there.
- Deborah Curtis
- Olivia Curtis
- Robert Dobell
- Heidi Ellison (victim)
- FBI
- Gstaad, Switzerland
- Los Angeles
- Derek Morrow
- Virginia
- I Spy
Quotes[]
- Greta Heiss: Uh, who told you she had breast implants?
- Lennie Briscoe: We're the police. We know everything.
Background information and notes[]
- The episode title is a reference to the filmmaking term "development girl", which is someone who occupies a low rung on the power ladder. Her job would be to perform low-level tasks like reading scripts.
- Guest stars Lauren Graham and Scott Cohen reunited years later on Gilmore Girls. Graham was the star of the long-running series, and Cohen had a recurring role in seasons 1 & 2 as her daughter's teacher - who later became her ultimately jilted fiancé.
- This episode (along with "Turnaround" and "Showtime") is part of a trilogy which has strongly been ripped from the headline of the notorious, controversial, and highly publicized O.J. Simpson murder case. Locations, characters, and other aspects loosely resemble those that came to denote the affair.
- On the podcast "These Are Their Stories", Ed Zuckerman revealed that the writers wanted the straight-laced Rey Curtis to act on his attraction to Lisa Lundquist. In one scene, she implies that Rey could come up to her room. The scene was originally filmed with Rey pausing before following her for an implied tryst. In post-production, however, Zuckerman said the editors did not like the implication that Rey would again cheat on his estranged wife. The scene was re-edited so it would cut away before Rey made the decision to pursue Lundquist.
Episode scene cards[]
1 | 2 | 3 |
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Office of |
Office of |
Apartment of |
4 | 5 | 6 |
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Dynamics |
Office of |
Mattawin Studios |
7 | 8 | 9 |
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L'Etoile |
Chambers of |
Arraignment Court |
10 |
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Parking Garage |
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