NYPD Blue
Summary/Review by Amanda Wilson aka puedo01@aol.com
"Lie
Like A Rug/Johnny Got His Gold"
Season
9 Episode 1
11/06/01
Teleplays
by Matt Olmstead & Nicholas Wootton
Stories
by Steven Bochco, Bill Clark, Matt Olmstead & Nicholas
Wootton
Directed
by Mark Tinker & Mark Piznarski
This show
dedicated to the memory of NYC Police and Firefighters who died saving
lives in
the WTC attacks certainly does those heroes justice, even if references to
the
attacks were (had to be) spotty. Sept. 11 felt to all Americans like being
sucker punched in the gut, and in the days and weeks following, it was
hard not
to feel that we were all New Yorkers. In an odd way, it's good to see our
fictional heroes going on with their jobs. The dedication at the top of
the
show was a respectful, appropriate and nicely written (by Steven Bochco)
piece.
And speaking of Mr. Bochco, let us not question his casting
choices, eh? MPG kicks ass. Now on to the usual format, which
begins with a summary
SUMMARY:
FIVE
DEAD
(DANNY'S A DOA): We
rejoin our friends at the 15 five months after we last saw them.
Danny
had gone missing after an undercover operation at a Mob strip club; his
stripper girlfriend was found dead in his apartment. Five months
later,
life is moving on but everyone in the squad is on edge because of the WTC
attack, the fact that Danny still hasn't been found and the fact
that
they're a little shorthanded in his absence. Andy is all over
everyone,
but Connie takes a minute to set him straight and remind him that he's not
the
only one feeling pain.
The squad is
investigating the shooting deaths of four girls, sisters. A phone
dump of
their apartment shows a cell phone call from a girl named Maria Feliciano
shortly before the murders. Maria is brought in. On her way up the stairs
to
the squad room, Maria is recognized by a narcotics officer named John
Clark.
Clark asks Andy about her and what they have her in for. Clark says he
knows
her boyfriend, Tino, who's a dealer. Andy barks at him and walks away.
Upstairs, Maria gives
Andy
and Connie nothing more than the feeling that she's a heartless bitch
because
she doesn't seem upset over the deaths of her friends. She's
surprised
when Andy mentions Tino, and she lies about the phone call, but they can't
hold
her for anything.
John of the Telephone
tells
Andy that John Clark wants to see him downstairs. Andy stops by on his way
out
the door to grab up Tino. He and Clark have another little set-to,
but
Clark mentions that Tino got held up for 50-grand in drug money he had
stashed
in his apartment. Andy takes JC with him and Connie to go find Tino.
They bust into an apartment where Tino and his friends are
interrupted in
the midst of a little party. Tino is grabbed up but Andy's not
acting
very grateful towards JC.
Meanwhile, over at
Bellevue,
Greg and Baldwin interview Mike Graf, a guy who got shot in the shoulder
while
walking around the night before. After a series of lies and a trip
back
to the station house where Lt. Rodriguez has been working a solid tip,
Greg and
Baldwin approach Graf again. Baldwin takes a firm grip on his injured
shoulder
and asks him again where he was. Turns out the guy knows who shot him. He
mentions the name Julian Pisano. He says Julian and another guy were
running
out of an apartment building (Tino's, as it turns out) and someone was
shooting
at them. They returned fired and hit poor Graf in the
shoulder.
In the pokey room
with
Andy and Connie, Tino is not being too cooperative. He says he doesn't
care
about being ripped off for 50-grand, he needs to just lie down for a
minute.
The detectives keep asking him questions, but Tino keeps grabbing his gut.
Finally, poor Tino begins to shout the name Ricky and then he heaves
yesterday's eggs all over the floor. Apparently breakfasting on poached
coke
didn't agree with him. Tino goes into convulsions a second later and is
carted
off to the hospital half-dead.
Andy asks John
Clark
if he's every heard of a Ricky in connection with Tino. JC says he has and
knows where to get him.
Next up is the
dull,
slovenly Julian. He's desperate to stay out of jail since his
girlfriend
just had twins. Greg and Baldwin have him over a barrel. He says he was
just
helping out a friend, Jimmy Giglio, who heard Tino kept a couple thousand
dollars
stashed in his crib. Jimmy apparently got this information from
Tino's
girlfriend, Maria, whom Jimmy was banging on the side. Greg and
Baldwin
start to lock Julian up so they can check out his story when Julian,
desperate
to get his nuts out of the grinder, pops out with the information that he
knows
where a body is buried. Greg and Baldwin sit down to
listen.
