| "Lonelyville" | ||
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| ← | CI, Episode 7.04 | → |
| Production number: CI7006 First aired: 25 October 2007 | ||
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| Teleplay By Jacquelyn Reingold Story By Jacquelyn Reingold, Julie Martin & Warren Leight Directed By Constantine Makris | ||
Summary[]
When a beautiful Urkrainian blonde is murdered and tied with special knots, Logan and Falacci follow the path to a lonesome writer who was caught up with two bombshells, one that left the scene the night the other was murdered and who seems to be the attorney of the potential suspect, the writer's ex-wife.
Plot[]
The Ukrainian blonde was killed to set up a writer, Noah Brezner, so as to blackmail him for $200,000. At first suspicion falls upon the abusive boyfriend but his alibi checks out. They follow a trail of blackmailed men to Tammy Mills. From prison, Noah Brezner calls Tammy to tell the police the truth to free him but she hangs up on him, leaving him in tears and confused. He kills himself in his prison cell. The police eventually find a trail leading from Tammy to one Leanne Baker who happens to also be Tammy's disgraced lawyer. They turn the tables on Leanne by turning Tammy against her and explaining how Noah loved her because Tammy was his muse and he left her a sad suicide note asking why she betrayed him. Tammy realizes she means nothing to Leanne and decides to testify against her.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
- Alicia Witt as Detective Nola Falacci
- Eric Bogosian as Captain Danny Ross
Recurring cast[]
Guest cast[]
- Lola Glaudini as Leanne Baker
- Amanda Detmer as Tammy Mills
- Josh Pais as Noah Brezner
- Thomas Sadoski as Patrick Cardell
- Jennifer Missoni as Anya Pugach
- John Viscardi as Nikos Bakalis
- Jacob Ming-Trent as Gerry Mitchell
- Meghan Andrews as Vanessa Albert
- Alex Moggridge as Chris Sherman
- Pepper Binkley as Becky
- Dani Marco as Actress
- Zuzanna Szadkowski as Olga
References[]
- Ukraine
- Marriedbutsolonely.com
- Lonelyville (book)
- Deathscam
- Kinbaku
- Raymond Carver
- Ernest Hemingway
Quotes[]
- Captain Ross: "Married, but so lonely"? That's half of New Jersey.
- Tammy Mills: Why did you have to kill Anya? She was so nice!
- Leanne Baker: She was a whore!
Background information and notes[]
- This is the first appearance of recurring character Detective Louise Campesi, who would also appear on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
- Nola Falacci speaks Greek to suspected murderer Nikos Bakalis. She pretended Logan was Greek when they were undercover in the episode "Seeds".
- One of the screen names used by the men on the Marriedbutsolonely.com website is "MRBIG2", a reference to Chris Noth's character of Mr. Big from Sex and the City.
- Actor Josh Pais, who plays Noah Brezner, later guest-starred in another episode which involved a cheating web site (though he wasn't the customer that time), the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "October Surprise".
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