A woman claims she suffered from extreme emotional disturbance when she shot her ex-husband and his young lover in bed. Prosecutors believe her son can uncover the truth in the case.A woman claims she suffered from extreme emotional disturbance when she shot her ex-husband and his young lover in bed. Prosecutors believe her son can uncover the truth in the case.A woman claims she suffered from extreme emotional disturbance when she shot her ex-husband and his young lover in bed. Prosecutors believe her son can uncover the truth in the case.
- George Warner
- (as David Smyrl)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode appears to be based on the 1989 Elisabeth Broderick case. Five years after a very acrimonious divorce in the late 1980s, Broderick, a mother of four, purchased a revolver and broke into the home of her ex-husband (Dan) with a key that she had stolen from her elder daughter, Kim Broderick. She shot him and his second wife, Linda Kolkena, in their bed whilst they slept. In the years leading up to their deaths, Dan and Linda had felt so threatened by Betty they had even hired guards to protect themselves. Betty was convicted on 11 December 1991 of two counts of second-degree murder. She was later sentenced to 32 years to life in prison, with her first possible parole date in March of 2010.
- GoofsThe police violate three basic forms of procedure during the opening:
- 1.) They enter a home without announcing that they are indeed, the police. This risks a potential confrontation with the homeowners or someone in the apartment.
- 2.) They walk down darkened hallways and into poorly lit rooms without using their flashlights. This could have allowed a hidden person (or persons) to take advantage of the police officers being unable to see clearly.
- 3.) They allowed an unknown civilian (the deliveryman) to both enter the apartment (a potential crime scene) and then they let the person follow behind them which could have resulted in them being ambushed by that person.
- Quotes
Detective Mike Logan: Here you go.
[Hands Cerreta a hot dog]
Sergeant Phil Cerreta: Best hot dog in the city?
Detective Mike Logan: 86th and 3rd, the Papaya Place.
Sergeant Phil Cerreta: [Takes a bite] Ptomaine city. You want this?
Detective Mike Logan: Yeah.
Sergeant Phil Cerreta: What's around here? Antonio's... go get some calimari.
Detective Mike Logan: Listen Phil, I don't eat anything that squirts ink, okay?
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992)
Suspicion first falls on David Lansbury who was the former boyfriend of the mistress. But later Paul Sorvino convinces partner Chris Noth and Captain Dan Florek that maybe it wasn't Lansbury. The two start looking in the direction of the estranged wife Shirley Knight and their son Geoffrey Nauffts.
Does that famous unwritten law an acquittal for one partner if he catches someone bedding the wife uphold for the woman? Shirley Knight is certainly banking on it and she's a bit frowzy and frayed around the edges, but that could make a jury sympathetic. Nauffts also keeps dropping more bits and pieces to the police and the DA and that makes Michael Moriarty having to switch trial strategies.
I did feel a bit of sympathy for Knight myself. How will you feel when watching this interesting episode?
- bkoganbing
- Aug 7, 2017