Manhood

"Manhood"
←	L&O, Episode 3.21	→
Production number: 68025 First aired: 12 May 1993
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Teleplay By Robert Nathan Story By Robert Nathan & Walon Green Directed By Ed Sherin

Plot

After a policeman is killed, it is revealed that he was gay and that homophobia prevented some fellow officers from providing backup.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
• Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
• Richard Brooks as A.D.A. Paul Robinette
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet (credit only)

Recurring cast

• Philip Bosco as Defense Attorney Gordon Schell
• Rochelle Oliver as Judge Grace Larkin
• Donald Corren as Forensic Technician Medill

Guest cast

• Charles Hallahan as Captain Thomas "Tom" O'Hara
• Adam Trese as Officer Craig McGraw
• Sam Rockwell as Officer Weddeker
• Robert Moresco as Sergeant Henry Rhodes
• Ron Ryan as Sergeant John "Jack" Harley
• Lázaro Pérez as Nazarrio
• Dan Grimaldi as Jerry Kerwin
• Michael Egan as Judge Leonard Fein
• Michael Hirsch as Dr. Ross
• Rene Rivera as Lucio Martinez
• Ralph Byers as Neil Belden
• Tino Juarez as Sanchez
• Steven Rodriguez as Tirado
• Spartan McClure as Officer James Davis
• Ken Larsen as Neeley
• Kevin Hagan as Captain Mac
• Mark Sarro as Officer John Cooper
• Philip Levy as Novogrod
• Gia Galeano as Dispatcher
• Sandye Wilson as Operator #1
• Faye M. Price as Operator #2
• Karen Ullman as Operator #3
• Lil Henderson as Operator #4
• John McLoughlin as Jury Foreman
• Kenneth Rock as Burnett
• Lee Ryan as Officer Rick Newhouse (uncredited)

References

• William Clinton
• Dear Abby
• Internal Affairs Bureau
• Rick Newhouse (victim)
• Lee Harvey Oswald
• John F. Kennedy
• Homophobia

Quotes

Lennie Briscoe: Next time you wanna get some bones broken, try falling down a flight of stairs.

Mike Logan: Next time I want advice, I'll write Dear Abby.

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Mike Logan: You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. And if you move funny, I'll blow your head off.

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Lennie Briscoe: You worried about the time, we'll dock ourselves a day.

Donald Cragen: I'm worried about you losin' your house and eatin' macaroni the next 20 years.

Lennie Briscoe: I lost two houses already and I like macaroni.

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Lennie Briscoe: You remember foot patrol?

Mike Logan: What I remember most is I never thought I'd get shot.

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Adam Schiff: I used to ask myself how a man could put on a bedsheet and lynch another man. The answer is most of the time he can't, by himself.

Ben Stone: But you get enough people together...4 cops stood by and let him die.

Adam Schiff: And 12 civilians just did it again.

Ben Stone: And they voted their indifference.

Background information and notes

• This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Drama Series. Robert Nathan was responsible for the teleplay & story, and Walon Green for the story.
• This episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "Samaritan".

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
31st Precinct Captain Tom O'Hara Tuesday, February 23	Amsterdam Apartments 206 West 107th Street Friday, February 26	Apartment Of Officer Rick Newhouse 201 West 73rd Street Monday, March 8

4	5	6
Lovlien's Pub 2502 Broadway Friday, March 12	District Attorney's Conference Room Thursday, March 18	District Attorney's Conference Room Wednesday, March 24

7	8	9
Supreme Court Trial Part 57 Monday, May 10	Supreme Court Trial Part 57 Thursday, May 13	Supreme Court Trial Part 57 Tuesday, May 18

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