Law & Order SVU: Carol Burnett To Guest Star

NBC Universal has issued a press release stating that Carol Burnett will be a guest star on an upcoming episode of Law & Order SVU (NBC) titled “Ballerina.”


Here is the press release with all the details:

CAROL BURNETT TO GUEST STAR ON NBC'S "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" TUESDAY, MARCH 17 10 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK – February 11, 2009 – Six-time Emmy Award and five-time Golden Globe Award winner Carol Burnett will guest-star on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", Executive Producer Neal Baer announced today. Burnett will guest-star as a former dancer caught up in the murder of a young couple, in the episode titled "Ballerina," premiering Tuesday, March 17th, 10:00p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

"Having Carol Burnett on SVU is a dream come true. When you grow up wanting to be a writer, you can count on one hand the actors you'd give anything to work with. Carol Burnett is my thumb," said Baer.

"Every time I mention to someone that I'm about to work on "Law & Order: SVU", they immediately say 'Oh, that's my favorite show!' I'm so glad that they all share my opinion," Burnett added.

One of America's most beloved and versatile entertainers, Carol Burnett has also been recognized with a Peabody Award and more People's Choice Awards than any other woman in the award show's history. In 2003, she received the Kennedy Center Honors and in 2005 the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Since ending the 11-year run of "The Carol Burnett Show", she has moved easily from the stage to television, from feature films to films for television, and from variety specials to music and comedy specials.

Burnett will next co-star with Michael Keaton in this summer's upcoming feature, "The Post Grad Survival Guide". Recently, she portrayed the villainess Kangaroo in 20th Century Fox's blockbuster animated feature "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who", with Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.

In television, Burnett starred in the 2005 version of "Once Upon A Mattress" for ABC TV, where she played Queen Aggravain and Tracey Ullman co-starred as Princess Winnifred, the role Carol made famous during its smash Broadway run. The CBS Special "The Carol Burnett Show: Let's Bump Up The Lights", was broadcast in May of 2004 and Carol's previous special, "The Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers", was the fourth most watched program of 2001 and was nominated for three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Guest-starring television appearances include "Desperate Housewives" and "Mad About You", for which she won an Outstanding Guest Actress Emmy Award.

Burnett last appeared on Broadway in the 1999 Stephen Sondheim musical review "Putting It Together." Prior to that, she and Philip Bosco both received Best Actor Tony Award nominations in 1995 for their co-starring roles in "Moon Over Buffalo." Burnett and her late daughter, Carrie Hamilton, co-wrote the play "Hollywood Arms," directed by Hal Prince and based on Burnett's 1986 best-selling memoir One More Time. The production made its Broadway debut in 2002.

Burnett is currently working on a second book.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Media Studios. Dick Wolf is creator and executive producer; Neal Baer (NBC's "ER", "China Beach"), Ted Kotcheff ("Fun with Dick and Jane", "Weekend at Bernie's") and Peter Jankowski are executive producers.


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Law & Order SVU Filming On Upper West Side - Photos

Here are some photos, courtesy of Starpulse.com of an on location filming of Law & Order SVU, which took place on the upper west side of New York City on February 10. It seems like a reunion – only Dann Florek is missing. Enjoy these photos of Chris Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Ice-T, and the returning Stephanie March on the set!

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Law & Order UK Episode Information for “Care,” “Unloved,” “Vice,” and ‘Unsafe”

A nice shot of the London skyline

The UK’s ITV has released the episode information for the first four episodes of Law & Order UK, set to premier in the UK on February 23, 2009. The show is being co-produced by Kudos Film and Television, Wolf Films and NBC Universal.

The UK version is based on stories already told in the US. The first episode, “Care” is based on the US episode of Law & Order titled “Cradle to Grave,” a season two episode that starred Dann Florek, Chris Noth, Paul Sorvino, Michael Moriarty, Richard Brooks and Steven Hill. “Cradle to Grave” is coincidentally scheduled to re-air in the US on February 15 at 4:00 AM ET on TNT, in case you want to refresh your memory.


