Law & Order

Thrill

Season 8, Episode 1, Aired 9/24/97

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The cops break the seemingly random murder of a chicken delivery guy with a little "undercover" work in the park, but McCoy and Ross face a harder battle to get a conviction when the two defendants resolutely point the finger at each other, and the one item identifying the actual killer is the recording of a confession-made to a priest. Rey's wife is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.moreless

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Steven Hill

D.A. Adam Schiff
Jerry Orbach

Det. Lennie Briscoe
S. Epatha Merkerson

Lt. Anita Van Buren

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- Along with the fourteenth, nineteenth and twentieth seasons, this is one of only four seasons not to feature any cast changes. Edit
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- Rey Curtis: You're a Catholic. Jack McCoy: Not when I'm at work. Sorry. Edit
- Anita Van Buren: A thrill killing. I take it back, Lennie, I guess some people don't need a reason. Lennie Briscoe: I guess the macarena wasn't exciting enough for them. Edit
- Jamie Ross: The Church protects murderers, the law says two people can fire the same bullet, and the victim's mother forgives her son's killers. You figure it out. Jack McCoy: You don't think you could? Forgive them, I mean? Jamie Ross: No. Jack McCoy: Neither could I. What does that say about us? Edit
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- This episode appears to be is ripped from the headlines of the Thomas Koskovich/Jason Vreeland murder case. Edit
- Adam Schiff: Sounds like Leopold and Loeb. Who'd we get? Jack McCoy: Beavis and Butthead. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were convicted of murder in Chicago in 1924 and defended by famed lawyer Clarence Darrow. It was called the Crime of the Century. Beavis and Butt-head was a cartoon on MTV in the mid-'90s about two boys who often got in trouble. In law enforcement criminal partners who are especially stupid are often called Beavis and Butt-head. Edit
- Lennie sites the macarena as possible cause for murder. This is a reference to the macarena dance craze in the '90s. Edit