The most interesting thing about this Law And Order episode is that it left me with questions about the victim. The victim was a 70 something multi-millionaire with a barely 20 something wife. No other heirs were mentioned that were blood relatives and the viewer is left with the notion that the guy never married until he was possibly a little too old to really appreciate what he had.
In any event he did and after investigating the possibility that the victim was killed by one of a group of inner city kids from his old public school, Jerry Orbach and Benjamin Bratt focus on Arija Bareikis who is his widow. Turns out she used to be a dancer at a topless bar Boyd Gaines who was the deceased's lawyer and who patronizes such places introduced them. Gaines is the kind of lawyer you make lawyer jokes about, mannered, but at heart a bottom feeding shyster. Note however that Bareikis does not use him in criminal court, but the eminent George Grizzard in one of his many appearances as a high priced criminal lawyer.
The one to watch however is Anna Kathryn Holcomb who plays Bareikis's mother who is a bottom feeding piece of southern white trash. Their final scene together crackles like fried egg.
Nice story with some great guest star shots.
In any event he did and after investigating the possibility that the victim was killed by one of a group of inner city kids from his old public school, Jerry Orbach and Benjamin Bratt focus on Arija Bareikis who is his widow. Turns out she used to be a dancer at a topless bar Boyd Gaines who was the deceased's lawyer and who patronizes such places introduced them. Gaines is the kind of lawyer you make lawyer jokes about, mannered, but at heart a bottom feeding shyster. Note however that Bareikis does not use him in criminal court, but the eminent George Grizzard in one of his many appearances as a high priced criminal lawyer.
The one to watch however is Anna Kathryn Holcomb who plays Bareikis's mother who is a bottom feeding piece of southern white trash. Their final scene together crackles like fried egg.
Nice story with some great guest star shots.