Here is the UK episode information:

Episode one: “Care”
When the evacuation of a central London hospital leads to the discovery of a tragic death, DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh) and DS Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber) investigate. The trail leads them to Kings Cross, where the redevelopment and gentrification of the area is affecting a number of local residents. But has this led someone to commit murder? Could the seemingly vulnerable single mother Dionne Farrah (Venetia Campbell) or her sister Leona be involved? Are caretaker Daniel Matoukou (Babou Ceesay) or local resident Mike Turner (Tony Maudsley) connected to events surrounding the death? And how has the case affected landlady Maureen Walters (Lorraine Ashbourne)? As DI Natalie Chandler (Harriet Walter) pressurises Matt and Ronnie to untangle the case, a disturbing pattern emerges.

When a suspect is arrested, Crown Prosecutors James Steel (Ben Daniels) and Alesha Phillips (Freema Agyeman) face an uphill struggle convincing the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, London, George Castle (Bill Paterson) that their case is strong enough. Complicating matters further is their sharp-suited, mercury-minded opponent Robert Ridley QC (Patrick Malahide). Devious and without the burden of principles, Ridley uses every trick in the book to get his client off. With an Old Bailey trial on the verge of collapse, and pressure increasing from their boss, James and Alesha must team up with Matt and Ronnie to gain enough evidence, get the better of Robert Ridley QC and convict the person responsible for this emotionally-charged death.

My recap and review of Law & Order UK “ Care“ can be found here.





Episode Two: “Unloved”
When a 13-year-old boy is found kicked to death at Euston Station, DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh) and DS Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber) have nothing to go on. Frustrated when they can’t find any leads – not even his parents - they turn to DI Natalie Chandler (Harriet Walter). Her press conference identifies the victim as Danny Jackson.

Matt and Ronnie discover Danny’s mother, Mandy (Nicola Stephenson), is an ex-junkie whose boyfriend Stevie is suspected of physically abusing Danny. As the case begins to affect Matt and Ronnie emotionally, suspicions fall on Danny’s foster home, run by Phoebe Baxter (Joanna Hole). But who is responsible for Danny’s death? The parents who abandoned him, a foster mother who gave him too much freedom or the friends who were last to see him?

Crown Prosecutors James Steel (Ben Daniels) and Alesha Phillips (Freema Agyeman) face Beatrice McArdle (Dervla Kirwan) an old flame from James’ defence days. She believes James is prosecuting the wrong person. James’ suspicions of this simplistic defence prove to be well founded - Beatrice is stalling for time to gather evidence for an audacious defence strategy, that the accused was genetically predisposed towards murder; a defence that would change the whole nature of the British legal system.

As the legal system hangs by a thread, James must fight harder than ever to achieve justice for the victim, Danny Jackson, but at what cost for all concerned?


My recap and review of Law & Order UK “ Unloved “ can be found here.




Episode Three: “Vice”
The body of ex-vice cop, Frank McCallum, is found beaten to death in an underpass in Paddington. The murder has all the symptoms of a prostitute killing, but DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh) and DS Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber) soon realise they have to broaden their search. Their investigation forces them to look deeper into Frank McCallum’s life – could his boss, Josh Pritchard (Sean Pertwee), know more about Frank’s death than he’s letting on. And what secrets is Frank’s wife, Annie, hiding? As forensic clues provide surprises, the trail leads the police to a respectable children’s clothes shop in Barnes, run by Emma Sandbrook (Juliet Aubrey) and Kate Barton (Deborah Cornelius). As the police struggle to piece together the events surrounding Frank McCallum’s murder, who can they believe?

Crown Prosecutors James Steel (Ben Daniels) and Alesha Phillips (Freema Agyeman) of the CPS find themselves in a battle with formidable defence barrister, Phyllis Gladstone (Lesley Manville), an old foil of their boss, George Castle (Bill Paterson). But when the accused claim they acted in self-defence against Frank McCallum, James and Alesha are left questioning the dead man’s character. Did Frank McCallum instigate the attack which cost him his life, or is the defendant attempting to preserve their own fate by slurring a man now unable to defend himself? What really happened that night? James and Alesha face a struggle to deliver justice for Frank McCallum’s widow as they fight to establish the truth.


My recap and review of “ Vice “ can be found Law & Order UK “ Vice “ can be found here.


Episode Four: “Unsafe”
When a metal-detecting pensioner unearths a shallow grave by the side of the Thames, DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh) and DS Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber) are forced to reopen a contentious murder case. Their investigations into the case of Luke Slade (Iain Glen) threaten to unravel a conviction made by James Steel eight years ago.

