Profile

"Profile"
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Production number: 69010 First aired: 13 October 1993
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Teleplay By Gordon Rayfield & Ed Zuckerman Story By Gordon Rayfield Directed By E.W. Swackhamer

Plot

A man who survives a shotgun blast from a serial killer later identifies his assailant from a voice recording.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet

Recurring cast

• Christine Farrell as Forensics Technician Arlene Shrier
• Lynn Cohen as Judge Elizabeth Mizener
• Lenore Harris as Defense Attorney Marya Levinson
• Charlotte Colavin as Judge Lisa Pongracic
• C. Arthur Smith as Court Clerk

Guest cast

• Joe Seneca as Lionel Jackson
• Cecilia Hart as Mary Bradley
• Bruce Katzman as Allen Bradley
• Brian Davies as Dr. Rheinhold Bishop
• William Carden as Arthur Tunney
• James Earl Jones as Defense Attorney Horace McCoy
• Frances Chaney as Amelia Whitney
• Jose Ynoa as Jose Montoya
• P.J. Barry as Johnny McDougal
• Anthony Fusco as Dr. Richard Becker
• Faran Tahir as Mr. Khan
• Barry Squitieri as Pulaski
• Jim Iorio as Jarvis
• Richard Litt as Greenberg
• Elizabeth Swackhamer as Felicia Jennings
• Francesca Rizzo as Mrs. O'Connor
• Seth Jerome Walker as Kevin
• Joe Jamrog as Strawn
• Reggie Montgomery as Dawkins
• Sharon Angela as Brenda McCarthy
• José Rabelo as Ramirez
• Oni Faida Lampley as Barbara Kennedy
• Mary Pérez as Pamela Ortiz
• Amanda KC as Customer
• Shawn Michael Howard as Franco
• Mark Lotito as Policeman #1
• Joseph Mosso as Policeman #2
• Glenn Taranto as Manetti
• Betty Vaughn as Black Woman
• Garland Whitt as Black Teen

References

• Ted Bundy
• D-Day
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• FBI
• Florida
• France
• Haiti
• India
• Nairobi, Kenya
• KKK
• David Koresh
• North Dakota
• Quantico, Virginia
• Second Amendment
• Arthur Shawcross

Quotes

Stone: [after a phone call] Tunney has been out on the streets since 4:00 this afternoon.

Schiff: What?!

Kincaid: Where's our notice?

Stone: Some clerk's dog ate it!

Arthur Tunney: So? I have a shotgun. Ever hear of the Constitution? The right to bear arms?

Logan: Does the Constitution give you the right to shoot people?

Tunney: Black people? Well as a matter of fact, the Constitution says they're only worth 3/5 of a white man.

Defense Attorney: Mr. Tunney. I advise you to remain silent.

Tunney: It's okay. We're talking about the Constitution. Article 1, Section 3, look it up.

Van Buren: That article has been amended.

Tunney: Progress. It's not always a good thing.

Lionel Jackson: I remember the voice of the first white man that told me not to come in his store. I remember the voice of the doctor who told me I had a healthy son. And I remember the voice of the man who took out a gun and shot me!

Background information and notes

• Actors James Earl Jones and Cecilia Hart, who both appear in this episode, were married.

Episode scene cards

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Webb's Market 4186 Amsterdam Avenue Monday, June 14	Police Canvass 104th Street & Broadway Wednesday, June 16	Federal Bureau Of Investigation Dr. Reinhold Bishop Thursday, June 17

4	5	6
St. Justin's Hospital 238 Central Park North Friday, June 18	Apartment Of Allen and Mary Bradley 827 East 32nd Street Tuesday, June 22	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Wednesday, July 7

7	8	9
Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone Friday, July 9	Supreme Court Trial Part 57 Wednesday, September 8	Chambers Of Judge Lisa Pongracic Monday, September 20

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