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White Rabbit

Episode Number: 93    Season Num: 5    First Aired: Wednesday October 19, 1994    Prod Code: 69411
A routine investigation uncovers evidence that leads Briscoe and Logan to a long-time fugitive, a radical Vietnam War opponent on the run since a 1971 burglary that left a policeman dead.

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Writer: Ed Zuckerman, Morgan Gendel
Director: Steve Robman
Star: Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff),  Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe),  S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt. Anita Van Buren),  Sam Waterston (Exec. A.D.A. Jack McCoy),  Jill Hennessy (A.D.A. Claire Kincaid),  Chris Noth (Det. Mike Logan)
Guest Star: Tom Cappadona (Eddie Maybrook),  Roger Serbagi (Judge Robert Quinn),  Don Billett (Tilley),  Brett Rickaby (Hayden),  Sonny Jim Gaines (Albert Giggins),  José Ramón Rosario (Detective Emory),  Paul Hebron (Merriwell),  LaDonna Mabry (Dubief),  Alison Martin (Dr. Florence Sanders),  Sonja Lanzener (Mrs. Matilla),  Mateo Gomez (Jose Montero),  Nicholas Gould (Noah Levitan),  Anibal O. Lleras (Antonio),  Elizabeth Flax (Paramedic),  Jonathan Teague Cook (Henry Maybrook),  Philip LeStrange (Wick),  Norman Snow (Stuart Levitan),  Peter Friedman (Professor William Goodwin),  Mary Joan Negro (Susan Forrest aka Rita Levitan),  Peggy Roeder (Margaret Pauly),  Dick Anthony Williams (Sam Burdett),  Marilyn Chris (Mary Perella),  William S. Kunstler (Himself),  Scott Nicholson (Uniformed Policeman)

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Lennie Briscoe: The '60s, Mike, you had to be there.
Mike Logan: I'll have you know I was at a couple of anti-war rallies.
Anita van Buren: What, to meet girls?
Mike Logan: Hey, I heard hippie chicks believed in free love. (edit)
Adam Schiff: Back then, the FBI wire-tapped anyone who wore a paisley shirt. (edit)
Lennie Briscoe: Hey, what was the FBI doing in 1971?
Mike Logan: I don't know. Buying feather boas for J. Edgar Hoover? (edit)
Jack McCoy: She'll be in jail 'till 2003, I think the '60s should be over by then. (edit)

Trivia

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Schiff and Kunstler were on the same side during the '60s defending protesters. (edit)

Allusions

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Claire Kincaid: So what, we let her go and sing a duet of We Shall Overcome as she leaves the courtroom?

We Shall Overcome is a protest song from the 1960s. It is usually associated with Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists. It is an optimistic song about overcoming adversity. It also expresses bravery, hence the verse that begins with '[w]e are not afraid'. (edit)
William Goodwin: I remember the National Guard killing four college students whose only crime was protesting the illegal invasion of Cambodia!

He was referring to the events of May 4, 1970, when four unarmed student protesters were shot by National Guardsmen on the campus of Kent State University. This inspired the Neil Young song Ohio. (edit)
Jack McCoy: I'm sure you've listened to all the Doors albums, Claire, but you still have no idea what it was like back then.

The Doors, led by Jim "The Lizard King" Morrison, were known for their counter-cultural music. Songs like Light My Fire were endlessly played on college campuses. Their song Unknown Soldier dealt with war and some people also believe that the song Five to One is about Vietnam. (edit)
This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the Kathleen Soliah and Weathermen underground anti-war movement cases. (edit)
Jack McCoy: From the Chicago Seven to the Westchester One.

The Chicago Seven were protesters arrested during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago Illinois. The Convention is remembered for being the site of massive demonstrations and riots. (edit)
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