This episode begins intriguingly with a victim who looks as though he's been killed by a very thorough professional assassin - but this is far from the case, as we learn when we follow the unravelling plot involving scitzophrenic Adam Sawyer and Dr. Varick, who is testing a new drug on him, among others, for a drug company that wants results, and wants them fast.
This is one of the Law and Order episodes that deals with responsibility for a crime and the fact that in some cases it is not merely the man who pulls the trigger who is solely responsible for the victim's death. These type of episodes work due to the high quality of writing, aided by the high quality of acting - and in this episode both of these areas are up to the usual standard.
So: watch and wonder - who killed Greg Franklin and who was responsible?
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The murder of a university laboratory janitor leads back to a student employee whose participation in a drug study may have prompted the crime.
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Steven Hill
D.A. Adam Schiff
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Jerry Orbach
Det. Lennie Briscoe
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S. Epatha Merkerson
Lt. Anita Van Buren
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ADD QUOTES- Lennie Briscoe: No fingerprints, no footprints! We're thinking of putting out a sketch of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Edit
- (Looking at Alan Sawyer's PET scan results) Jamie Ross: What does this red area mean? Alan Sawyer: Go ahead, Doctor, I want to hear it from you. (Varick doesn't answer.) Alan Sawyer: It means I'm going to die. I'm not schizophrenic. I have a tumor. That's why I heard the voices. That's why I've been acting like this. Edit
- Alan Sawyer: Do you want to know how much longer they say I have? (Varick looks away from him.) Alan Sawyer: A year. Maybe two. You bastard. You let me kill him. And now you've killed me. Edit
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ADD ALLUSIONS- Alan Sawyer: Minamata. This Japanese fishing village. About forty years ago, a paper company dumped about 60 tonnes of mercury into the water near there. People died, babies were born with defects. Sadly, Alan Sawyer is talking about a real disaster. The company was the Chiso Corporation. People in Minamata were poisoned by the water and by eating the fish from the water. Many of them developed severe nervous system problems and brain damage. Before doctors knew about the mercury, they diagnosed the victims with what they called "Minamata Disease." Many of the victims were needlessly put into quarantine and separated from their families because doctors feared the disease was contagious. Edit
- Jimmy The Pin: Those nuts who run around the woods playing Rambo, they printed this. Jimmy compares militia members and survivalists to John Rambo, Sylvester Stallone's angry Vietnam veteran character who first appeared in the movie First Blood. Edit
- The title of this episode, Double Blind, references a research method where neither the subjects nor the researchers know which subjects are actually being tested, and which are the control group. Edit
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