| "We Like Mike" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 7.20 | → |
| Production number: K1125 First aired: 30 April 1997 | ||
| Written By Gardner Stern & I.C. Rapoport Directed By David Platt | ||
A Good Samaritan's life is thrown into turmoil when he is accused of murder.
Plot[]
A good Samaritan's life is thrown into turmoil when he is accused of murder. And when Jack asks him to testify against the real killer, things only get worse for him.
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
- Carey Lowell as A.D.A. Jamie Ross
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast[]
- Ron Frazier as Judge Aldo Ianello
Guest cast[]
- Casey Siemaszko as Defense Attorney Shuman
- Stuart Burney as Defense Attorney Joostens
- Benny Nieves as Ricky Garcia
- Reiko Aylesworth as Tiffany Sherman
- Fernando López as Tony Garcia
- John Doman as Sergeant Frank Gottlieb
- Frank John Hughes as Mike Bodack
- Sam Reni as Jack
- Ronald Weyand as Father Dimitrius
- Santo Fazio as Miles
- Henry Yuk as Lao
- Patricia Mauceri as Virginia Watts
- Marty Grabstein as Ackerman
- Steven Goldstein as Rabbi Kornstein
- Dina Pearlman as Ruth Gottlieb
- Richard Ziman as Dr. Marienthal
- Paul O'Brien as Bronx ADA Polk
- James Reno as Lieutenant Brosnan
- Glenn Wein as Pharmacist
- Phil Harrison as Stan
- Frannie Handman as Gertrude
- Michelle Hurst as Public Defender
- Robert Montano as CSU Technician
- Joseph Riccobene as Policeman
- Penelope Willis as Nurse
- Fran Reiter as Jury Forewoman
- Gaetano Lisi as Technician
- Marcell Rosenblatt as Court Reporter
References[]
Quotes[]
- [Briscoe and Curtis talk to the owner of the donut shop while investigating Matthew Sherman's murder]
- Donut shop owner: How perfect is this? Cops talkin' to a donut guy.
- Curtis: Yeah. Tell us about the customer who came in just before the girl. The one who cleaned his hands?
- Donut shop owner: Barely a customer. He takes about 50 napkins, and then he starts to leave. Well, after I call him on it, he orders a coffee, then thinks he's a big shot, because he tips me a quarter. [hands Briscoe his wastebasket] What I lost on napkins, I barely broke even!
- [Briscoe extracts the dirty napkins Mike threw out from the wastebasket and hands them to another cop]
- Briscoe: Take these down to the lab.
- Cop: Right.
- Briscoe: [to the shop owner] Did he mention his name or say where he was comin' from or goin' to?
- Donut shop owner: Nothin', except "gimme a coffee", and how if he wasn't gettin' married next week, he'd be puttin' the moves on the girl, which I thought that was outta line. But I didn't say anything, because it's not my business. My business is sellin' donuts.
- Briscoe: Thanks for clearin' that up.
- Mike: There was another guy. I passed a guy halfway down the block from where I left the car. A Puerto Rican guy.
- Curtis: Yeah. That's how we solve homicides too. Nearest Puerto Rican did it.
(Examining gunshot victim.)
- Curtis: He's got scraped-up knuckles. Maybe he put up a fight.
- Briscoe: ...and lost.
- Ricky: Can I say how I didn't mean to do it?
- Briscoe: You mean how you only shot him 'cause he wouldn't give you his watch? Yeah, yeah. The DA'll like that.
- Schiff: It's nice to know that the entire criminal justice system rises or falls on the decency of a Mike Bodack.
Background information and notes[]
- The episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "Help".
- The title is taken from American President Dwight Eisenhower's election campaign slogan "I Like Ike".
Episode scene cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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St. Theodore's |
The Doral |
Apartment 48 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Bellevue Pharmacy |
Apartment of |
Chambers of |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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Housing Authority |
Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
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