Worth watching, just for the dig at rival programme CSI at the start of the programme (Lenny Briscoe: "Those crime scene guys are overrated. That's the problem with them, they all think they're cops.")
The rest of the episode is standard stuff; rich white guy gtes his kid into a plush school at the expense of a talented black kid. Bribery is suspected and the (very British) headmaster is hauled into court by McCoy to face the rap.
The main problem is that the evidence doesn't really stack up - you watch the rest of the programme waiting for them to reveal some hitherto unknown piece of damning evidence, but it never arrives. The trial part of the programme is therefore pretty disappointing, although it's nice to see lab rat Beck answering back to the smarmy rich guy's lawyer.moreless
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The murder of an admissions director of a private school leads the detectives to investigate a pair of angry parents whose children were denied admission, but then set their sights on the headmaster when they discover that the victim was about to go public with the denied admissions.moreless
 Elisabeth Rohm |
ADA Serena Southerlyn |
 Jerry Orbach |
Det. Lennie Briscoe |
 S. Epatha Merkerson |
Lt. Anita Van Buren |
 Sam Waterston |
Exec. ADA Jack McCoy |
 Jesse L. Martin |
Det. Ed Green |
 Fred Dalton Thompson |
DA Arthur Branch |
 Josh Mostel |
Harvey Anchin |
Guest Star |
Curtis L. McClarin |
Marvin Waters |
Guest Star |
Roger Rees |
Wyatt Scofield |
Guest Star |
Leslie Hendrix |
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers |
Recurring Role |
 Jeffrey DeMunn |
Norman Rothenberg |
Recurring Role |
John E. Cariani |
Julian Beck |
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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
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TRIVIA (2)
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While inside Debra Landon's apartment, Briscoe finds a playbill and ticket for the show La Boheme. Green says, "You don't need to love opera to love La Boheme, it's a Broadway play." RENT, which is based off La Boheme, is a Broadway show in which Jesse L. Martin originated the role of Tom Collins.
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Jack is told that 'if he doesn't have the yeast, he can't bake the cake'. While yeast is an important ingredient in most breads, it is not actually used in many cakes.
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QUOTES (8)
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Jack McCoy: My mother shoved a box of Crayolas in my pocket, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my lunch box, and sent me on my way.
Serena Southerlyn: Sometimes I wonder how much of this is really for the kids' education and how much is just stroking their egos. -
Ed Green (about legacy admissions): It's like affirmative action for white folks. Ain't that how George W. got into Yale, 'cause his daddy went there?
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(About Wyatt Scofield.)
Ed Green: Waters is right, he is a condescending bastard. I wanted to kill him myself. -
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: This woman had an oophorectomy.
Lennie Briscoe: You mean she had her oophers removed? -
Cantor (as he hands Briscoe a polaroid of the victim): For your book of memories.
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Jack McCoy: It's the American way. Yesterday's robber baron is tomorrow's philanthropist.
Serena Southerlyn: What you're really trying to say is that cash trumps merit every time.
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Lennie Briscoe: Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.
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Lennie Briscoe: Those crime scene guys are highly overrated. The problem is, they all think they're cops.
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NOTES (1)
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The indoor scenes of The Knowles School were filmed at The Marymount School of New York.
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ALLUSIONS (4)
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This episode features a subtle jab at the CBS monster hit CSI, as Lennie Briscoe observes that crime scene techs are overrated. "They think they're cops," he says.
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Harvey Anchin: You're really working for John Ashcroft, aren't you?
At the time of this episode, John Ashcroft was the US Attorney General. Ashcroft is a conservative Republican who is known for being very religious. He is opposed to pornography and anything else that might be considered indecent; for example, he ordered a bare-breasted statue in the Justice Department building to be covered by drapes.
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This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the Sanford Weill case.
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The title of this episode, Kid Pro Quo, is a pun on the Latin term 'quid pro quo', which means 'this for that' -- an exchange of one thing (perhaps money) for something else.
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