"Tabula Rasa" | ||
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← | L&O, Episode 9.19 | → |
Production number: E0222 First aired: 20 April 1999 | ||
Written By William N. Fordes & Kathy McCormick Directed By Richard Dobbs |
Plot[]
After a philosophy professor is pushed in front of a subway and killed, the investigation leads to a suspect who, following a divorce, changed his identity and disappeared with his daughters.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast[]
- Joyce Gordon as Judge Lisa Holtz
- J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Defense Attorney Norman Rothenberg
- Larry Clarke as Detective Morris LaMotte
- Stan Lachow as Judge Donald Renner
Guest cast[]
- Jay O. Sanders as Nick Taska / Bill Fallon
- Maggie Low as Eleanor Taska
- Anne Bobby as Sylvia Fallon
- Tracy Spindler as Alexis Fallon / Cynthia Taska
- Lacey Kohl as Susan Fallon
- Jill Choder as Murphy
- John Wylie as Joseph Sandburg
- Brooks Rogers as Dr. Wilton Engel
- Frank Pellegrino as Tony
- Janet Sarno as Marie Costas
- Peter Giles as Spencer Leff
- Rica Martens as Maxine Lowry
- Joel Blum as Abe Mankoff
- Lisa Roberts Gillan as Madelyn Bishop
- Josie Chavez as Donna Davis
- John Moraitis as John Patris
- Jennifer Sternberg as Joyce De Loach
- Lydia Radziul as Zara
- Tracie Jade as Ayisha
- Kevin Hagan as O'Connor
- Edwin Sean Patterson as Maurice Russell
- Sabine Singh as Allison
- Tyagi Schwartz as Officer Bering
- Joe Mulligan as Officer Quinn
- Jackie Maruschak as M.E. Renfroe
- Patti Perkins as Woman
- Larry Gregory as Court Officer #1
- Richard Caselnova as Court Officer #2
References[]
- Marion Hollis
- Jonestown mass suicide
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Bobby Darin
- Grimaldi's Pizzeria
Quotes[]
“ | It's Jonestown without the Kool-Aid. | ” |
–Jack McCoy, on the Fallon family |
“ | That was the spookiest bunch of people I ever saw. | ” |
–Abbie Carmichael about the Fallon family |
- Jack McCoy: (to Sylvia Fallon) Are you saying that the defendant had total control of his family, Mrs. Fallon? Did the defendant constantly tell his children they were bad, they were stupid? Did he continually terrify them with a threat to withhold his love if they didn't meet his insane expectations? Did William Fallon terrorize his children, day after day, year after year, until they could no longer tell where he left off and they began?
- Sylvia Fallon: Yes.
- Nick Taska: You stupid cow!
- Judge Lisa Holt: Mr. Fallon!
- Nick Taska: Judge, she can't do this. The only reason I married her is so my children would have a mother.
- Sylvia Taska: (about meeting her husband) We have to meet him at the Palm Court at 4:00. He wouldn't like us to be late.
- Abbie Carmichael: So you're late. Then what, he starts rearranging the teacups?
Background information and notes[]
- "Tabula Rasa" is Latin for "blank slate".
- During syndicated reruns on TNT, Benjamin Bratt, Sam Waterston, and Angie Harmon are not in the opening credits, but Chris Noth and Michael Moriarty are.
- Jay O. Sanders would later appear as Captain Joseph Hannah in Season 10 of Law & Order: Criminal Intent that brought back Detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames in the final season.
Episode scene cards[]
1 | 2 | 3 |
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N.Y.C.U. Campus |
Manhattan terrace hotel |
Brooklyn college |
4 | 5 | 6 |
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Criminal court AR-2 |
Chambers of |
Chambers of |
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Supreme Court |
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