Wannabe (L&O)

"Wannabe"
←	L&O, Episode 5.16	→
Production number: 69417 First aired: 15 March 1995
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Written By René Balcer Directed By Lewis Gould

Plot

The investigation into the shooting of a member of the board for an exclusive private school leads to the father of an expelled student, and then to another student.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Doris Belack as Judge Margaret Barry

Guest cast

• Harry Groener as Terrence Dwyer
• Boyd Gaines as Nathan Barclay
• Bruce Kirkpatrick as Tom Harrigan
• Graham Sack as Colin Harrigan
• Leslie Denniston as Mrs. Prescot
• John C. Vennema as Dr. Stephen Prescott
• Matthew Carey as Stewart Barclay
• Marian Quinn as Mrs. Harrigan
• Rus Blackwell as Peter Howard
• Michael P. Moran as Liotta
• Kim Yancey as Detective Styles
• Robert Jimenez as Sosa
• Charlie Hofheimer as Andrew Jameson
• Jerome LePage as Jimmy Rose
• Karen Trott as Secretary
• Bill Hoag as Eugene
• Burt Edwards as Grandpa Brewster
• Gary Joseph Thorup as Vaughan Prescott
• Randy Frazier as T.A. Supervisor
• Tim Kirkpatrick as Policeman #1
• Christopher Rubin as CSU Technician
• Caroline Wilde as Carrie Prescott
• Jake Cooper as First Kid
• Paul Scannapieco as Desk Clerk

References

• CIA

Quotes

“	Look, I don't have to tell you anything. I guess it's not just the rich who look down on us. One of them gets killed, it's gotta be the dirty mick, right?	”
–Mrs. Harrigan

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Logan: The way these people keep secrets, they ought to be giving lessons to the CIA. I mean, what did the kid do, stage a circle jerk in the locker room?

Briscoe: Worse. He probably brought some of Mom's corned beef and cabbage to the school tea party.

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Barclay: I guarantee you, it was Harrigan that put him up to it. He and his father, they're all alike, with their Irish temper, they lose control, and the next thing you know, you have a murder--

McCoy: Oh, so Harrigan did it because he's a Mick? Detective Logan is a Mick. I'm a Mick, sir. And if you don't shut up, I'll lose control and throw you out of the room!

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“	I'm Jack McCoy. I'm the Assistant District Attorney for New York County. You are invited here to talk to me about the murder of William Prescott. And make no mistake, you will talk to me. You're going to tell me every thing you know about Colin Harrigan and Stewart Barclay's roles in that killing. If you don't, if you lie, I'll add a new word to your vocabulary. Conspiracy to commit murder. You could serve as many years as you have candles on your birthday cake. Who wants to speak first?	”
–McCoy makes an offer to Harrigan's friends

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“	I'm not a snitch.	”
–Colin Harrigan confesses to Bill Prescott's murder

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Towncar Livery Garage 316 West 20th Street Wednesday, January 18	Latham Morris & Assoc. 15 Rockefeller Center Wednesday, January 18	Luther C. Chase Academy 229 East 83rd Street Friday, January 20

4	5	6
Headmaster Dr. Stephen Penton Luther C. Chase Academy Tuesday, January 24	Apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Tom Harrigan 205 Sickles Street Thursday, February 2	Supreme Court Trial Part 42 Monday, March 6

7
Rikers Island Monday, March 7

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