| "Prisoner" | ||
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| ← | CI, Episode 5.03 | → |
| Production number: 05003 First aired: 9 October 2005 | ||
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| Teleplay By Gina Gionfriddo Story By Gina Gionfriddo & René Balcer Directed By Rick Wallace | ||
Plot[]
A prison warden William Hendry claims he was brutalized and forced to pay a $50,000 ransom for his long-kidnapped wife, but Detectives Goren and Eames are puzzled when they discover that the missing woman has been happily cohabiting with an escaped prisoner for 10 years. Amid a backwash of lingering secrets and lies, the investigators re-visit the warden's past and recall a famous axiom - follow the money.
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[]
- Elizabeth Marvel as Jenny Hendry
- Brian Tarantina as Vic Bowman
- Mark Setlock as Detective Delay
- Corbin Bernsen as William Hendry
- Jack O'Connell as Dennis Murphy
- Jeff Still as Reid Branch
- Haneefah Wood as Ellie Graham
- Anslem Richardson as Officer Jerrold
- Brad Aldous as Dr. Eagan
- Graham Winton as Attorney Davis
- Michael Santoro as Jake
- Michael Gladis as Donny
- Alison Bartlett as Hope Daniels
- David Christopher Wells as Search Team Technician
- Douglas Dickerman as CSU Detective
- Selenis Leyva as Warden's Secretary
- Erik LaRay Harvey as Deputy Warden L. James
- Eliezer Castro as Jose (uncredited)
References[]
- Staten Island
- Short Term Solutions
- Roger Stern
- Scott Borman
Quotes[]
Quotes
Background information and notes[]
- The song Goren sings before they raid the Bowman/LeBlanc house is "Don't Bet Your Money On de Shanghai" by Stephen Foster.
- When Goren and Eames are posing as doctors, they introduce themselves to Vic Bowman as Dr. Stern and Dr. Borman. Stern and Borman were a pair of doctors whom Goren and Eames investigated for waging biological warfare on their ex-girlfriends. (CI: "Zoonotic")
- This episode is inspired in part by the escape of convicted murderer Randolph Franklin Dial with the help of the then-deputy warden's wife Bobbi Parker. Unlike Jenny Hendry, however, Parker was convicted of assisting Dial's escape.
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