A Gordon Gekko like Wall Street lizard gets murdered one morning and this is a guy who a few thousand people might have had good reason to take out. But Chris Noth and Paul Sorvino are almost sorry that the trail leads to Eli Wallach who is an old lunch pail radical who with many others lost his job and union benefits when the factory the deceased bought, closed down.
In all the years Law And Order has been on the air, I've never seen an episode where the police so identify with the individual they are arresting. Wallach gives a mesmerizing performance and it's hard not to sympathize with the guy. When he's questioned Michael Moriarty and Richard Brooks feel almost obligated to investigate the motive and see if there's a bigger picture.
The DA's investigation plays a lot like Oliver Stone's Wall Street and it reaches to an old friend of Stephen Hill's, pillar of the establishment William Prince.
Prince's character is based on a combination of Averill Harriman and Clark Clifford. That he could be involved in anything as sordid as what comes out here is just not registering at first. But the facts do speak for themselves.
Wallach and Prince offer an incredible juxtaposition of the American story in this very moving Law And Order episode.
In all the years Law And Order has been on the air, I've never seen an episode where the police so identify with the individual they are arresting. Wallach gives a mesmerizing performance and it's hard not to sympathize with the guy. When he's questioned Michael Moriarty and Richard Brooks feel almost obligated to investigate the motive and see if there's a bigger picture.
The DA's investigation plays a lot like Oliver Stone's Wall Street and it reaches to an old friend of Stephen Hill's, pillar of the establishment William Prince.
Prince's character is based on a combination of Averill Harriman and Clark Clifford. That he could be involved in anything as sordid as what comes out here is just not registering at first. But the facts do speak for themselves.
Wallach and Prince offer an incredible juxtaposition of the American story in this very moving Law And Order episode.