After Luke Slade is given leave to appeal, Senior Crown Prosecutor James Steel (Ben Daniels) must revisit his past and one of his first cases for the CPS. But when Luke Slade represents himself in court, the case becomes more than a legal appeal – it soon becomes a personal vendetta between Slade and Steel. Luke Slade has been studying law during his time in prison – and he’s determined not to lose to James again.

As Slade begins to get the better of James in court, Crown Prosecutor Alesha Phillips (Freema Agyeman) and Director of CPS, London, George Castle (Bill Paterson) begin to question whether James was overzealous in his initial prosecution. And when the prosecution case comes under threat, personal and professional loyalties are tested to the limit. Is Luke Slade guilty of murder? And why is he taking so much pleasure from this legal game of cat and mouse with James Steel? James’ career is on the line – and the murders are not yet over.

My recap and review of Law & Order UK “Unsafe” can be found here.


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Law & Order UK Promotional Photos

UK’s ITV has receleased a few more promotional photos (below) for the new series, Law & Order UK, premiering in the UK on February 23. Enjoy!

Feeman Agyeman, Ben Daniels, Bill Patterson, Harriet Walter, Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber

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Law & Order SVU Gets A New Character

According to Entertainment Weekly’s super-scooper Michael Ausiello, Law & Order SVU is getting a new character. Ausiello reports that it is a “a rookie crime scene sleuth, a nerdy, eager beaver-type who is in awe of Benson and Stabler,” who will be played by Noel Fisher. Fisher was recently on the FX show “The Riches.” I am not familiar with “The Riches” so I don’t know what to expect. Fisher did appear on an episode of Law & Order Criminal Intent last season, titled ”Reunion”. Fisher’s character will appear in “at least four episodes, the first of which will air in April,” according to Ausiello.

Just what this show DOESN’T need - a nerdy character. What is happening to my beloved Law & Order SVU? Couldn’t they just let us be happy that Alex Cabot (Stephanie March) is returning? OK, I will try to keep an open mind.




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Law & Order UK Screening Scheduled

If you happen to be in London on Monday, February 9th, you can attend a screening of the newest addition to the Law & Order franchise, Law & Order UK. The screening is being hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and is free to all BAFTA members. Non- BAFTA members tickets are £7.50. The event will be held at the Princess Anne Theatre, 195 Piccadilly, London.

Following the screening will be a Q&A with show stars Harriett Walter, Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber, plus writer Chris Chibnall and Law & Order creator Dick Wolf.

Additional information can be found at BAFTA.org.

I believe the show is scheduled to premier on UK's ITV1 on February 23. If anyone knows how fans in the United States can watch the episode on line or on cable, please give me a heads up.




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Law & Order Episode Information Week Of February 8, 2009

Here is the episode information for the new episode of Law & Order for the week of February 8. Important note: NBC is moving the Law & Order SVU episode “Transitions,” which was originally scheduled to air on February 10, to February 17, deciding to show “Dateline” instead.


Law & Order “Crimebusters” Air Date February 11, 2009
DETECTIVES DISCOVER THE BODY OF AN INFANT IN THE RUBBLE OF A BOMBED ARMY RECRUITMENT CENTER

A war widow with a possible grudge against the Army, Carly DiGrappa, is found unconscious in the rubble of an Army Recruitment Center along with her lifeless infant. As detectives Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Bernard (Anthony Anderson) search for the bomber, they encounter Megaphone Bob, the leader of a group of war protesters, including Charles Cavell, whose sister was killed in Iraq. The detectives must also deal with the confusion that arises when "Operation Molly," a couple of fanatic citizens who like to work with the police to solve cases, gets involved. ADA's Michael Cutter (Linus Roache) and Connie Rubirosa (Alana de la Garza) efforts to bring the bomber to justice are complicated by potentially compromised evidence, reasonable doubt and public sentiment. DA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) must make one of the most unpopular decisions of his career. Also stars S. Epatha Merkerson.

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Law & Order “Illegitimate” A Complicated Conspiracy (Recap & Review)

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This episode of Law & Order (NBC), “Illegitimate” was one of the more complicated that they’ve had in a while. At one point, where Lupo, Bernard, and Van Buren were outlining the details of all the crimes, I thought my head was going to explode. I must have watched that scene 4 times before I was able to follow their trail. Sometimes I don’t care for overly complex scenarios because it just makes it so much harder to follow all the players and how they fit in to everything.

