Briscoe and his new partner, Rey Curtis, track down the man accused of kidnapping and killing a young girl.Briscoe and his new partner, Rey Curtis, track down the man accused of kidnapping and killing a young girl.Briscoe and his new partner, Rey Curtis, track down the man accused of kidnapping and killing a young girl.
John Tormey
- Alan Krutsky
- (as John J. Tormey Jr.)
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- TriviaWhile complaining about the low image quality of the ATM camera the video tech says "the same goobers that built Hubble built this camera." She is referring to the fact that the primary mirror in the Hubble Space Telescope was ground the wrong shape due to a defective sensor that was built specifically to measure the thickness of the mirror which was the most precisely figured optical mirror ever made at the time, with a smoothness variation of less than 10 nanometers. The flawed sensor caused the mirror to be too flat around the edge by about 2,200 nanometers. This in turn led to images taken by the telescope to be out of focus, it could take images of local objects without much issue, but when it came to taking images of really bright objects like local stars, or really dim objects like distant galaxies, the images were too distorted. To-date it was the largest and most expensive blunder in NASA's history and Hubble became the butt of a lot of jokes at the time. NASA eventually found a solution, they designed special lenses to bring the light coming off the mirror back into focus, the lenses were installed during the first scheduled maintenance mission for Hubble in 1993, three years after its launch.
- GoofsA courtroom scene takes place on Monday, September 5th. That would be Labor Day, a Federal holiday, and court would not be in session.
- Quotes
Det. Lennie Briscoe: When I was a kid growing up around here, worst thing that could happen was you skinned your knee playing Johnny on the pony.
Det. Rey Curtis: I don't remember my childhood being that rosy.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: When was that, last week?
- ConnectionsReferences The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Innocence Lost
Issues of justice, vigilantism are a powder keg that often get lost in waves of emotions. Add an innocent young child slain into the mix and things become worse. These elements could have been a slam-dunk for 'Bitter Fruit' all on their own, but it doesn't stop there. This 6th season premiere of 'Law & Order' adds an additional stop in the last third to make things even more juicier. It's up for debate if they needed this final twist and if it dilutes the goodness that came before it, but the episode as a whole is still above average.
A 12 year old girl is found murdered, dumped in a vacant lot and the picture becomes clear she was kidnapped. Briscoe (Orbach) & Curtis (Bratt) trace the crime to a glass company employing ex-felon Nick Capetti (John Ventimiglia) and more evidence cements his obvious guilt. As McCoy (Waterston) & Kincaid (Hennessy) move with an open & shut case, the girls mother Karen (Ellen Greene) opens fire in court killing Nick and then more truths come to light.
'Bitter Fruit' was already strong with the initial themes in play and the serious nature of an innocent child being killed. However it's final twist throw things in another direction and goes beyond selfishness into downright sickening. I can't lie and say the measure of justice felt sufficient at the end, but that moment of gunplay was one of the most shocking turns I've ever seen in an episode of L&O. Plus knowing actual people like the mother here exists brings it a sense of sad reality.
A 12 year old girl is found murdered, dumped in a vacant lot and the picture becomes clear she was kidnapped. Briscoe (Orbach) & Curtis (Bratt) trace the crime to a glass company employing ex-felon Nick Capetti (John Ventimiglia) and more evidence cements his obvious guilt. As McCoy (Waterston) & Kincaid (Hennessy) move with an open & shut case, the girls mother Karen (Ellen Greene) opens fire in court killing Nick and then more truths come to light.
'Bitter Fruit' was already strong with the initial themes in play and the serious nature of an innocent child being killed. However it's final twist throw things in another direction and goes beyond selfishness into downright sickening. I can't lie and say the measure of justice felt sufficient at the end, but that moment of gunplay was one of the most shocking turns I've ever seen in an episode of L&O. Plus knowing actual people like the mother here exists brings it a sense of sad reality.
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- Apr 27, 2024
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