Julian tells how
five
months ago he helped a mob guy, Max Lagazi, bury a body rolled up in a
carpet.
Andy comes to talk to Julian. Julian thinks he can make a deal to stay out
of
jail and pushes this idea with Andy to the point where Andy pushes his
face
into the two-way mirror of the pokey room (with everyone in the squad
looking
on) and threatens to kill him. Julian tells where the body
is.
After a scene of mass
confusion in the squad room, Tony takes control and tells everyone the
plan. He
and Andy are going to Brooklyn. Greg and Baldwin are to go get Jimmy G.
and
Connie is to take John Clark to go pick up Ricky.
In Brooklyn, a carpet
is
pulled out of the ground. Danny's badge is taken off the body and handed
to
Andy who wanders over the water's edge to stare into
space.
Plans are made to have
Julian wear a wire the next day and go visit Max Lagazi at the strip
club.
Connie and JC go
get
Ricky. Once Ricky figures he's in a jam, he takes off. JC runs after
him
through a building and out into the street. Connie heads them off at the
pass
in her car and Ricky is caught. Ricky lawyers up right away,
however.
Greg and Baldwin
bring
Jimmy G. in. He's a smart ass until Baldwin bears down on him with
all
the weight of an incredibly stressed out cop. Jimmy straightens up
and
tells how he got the information about the money from Maria, set up the
robbery
of Tino with her, took Julian along and got away with the
cash.
Maria is the only
one
left now who can tell them anything. Connie goes at her with the story
that
Tino and Jimmy flipped on her. Maria tells how she set up the
robbery but
had no idea there was so much money involved or that Ricky would be
involved.
After Julian and Jimmy got away with the money, Ricky and Tino suspected
her
and pressed her for a name. They thought she might have told her friend
Teresa
and that Teresa might be in on it. She tells how she gave them
Teresa,
and then how they took her over to Teresa's apartment where Ricky shot
Teresa
and two of her sisters. Ricky then made Tino shoot the other
sister.
At the end of
this
very long day, Andy heads to a bar. He's called Katie and asked her to
watch
Theo for a few days. Connie notes his hasty departure and worries.
At the bar, Andy orders a shot from the mother hen bartender
who
knows he's been sober for a while. He takes the shot and gets it to
his
mouth when he hears Connie's voice over his shoulder. He looks up and
she's
standing there. She tells him that Diane sent her. She stops him
from
drinking by inviting him home with her.
DAY
TWO:
Andy thanks
Connie for
saving him the night before. He tells her he got home
sober.
The dull-witted
Julian
is all set to wear the wire on Lagazi. He asks for backup in the strip
club and
John Clark is sent in while Andy and the others are in the van listening.
Julian approaches Lagazi about selling cocaine but rushes into a
story
about wanting someone killed. Lagazi makes him for a plant in about
a
minute and asks him to "talk" in the back room. Julian has
no
idea what's up but it's clear to Clark who alerts the others what's going
on.
Clark rushes into the
back
room while his backup is on the way in. A guy shoots at him and he
returns fire, killing the man. Lagazi takes off out the back door and the
detectives chase him around the street and he shoots at them. Lagazi grabs
a
man out of a car and holds him hostage, still firing at the police. One of
Lagazi's bullets, intended for Clark, hits a bystander. Clark grabs that
woman
and tries to pull her out of the line of fire when he takes a bullet
himself.
Seeing Clark down and without his weapon, Lagazi takes him as a
better
hostage and holds a gun to his head. Andy draws down on Lagazi. They all
try to
talk him into giving Clark up. Clark elbows Lagazi in the ribs and
then
ducks as he tries to fire. Andy shoots several times and Lagazi goes
down.
Andy appears on TV a
few
times being hailed as a hero.
Greg and Baldwin catch
a new
murder investigation while Clark is at the hospital getting stitched up
and
Andy's off to see the department shrink. An NYU English professor
has
been shot dead while sitting by a window in a restaurant with his wife. No
one
saw the gunman. Later, a man is found dead in the street not far
from the
restaurant. Everyone saw him drop dead but no one heard a shot or
saw
anyone doing any shooting. No bullets are found at either scene, but the
cops
suspect a connection: the guy on the street was an NYU student. This
weak
link excites Greg a whole lot.