I know that it’s probably hard to find an actor that looks exactly like JFK, but frankly I didn’t see any amazing resemblance like they implied. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen that actor so many time before and never thought once that he resembled anyone in the Kennedy family. But, I suppose that if Linus Roache can play Robert F. Kennedy in a movie and there is no resemblance there either, anything is possible.

I felt a little sorry for Connie, who had to take the fall for Lupo and Bernard’s mistake. Of course, Jack was probably right when he looked at the matter from the detectives’ point of view and said that had the detectives got some information that would have helped them, they’d be looked at as heroes. I loved the glare that Connie gave Lupo and Bernard in the courtroom, but I was also good to see them all “kiss and make up.”

I found myself wondering how the Kennedy family would feel about this episode, which paints them as over controlling secret keepers. They could very well be that way, but sometimes who can blame them? It is as if their lives have been fodder for the media for the last 40+ years. Of course, they do a good job on their own of keeping themselves in the news with all their antics. Still, since the Law & Order franchise has often used Kennedy-like characters or families in several episodes over the years, I was surprised they actually used their names this time.

And are there people out there like Waylon’s wife who would fork over $62,000 based on an unsolicited email from Nigeria? If so, I’d prefer they send their money my way if they wanted to part with it so badly. I would put it to good use! ; )

All in all, not a bad episode, just one that was a little too complicated for my tastes.



Here is the recap:

A man is drinking at a bar. He gets a call from a police negotiator who is outside. The negotiator tells "Scott" to let the hostages go. Scott points his gun to a couple and motions for them to get out of the bar. After the couple takes off, the negotiator tells Scott to walk out, nice and easy. He lays a badge down on the bar and moves to leave. Even though he is instructed to drop the gun he doesn’t do so, and the police shoot and kill him.

Detectives Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Bernard (Anthony Anderson) arrive at the scene and are told Scott’s gun wasn’t even loaded, at was a cop suicide - by cop. Bernard volunteers to help canvass witnesses, but they are told by the Lieutenant on the scene that they have it covered. When they continue to press, the Lieutenant asks if they know who they are talking to. Bernard says he just needs to explain to their own Lieutenant why they aren’t working their normal cases. They are asked to check out Scott’s apartment, as the address he has on him doesn’t match his primary residence. Lupo and Bernard check out the apartment, and smell decomp. They find a dead body in Scott’s closet.

Later, Lupo discovers that Scott Waylon had sublet his apartment but he was going to be evicted at the end of the month as the person he sublet it to left a few months prior. Scott couldn’t find another renter and he got behind on the rent. Bernard suspects that the dead person may have been rich, based on the quality of his clothes. When the local detectives arrive and say they will take over the case, Bernard says sorry, they caught this one and they will handle it.

Later at the 2-7, Lt. Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) is mediating between the two groups of detectives, and she confirms that the case is Lupo and Bernard’s to investigate. When the other lieutenant says he is not sure the brass will agree, she says she’ll ask, she’s having drinks with the deputy commissioner later. After they leave, she tells Lupo and Bernard to tell her they can close the case. Bernard states the John Doe they found is still a John Doe, and the cause of death was a skull fracture. They found that Waylon had a debt with a strip club. Van Buren asks them to talk to Waylon’s widow.

Lupo and Bernard question Waylon’s wife, who is caring for her young baby, and ask about the strip club, but Patricia Waylon says they aren’t supposed to talk about it because it was against the department rules. She says Waylon worked as a bouncer. When Lupo asks why he needed the money, she says it was all her fault. She was scammed out of $62,000 via a Nigerian email scam, but Waylon forgave her. She doesn’t know who the man is that was dead in the apartment. Bernard, looking around, sees something taped under the baby’s crib, and finds an envelope with old letters by Ulysses S. Grant to Jefferson Davis, and a deed of trust for Woodrow Wilson.

When they later check out the letters by an expert, they find they are genuine. They show him a picture of the man who was found dead in Waylon’s apartment and the man knows him. He was an auctioneer named Norman Lukovitch. The detectives are at Lukovitch’s apartment. The doorman doesn’t recognize Waylon. Saying that Lukovitch liked his men younger and more buff. The detectives find someone had already been through things. They suspect that Waylon lured Lukovitch to his own apartment and killed him, took his keys and cleaned the place out. But Lukovitch had a safe.

