Tragedy on Rye

Season 13, Episode 4, Aired

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A struggling actress is murdered in an apparent robbery-homicide where a video tape, made by a couple touring the city and sold to a local news station, shows three suspects loading the stolen property into an SUV. They are charged with felony murder, a capital crime, and this causes unrest with Southerlyn surrounding the death penalty.moreless
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  • The capital punishment issue.

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    By klecm5af, Mar 20, 2010
    This episode made a good point in showing the complexity of the death penalty issue. It is not that easy to decide to put someone on death row There are several instances, though, participating in the final decision, you are being one of them, with the possibility you are not absolutely sure you're doing the right thing, with the chance you needn't be completely convinced the offender deserves such a punishment.
    There's no death sentence where I live, and I am happy for that, although there are a lot of those who might deserve it. But the possible abuse or mistake in the capital case are irreversible. So I wish I never were on a wrong place, in a wrong time and in a wrong state.moreless

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    By bankscountybabe, Oct 15, 2006
    An actor got 3 single 50 round to chest. No sign of forced entry so victim had to have let the killer in. 50 grand worth of sterio was missing. Suspects that victim was a hooker because she wore trashy clothes. The suspect works at a strip club. Couple suspectedly has in possession of a video shot of woman killed but sold it to WEXP news. Worried that they may air the video and the people/ person who commited this crim will flee. they find out 3 black men sold her plasma T.V. One resisted arrest. Beat one man up because he said the thought he was reaching for a gun, but he was reaching for his phone.moreless
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    • This is one of only a handful of episodes in which the district attorney (Arthur Branch) shares a scene with a cop (Anita Van Buren).

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    • (Considering a civil suit filed by the defendants) Anita Van Buren: They claim you profiled him. Ed Green: Yeah, he's a drug dealer and a murderer. Anita Van Buren: And he's black! Ed Green: Have you looked at me recently?

    • (Andrew Maynard enters the interrogation room) Matt Carton: You can send in the cavalry, I still ain't killed anybody. Anita van Buren: This is your lawyer, Einstein.

    • (Discussing uncooperative witnesses from out of town) Anita van Buren: The next plane's in four hours? Cut 'em loose in three and a half.

    • Arthur Branch: Seems to me we have enough evidence for two cases. The only thing we don't have is a busload of nuns as eyewitnesses.

    • Lennie Briscoe: Her neighbor says this used to be the home for one of those plasma TVs. Ed Green: Those things go for about six grand. Lennie Briscoe: For six grand it oughta make coffee and do the dishes.

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    • Judge Morris Torledsky: Lead on, MacDuff. This is a line from Shakespeare's play Macbeth, spoken by Macbeth right before he and MacDuff have a sword fight. Macbeth ends up getting decapitated.

    • Lennie Briscoe: Larry, Moe and Curly makes three. The videotape of the trio of perpetrators inspires a quick "Three Stooges" reference.

    • (Talking about a brand of bass guitar) Lennie Briscoe: Is that good? Ed Green: Good enough for Elvis. Lennie Briscoe: Now you're in my neck of the woods. Ed Green: Elvis COSTELLO. Lennie Briscoe: Who's on first? Several allusions in one! The reference to King of Rock & Roll Elvis Presley is obvious. Elvis Costello's hit songs include "Alison" and "(What's So Funny About) Peace Love And Understanding." The surname Costello reminds Lennie of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello (no relation) and their timeless comedy routine known as "Who's On First." The routine is about a baseball team of players with nicknames like Who, What and I Don't Know; their nicknames cause a lot of confusion.

    • Judge Morris Torledsky: Who says consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds? In his work, Essays: First Series: On Self-Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson states that, "[a] foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines", which is often misquoted to omit the word 'foolish'.

    • This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the Carnegie Deli murders.

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