| "Homo Homini Lupis" | ||
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| ← | CI, Episode 1.14 | → |
| Production number: E2113 First aired: 3 March 2002 | ||
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| Written By René Balcer Directed By David Platt | ||
Plot[]
An embezzling executive's wife and two daughters are kidnapped by a loan shark as collateral on a huge debt. When the family is returned, the detectives discover another crime has happened, one that shocks even the loan shark himself.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Detective Robert Goren
- Kathryn Erbe as Detective Alexandra Eames
- Jamey Sheridan as Captain James Deakins
- Courtney B. Vance as A.D.A. Ron Carver
Guest cast[]
- James Colby as Lucas Colter
- Ritchie Coster as Simon Matic
- Jordan Charney as Melvin Colter
- Marianne Hagan as Susan Colter
- Frank Pellegrino as Carl Pettijohn
- Stephi Lineburg as Maggie Colter
- Andrew Pang as Kenneth Shen
- Angela Bullock as Harkan Fereli
- Joe Richards as Detective Marinoff
- Jerry Shulman as Roy Rose
- Selenis Leyva as Isabella Costas
- Mimi Quillin as Danita Swinton
- Harry S. Murphy as Gene Starling
- Bailey Slattery as Sarah Colter
- Alberto Vazquez as Nicky Torres
- C. Kavanagh Harris as Rick
- Jordan Gelber as Phil
- Suzanne Shepherd as Joan
- Jay Boryea as Other Serb
References[]
Quotes[]
- Ron Carver: The dominoes are falling Mr. Pettijohn, you want to get ahead of them ... before they fall on you.
- Ron Carver: That's a tough little girl. Mr. Matic's rambling days are over.
- Alexandra Eames: Ten years too late.
- Robert Goren: You're not weak. You’re strong. You lived through it.
Background information and notes[]
- Presumably the episodes title is a misquotation of Thomas Hobbes's famous "Homo Homini Lupus Est," Latin for: "man is a wolf to [his fellow] man." Hobbes' observation in turn echoes a line from Plautus claiming that men are inherently selfish. As is stands, the title is awkward and ambiguous and could be translated as: "man is with wolves as man sees it," "man is for man as far as wolves are concerned," or even "a man sees something human in wolves."
- The script from "Homo Homini Lupis" was used for the Paris Enquêtes Criminelles second season episode "Blessure secrète".
- Goof: Maggie was inaccurately diagnosed with Stockholm syndrome, which is a mental illness involving an attachment to a captor by a captive person. Maggie exhibited more anger and pain, while still knowing Matic was one of the worst dangers to her. She better qualifies for reactive attachment disorder, which is commonly exhibited in children who are victims of severe violence and abuse. Symptoms include fits of rage and aversions to displays of love and communication, which Maggie specifically channeled at her father. (Sources: Stockholm syndrome and Reactive attachment disorder on Wikipedia)
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