Back at the 2-7, they assume that Lukovitch was gay and that is how Waylon lured him to the apartment. All the good stuff was in Lukovitch’s safe. They also wonder how Waylon got in to the business of dealing in these specialized goods – unless he already had a buyer. They decide the answer may be at the strip club, and, going there, they learn that Waylon was fired a month ago when he found he was bodyguarding for one of his customers, Ian Dryden.

The detectives go to Dryden’s yacht at the Chelsea Piers Marina. When no one answers their calls or knocks, they climb aboard, and find another dead body, Dryden. Later, talking with a neighbor, they are told that Dryden had a lot of girls on his yacht. Waylon was Dryden’s new bodyguard, he was the last person he say at the yacht, two days ago, around 8:00, just before Waylon took hostages at the bar. Lupo finds a calendar that shows Dryden had a meeting with Lukovitch. Back at the 2-7, they find that Dryden was killed while Waylon was on duty, and wonder who killed Dryden. When Van Buren points out a notation in Dryden’s date book, Bernard matches it to Lukovitch’s client ID number at Southington’s auction house. Van Buren points them to talk to the auction house to find out who has been nosing around Lukovitch’s accounts.

Ay Southington’s Auction house, Lupo is looking at some of the auction items, and seems stunned that they are selling Alexander Hamilton’s penis (!), which she says is not worth as much as Napoleon’s. When they ask for information on inquiries to Lukovitch's account, the secretary tells them that there were four. Meanwhile, Bernard comments that he can see the reflection of the computer screen in her eyeglasses. He asks if any of the people who inquired did so in person, because they could have also seen what he was seeing in her “big, beautiful” glasses. She says a man named McIntyre made a bid, who Lupo says was a Dryden client.

At the office of John Jay McIntyre (Christopher McDonald), he tells them he came up short at the auction and lost the bid to some lucky fellow. He did try finding who it was but Southington’s would not release the information. But, he found another letter signed by Ulysses S. Grant on the Internet that day. McIntyre confirms that Dryden was his business manager – and he heard one of his girlfriends did him in. When Bernard asks him where he was on Monday morning, he said he was late leaving the house, his dog took off after a squirrel. Lupo comments on McIntyre’s business of airplane toilets, and he says it’s the family business, it’s really “not me.” Lupo says he knows what he means, he gets a cramp just thinking about them. They also notice what Lupo thinks is a pool cue, but McIntyre says it is a martial arts weapon and he knows Jujitsu.

Back at the 2-7, they think McIntyre’s knowledge of jujitsu means he could have snapped Dryden’s neck. His alibi really can’t be confirmed, and he wasn’t seen at the marina on Monday morning. They see that the same day Dryden withdrew $6,000 from McIntyre’s account, and that same day Waylon paid off his debts, all in cash, $5,000 total. They speculate McIntyre got Dryden to hire Waylon to rob Lukovitch, and Waylon probably didn’t know he was actually working for the “king of flying toilets,” who all of a sudden decided to kill Dryden with his bare hands. Because Waylon killed Lukovitch, McIntyre is liable for felony murder, he probably thought that by killing Dryden, Lukovitch’s murder couldn’t be traced back to him. McIntyre has a boat, and once a month Dryden cut a check on his behalf for rent to the Westside Marina.

At the Westside Marina, they discover that McIntyre has a boat and he took it out Monday morning at 7:30 AM, back 30 minutes later. The detectives realize he had enough time to make it to Dryden’s boat and back. Back at McIntyre’s he seems to be fleeing to Morocco, which has no extradition treaty. The detectives stop him and arrest him for Dryden’s murder.

In interrogation, McIntyre admits he was on his boat but didn’t tell them because his registration had expired. He went up to the Tappan Zee and back. Meanwhile, ADA Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) is listening to the questioning, and asks Van Buren why the detectives are talking to him – didn’t he call a lawyer? Van Buren states he waived his rights. When Rubirosa hears the Lupo bring up Lukovitch’s name, she seems alarmed, and she bursts into the interview, stopping it. McIntyre’s lawyer arrives, Nolan Farver, who wants to know why they are talking to his client. Rubirosa says to blame McIntyre, as he didn’t invoke. The lawyer tells them to leave.

