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"Pledge"
L&O, Episode 19.10
Production number: 19008
First aired: 21 January 2009
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Written By
Richard Sweren and Gina Gionfriddo

Directed By
Alex Chapple

Plot[]

Bernard and Lupo investigate the murder of the son of a pair of scientists. Initially, the investigation focuses on a zealous journalist, who has been attempting to pursue a story about his parents' possibly misappropriating research funds.

A lock of the murdered boy's hair is mailed to the parents but addressed only to the wife. The postmark is from Amherst, Massachusetts, a well-known college town near the Hartford-Springfield region, home to a large public university and several exclusive private colleges. The detectives uncover a decades old grudge, fueled by a wannabe suitor's jealousy over perceived academic and sorority elitism, which he believes ruined his chance at love and happiness.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

References[]

  • Xbox
  • Pablo Picasso
  • Madden NFL 09
  • Hudson University
  • Wikipedia
  • Contemporary Science
  • Amherst
  • University of Massachusetts
  • Massachusetts
  • Kip Covington
  • Vermont
  • New England Monthly
  • Seldon College
  • Yale University
  • Spain
  • Duke University
  • Kappa Delta Alpha
  • Orsher Pharmaceuticals
  • American Medical Association
  • Pittsfield
  • Illinois
  • Dartmouth University
  • Susan Walden
  • Susan Laramie
  • Bahamas

Quotes[]

Rubirosa: [To the suspect's daughter] Well, we can't help you until there's a conviction and that's not going to happen until you help us! Your father demanded to know where I went to college and where a female judge went to college. And the way he acted when you wanted to join a sorority? What is his deal with women and colleges? Molly, if you know anything...

  • McCoy: I read the transcript. Very elegant the way you kept Susan Grayson just this side of perjury.
  • Cutter: That was the easy part. The hard part was finding a Kappa Delta Alpha who married a bug instead of squashing it.

Background information and notes[]

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards[]

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Crest Point School
128 East 69th Street
Tuesday, October 14

Contemporary Science
Magazine Offices
Tuesday, October 14

Home of
Ned and Nora Laskey
592 West 83rd Street
Friday, October 17

4 5 6

Office of
Dr. Arlene Doland
321 Battery Place
Friday, October 17

Supreme Court
Motion Hearing
Friday, October 24

Home of
Saul and Lana Laskey
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Monday, October 27

7 8

Supreme Court
Preliminary Hearing
Tuesday, October 28

Supreme Court
Preliminary Hearing
Thursday, October 30

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