LAW & ORDER {LAW AND ORDER}: LIFE CHOICE (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas that deals with the investigation, arrest, and prosecution of criminals. The first half of each episode concerns the police procedure that leads to the arrest of a suspect, while the second half covers the efforts of the district attorney to prosecute the case. In this episode, Detective Sergeant Max Greevey and Detective Mike Logan investigate the bombing of an abortion clinic. They believe that the one person killed by the bomb, Mary Donovan, was responsible for the explosion. A teacher at a parochial school, she at first appears to be a martyr who sacrificed her life in order to save the lives of unborn children. However, the police detectives soon discover that Mary was not at the clinic to prevent abortions from being performed, but rather to have one herself. Greevey and Logan, after much investigation, learn that Celeste, a young woman in her early twenties, made the bomb. They realize that to become involved in the bombing, Celeste, who has a clean record, must have been influenced by someone she admired. Assistant district attorneys Ben Stone and Paul Robinette manage to get Celeste to admit who ordered the attack on the clinic and set out to prosecute a famous anti-abortion activist, Rose Schwimmer. Meanwhile, Greevey and Logan find themselves on opposite sides of the abortion issue while District Attorney Adam Schiff wonders if Stone, who is opposed to abortion, can handle the case objectively. Commercials deleted.
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Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: January 8, 1991 Tuesday 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:48:11
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:25569
- GENRE: Drama, police; Drama, legal
- SUBJECT HEADING: Abortion - Drama; Drama, legal; Drama, police
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1990-2010
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dick Wolf … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Joseph Stern … Co-Executive Producer
- Michael Duggan … Supervising Producer
- David Black … Supervising Producer, Writer
- Robert Palm … Producer
- Daniel Sackheim … Producer
- Judith Stevens … Co-Producer
- Arthur W. Forney … Associate Producer
- Aaron Lipstadt … Director
- Robert Stuart Nathan … Writer
- Mike Post … Music by
- George Dzundza … Cast, Det. Sgt. Max Greevey
- Chris Noth … Cast, Det. Mike Logan
- Dann Florek … Cast, Capt. John Cragen
- Michael Moriarty … Cast, Assistant D.A. Ben Stone
- Richard Brooks … Cast, Assistant D.A. Paul Robinette
- Steven Hill … Cast, D.A. Adam Schiff
- Caroline Kava … Cast, Rose Schwimmer
- Laurie Kennedy … Cast, Mrs. Donovan
- Kevin Cooney … Cast, Mr. Donovan
- Bridgit Ryan … Cast, Celeste
- Johann Carlo … Cast, Colman
- Jonathan Hogan … Cast, Corcoran
- LaTanya Richardson … Cast, Lorraine
- Sully Boyar … Cast, Arraignment Judge
- Jim Fyfe … Cast, Cleary
- Julie Halston … Cast, Jane
- Isa Thomas … Cast, Gwen Matson
- Rafael Ferrer … Cast, Clerk
- Steve Itkin … Cast, O'Hare
- Howard Spiegel … Cast, Bernstein
- Timothy Britten Parker … Cast, Cioran
- Larry Attile … Cast, Foreman
- Richard M. Davidson … Cast, Court Clerk
- Camryn Manheim … Cast, Leila
- Lynn Anderson … Cast, Woman #1
- Jane Sanders … Cast, Woman #2
- Lennie Loftin … Cast, Fogarty
- Frank Anderson … Cast, Man #1
- Paul Hecht … Cast, Ballard
- Pat McNamara … Cast, Molloy
- Clark Gregg … Cast, Patrick Dunne
- Jaime Tirelli … Cast, CSU Rivera
- Paul Butler … Cast, Judge Tyler B. Ashford
- Kevin O'Rourke … Cast, Kevin Donovan