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"Double Down"
L&O, Episode 7.19
Production number: K1122
First aired: 16 April 1997
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Harp
Teleplay By
Ed Zuckerman & Shimon Wincelberg

Story By
Shimon Wincelberg & Richard Sweren

Directed By
Arthur W. Forney

The suspect of a liquor store robbery gone wrong digs himself in a deeper situation after he tries to trick the prosecution.

Plot[]

McCoy tries to sidestep a plea bargain he made with a dangerous suspect in order to see justice done after discovering that the man committed three murders during an armed robbery: a cop, a witness, and his partner. McCoy ends up keeping to the deal with the intention of charging the killer, Henry Harp, with the murder of his partner separately. After a hearing, McCoy is allowed to try Harp for his partner's murder and he refuses to take any deal that will not put Harp away for life.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

References[]

  • Mitchell Titus
  • St. Justin's Hospital
  • Red Star Liquor

Quotes[]

(McCoy has been approached to decide whether or not to accept Harp's plea bargain)

Jack McCoy: How long has Mr. Titus been missing?
Jamie Ross: 10 hours, just after noon.
Jack McCoy: 2 AM justice. Not always conducive to wisdom.


Congratulations, McCoy. You just bought the Brooklyn Bridge from a double murderer.

–Lennie Briscoe, after finding out that Mitchell Titus was already dead when Henry Harp offered up his location.


Lennie Briscoe: We found Earl Novak.
Jack McCoy: Is he talking?
Lennie Briscoe: He's dead.


Lennie Briscoe: So he walks for killing a cop, but you nail him for killing the cop-killer?
Jack McCoy: An irony he gets to reflect upon over the next 40 years at Attica.


Rey Curtis: Come on, he wants us to put our asses on the line just to pull his out of the fire?
Jack McCoy: Nobody's asking you to commit perjury.
Lennie Briscoe: Just tell me where to show up.


Sally Bell: He's not a model citizen... I guess that's enough to make the judge wink. I just didn't expect you to sink to his level.
Jack McCoy: Gee. (turns to Ross) Jamie, how many people did I kill last week?


Sally Bell: We can work out another deal, Jack... save you the cost of a trial.
Jack McCoy: He does hard time in a maximum security prison until hell freezes over. How's THAT for a deal?

Background information and notes[]

  • The episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "Immune".
  • Writers Ed Zuckerman, Richard Sweren, and Shimon Wincelberg won the 1998 Edgar Allan Poe award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Television episode.
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