Outside the room, Van Buren is livid and chastises Rubirosa for interrupting. She says they arrested him for the Dryden murder, she didn't want to tip him off that they are looking into implicating him in Lukovitch's murder.

At arraignment court, McIntyre is remanded. But Farver makes another argument that Rubirosa is planning to introduce as evidence in McIntyre’s trial an uncharged homicide that the police questioned McIntyre about. Rubirosa explains that they haven’t’ set the trial strategy as yet, and they only asked McIntyre one question. She says she has a right to fair notice. The judge says Rubirosa should have thought of that before she was shucking and jiving her. Rubirosa glares at the detectives, who are sitting in the gallery. The judge bars Rubirosa from mentioning Lukovitch at the trial. Farver argues that since the basis of the current charge is Lukovitch’s murder which she cannot mention, the charges should be dropped, with prejudice because of prosecutorial misconduct. The judge agrees because Rubirosa misrepresented the evidence in court and drops the charges with prejudice.

Back in EADA Michael Cutter’s (Linus Roache) office with DA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) present, Rubirosa is still livid. She never misrepresented anything. McCoy tells her to hand the appeal off to a rookie, but she is still angry because she took the hit for the detective’s mistake. McCoy seems a little more forgiving, saying that they had a talkative suspect that could have given them something incriminating. He says the Dryden murder wasn’t the main course anyway, he wants to see McIntyre go down for Lukovitch's murder and to make that happen. After he leaves, Cutter wants Rubirosa to work to figure out what it was that McIntyre wanted so badly.

Back at the 2-7 with the detectives, they go through the case and everything seems accounted for. They believe McIntyre wanted Waylon to steal something but he never got it, it was probably in the safe. The detectives also seen to try to apologize to Rubirosa, and she seems to accept it. They see that McIntyre billed his insurance for several tests from an endocrinologist, and since he looks healthy they decide to look into those tests.

Rubirosa and Bernard visit McIntyre’s doctor, Dr. Michael Di Reggio, who won’t give them any information. Rubirosa counters that maybe they need to look into insurance fraud, she believes he could be billing insurance companies for tests or illnesses people doesn't really have. The doctor admits that McIntyre is convinced that he has Addison's. He’s run all the tests and McIntyre does not have Addison’s. He adds McIntyre came to him with some hair that he claimed was his father's and he wanted a comparison DNA test to check for Addison's. The hair had no follicles so he told McIntyre he couldn’t do a DNA test but McIntyre insisted, so he just put it under a microscope to take a look and humor McIntyre. When the doctor told McIntyre that the hair was dyed from white to brown, he said McIntyre was furious that the hair had been dyed. When the doctor steps out, Bernard mentions that Waylon charged $40 at a barbershop the day before McIntyre went to his doctor.

Bernard and Rubirosa talk to the barber. He said he told Waylon not to take the hair off the floor but he told him not to. But he did anyway.

Back at the 2-7, Rubirosa tells Cutter that Waylon gave the hair to Dryden who gave it to McIntyre, and that McIntyre freaked out when he found the hair wasn’t really brown. Lukovitch had a lock of hair in his memorabilia – JFK’s hair – which was in the locked safe. Bernard walks in with the hair that is supposed to be JFK’s. They think when Waylon couldn’t get the hair from the safe, he just got some from the barbershop. They assume this is why McIntyre wanted the Addison’s tests, since JFK had the disease. McIntyre told the doctor the hair belonged to his father who had Addison’s, and Cutter thinks that McIntyre wanted the hair to prove he was JFK’s illegitimate son.

Later in McCoy’s office, McCoy is looking at pictures of JFK and McIntyre and sees a resemblance but doesn’t believe the rest. Cutter argues that all that matters is that McIntyre believed it. Rubirosa indicated the hair is believed to be authentic, that it was harvested on November 22, 1963 by nurse Betty Wilson at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, where they took JFK after he was shot. McCoy tells them before they go forward, they have to verify that McIntyre really believes his is JFK’s kid.

Cutter and Rubirosa talk with McIntyre’s mother Lois (Rue McClanahan). Cutter says her son John seems to have a fascination with JFK, to the point he has convinced himself he is JFK’s son. He asks her if there is any basis in truth. She dances around an answer. Rubirosa asks if she had an intimate encounter with JFK. She says she knew him but he wasn’t the president when she met him. She says she can’t imagine anyone saying no to him, but evades a direct answer, saying he was irresistible. Cutter asks bluntly if she had sex with John Kennedy. She says it isn’t proper for him to ask. Rubirosa says they can compel her to answer. She doesn’t seem ruffled by this.

