| "Pas de Deux" | ||
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| ← | CI, Episode 3.13 | → |
| Production number: E4516 First aired: 15 February 2004 | ||
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| Teleplay By Warren Leight Story By Warren Leight & René Balcer Directed By Frank Prinzi | ||
Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the death of a bank robber killed by a bomb strapped to his chest.
Plot[]
In this episode, Detectives Goren and Eames investigate the death of a bank robber killed by a bomb that was strapped to his chest. They suspect that the victim had an accomplice who triggered the device and try to find him before he does the same to his next partner.
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[]
- Charles Rocket as Donny DePalma
- Enid Graham as Margie Timmons
- Geoffrey Cantor as Will Timmons
- Delaney Williams as Ernie Dominguez
- Richard Furlong as Patrolman Damos
- Emilio Delgado as Ari Hernandez
- William Scott Brown as Detective De Leucci
- Bonnie Rose as Anna Shapiro
- Morgan Christopher as Phoenix Timmons
- Jeremy Knaster as Detective Strong
- Nick Sakai as Detective Tanaka
- Dan Weltner as Dancer #3
- Edie Cowan as Tami
- John Mooney as Waiter
- David Flaherty as Brian
- Eric Jordan Young as Andre
- Tony Campisi as Bank Manager
- Ruth Gottschall as Maureen
- Robert Langdon Lloyd as Austin
- Shirley Roeca as Angel
- Pete Macnamara as CSU Detective (uncredited)
References[]
Quotes[]
- Alexandra Eames: It's so nice to be back.
- Alexandra Eames: ...three ties... clip-ons.
- Robert Goren: In case they get caught in the rollers of the copier. He's careful.
- Alexandra Eames: He should've worn a clip-on bomb.
- Detective: He packed black powder into a used ink cartridge.
- Alexandra Eames: He recycles. What a good boy.
- Alexandra Eames: Right height, right build...
- Robert Goren: ...and she follows you wherever you lead her.
- Robert Goren: Who are you waiting for, Prince Charming or Valiant?
- Donny DePalma: (to his lawyer, about the detectives) Must've got lost on a doughnut run.
- Robert Goren: I heard that.
Background information and notes[]
- This episode seems to be based on the Brian Wells case. Wells was killed by a time bomb explosive fastened to his neck, purportedly under duress from the maker of the bomb. After he was apprehended by the police for robbing a bank, the bomb exploded. In a July 2007 indictment, Federal prosecutors alleged that Wells had been involved in the planning of the botched crime. Two of his co-conspirators, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong and Kenneth Barnes, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of bank robbery, conspiracy, and weapons charges. A third co-conspirator, William Stockton, was given immunity in exchange for his testimony. On July 29, 2008 a federal judge ruled that Diehl-Armstrong was mentally incompetent to stand trial for the bombing. She has a hearing scheduled in November 2008 to decide if she will be competent at that time to stand trial. On September 3, 2008 Barnes pleaded guilty to conspiring to rob a bank and to aiding and abetting. He faces life in prison. (Source: Brian Douglas Wells at Wikipedia)
- This episode reveals that the jury rendered a 'not guilty' verdict on Nicole Wallace, Detective Robert Goren's nemesis from the second season episodes "Anti-Thesis" and "A Person of Interest", the latter of which she was arrested in.
- The title of this episode, "Pas de Deux", is a French balletic term referring to a duet in which dance steps are performed together.
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