Back at the offices, Cutter and Rubirosa meet with Farver and McIntyre. Cutter tells them this is about the robbery/murder of Lukovitch. They confront him with the safe and the lock of hair, his mother’s comments of a relationship with JFK, and his resemblance to JFK. Farver tries to end the conversation, but McIntyre says he has a “striking resemblance” and says his father - his real father - was. He said Dryden screwed with the wrong guy, and Farver tells him to stop. McIntyre said they can’t touch him on Dryden as the case was dismissed with prejudice. Cutter asks if he got mad when he was given the fake hair sample and pushes his buttons, implying that Kennedy men take action and McIntyre did what he needed to get what he wanted. McIntyre says. “nice try” and they leave. Cutter tells Rubirosa that all they need is one overt act by McIntyre to further the conspiracy and they will have him. He sees that McIntyre called a banking firm at Rockefeller Center five times the day he had the hair tested.

At the banking firm, Jarvis Management, Cutter and Rubirosa ask Mr. Lundy why McIntyre called so frequently. He tells them the bank can’t confirm or deny it, but they are told the bank has only one client. Cutter threatens with a court order. Lundy says it is a policy set by the family, and Cutter asks if this is the Kennedy family. Lundy says he can’t help them. Later, Cutter takes the information to a judge who denies Cutter’s request to compel the bank to discuss the conversations with McIntyre.

Back at the DA’s office, Cutter expresses his frustration to McCoy. There is a knock at the door, and McCoy is served with a court order from the Department of Justice to turn over evidence relating to the McIntyre case, as it relates to the on-going investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy. McCoy says “ On going? You have to be kidding. Who put you up to this?” McCoy is told the evidence has to be turned over immediately after the disposition of the criminal case, and that there is a gag order and all records pertaining to the case are to be sealed. McCoy says, ‘It’s the family, isn’t it? They want to bury Mr. McIntyre and his paternity issues.” When the man who served the court order leaves, Rubirosa says she is starting to feel bad for McIntyre, and they think the family is trying to hush things up. McCoy says since their case isn’t going anywhere, to give them the hair. Cutter ask if they know the joke about the rabbi playing golf on the Sabbath, and McCoy says for God to let him make a hole in one, Cutter adds, so who is he going to tell? He says to get McIntyre in there.

Cutter and Rubirosa meet with McIntyre and his lawyer. They tell him about the court order and gag order. They tell him that in order for the Feds to claim a property interest in the hair, the Kennedys had to admit the hair was authentic. McIntyre asks if they admitted it and Cutter says they did. Since they don’t have to turn the hair over until the case is over, they decided to run a comparative DNA test on the hair against a cup that McIntyre left the last time he was there. When McIntyre asks about the results, Cutter says McIntyre has known the results all along. He says he wants to hear it, and Cutter tells him he is JFK’s son, and McIntyre is happy. Cutter adds that unfortunately, no one will ever know because of the gag order and since the case is closed, they can’t talk. He is livid. His lawyer tries to quiet him but he can’t hold it in, he says people have to know. He thinks they have an angle with the cop’s wife, since Scott's wife since she lost all her money in the scam and she pushed her husband into the robbery. When Cutter asks how McIntyre knew about the email scam, he said he must have read it in the paper. Cutter says it wasn’t in the papers, the police withheld the information, and that Dryden told him. McIntyre doesn’t get it, and his lawyer tells him to shut up. Cutter says that Dryden told him this was why Waylon would do the robbery for him. He tells McIntyre yes or no – yes, the case stays open; no, the case is closed and the hair goes away. McIntyre admits that Dryden told him, just put out a press release and work out a plea. The lawyer wants to talk about it, but McIntyre says he wants to handle it like his real father would, taking responsibility as a Kennedy. Cutter says he will leave them alone to discuss it. He asks if they will start working on the press release, and Rubirosa says, right away.

Outside the room, Rubirosa asks Cutter when do they tell him there was no DNA test? Cutter says “Not today. He’s too happy.” Rubirosa is amazed that he would rather be in jail as a Kennedy than out in the world as a toilet salesman. Cutter says, “In either place, he’s a murderer” as they fade to black.

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