Mark Lerner's
life is
turned inside out and it's discovered that he's got a girlfriend. The
girlfriend is brought in. She admits that Lerner broke off their
relationship but swears up and down she's not a stalker. Andy and
Connie
tell her Lerner is dead and it's apparent from her reaction that she had
no
idea.
Toward the end of the
day,
Andy learns that there's been another shooting at a gas station near the
other
two shootings. Again, no one saw a shooter. This time, however,
there
were bullets found. Ballistics runs a few tests and it's discovered
that
the bullets are unique to a rare, historical type of rifle. This is
right
up Greg's alley, and he finds that there are only a few of these rifles
around
only one in the city. He also discovers that the owner of this rifle works
at a
building that's just about in the center of the area where all the
shootings
took place. He and Baldwin go off to the building, figuring the nut
may
still be on the roof. Sure enough, he's there. Nuttier than a fruitcake,
Gerald
has been up on the roof shooting people all day. He wants to be famous.
Greg
and Baldwin convince him he will be if he gives up, but not if they have
to
shoot him and kill him. Gerald likes this logic and puts down the gun,
grinning
ear to ear in anticipation of his TV news debut.
Lt. Rodriguez,
who had
been so involved in the earlier homicide case and the investigation into
Danny's murder, is taken out of the squad for a while when a call comes in
that
his mother has been the victim of a push-in robbery. He goes to her
apartment where a detective named Maria Olivera is working the
case.
Tony's really hot under
the
collar and starts handing out bags of shit just as soon as he walks in the
door. He's upset that no one called him to tell him his Mom had already
gone to
the hospital and that nothing much was happening yet with the
investigation.
While there, he meets Lt. Blount, head of the precinct in which his mother
lives. Blount is a major blowhard and tries to run and old-boy's-network
game
on Tony, assuring him that he won't let the female detective screw things
up.
Tony is not impressed.
He goes to the
hospital where he talks to his mother who tells him that the man who beat
her
up also tried to rape her. She managed to fight him off by scratching his
face
really good.
Back at the 15th,
Olivera shows up. Tony chews her out again for showing up instead of
calling if
she had new information. She shoves a photo of a suspect in his
face.
It's a guy named Kiki that Tony put away eight years ago while working
undercover in narcotics. Tony tells her he has no idea where Kiki
lives,
but Olivera knows better and tells him she's not going to let him take
care of
this himself. They go off and grab Kiki. Tony decides to bring
him
back to the 15th, but agrees to let Lt. Blount talk to him.
Blount and Olivera have
Kiki
in the pokey room with Tony looking through the mirror. Olivera gets
the
upper hand early by telling Kiki they found his fingerprints in the
apartment.
Kiki admits that he's done some plumbing work in that building and
has
been in several apartments. Then Olivera boxes him in by asking him to
explain,
then, how it is they found his fingerprints in the victim's blood.
Kiki
is caught, but tries to talk his way out. Blount steps in then and says
something like, "Yeah, explain how we found a bloody fingerprint of
yours
right in the middle of the kitchen floor!" Of course, the
attack
didn't happen in the kitchen and we all know that. Kiki smiles and lawyers
up.
Blount has totally blown it. Tony is extremely pissed off but
saves
his anger for Kiki.
Olivera follows Tony to
Kiki's
apartment again. He's angry she's there, but lets her in on it anyway.
They watch Kiki walk into his place and then break through his door.
Tony
takes a gun off him. Then Tony puts his gun to Kiki's neck and
threatens
to kill him if he doesn't confess. Kiki whines about how he trusted
Tony,
confided in him, and how Tony betrayed him. Tony reminds him he was just
doing
his job as an undercover cop and then threatens to kill him again.
Kiki
gives it up.
At the end of the
day,
Andy is summoned to the hospital for a press conference with John Clark.
Clark's father (John Clark, Sr.), a homicide detective from the
Bronx who
has a history with Andy and, hence, a very bad opinion of Andy, is there.
He's not pleased Andy worked with his son, but little John is happy
to
see Andy. Big John puts up with it for a minute then suggests Andy
leave.
Andy tells him he's been asked to be there by the Deputy
Commissioner.
At the press
conference, the
DC speaks of heroism and mentions those who were killed saving lives at
the WTC
towers. He then presents JC with his gold shield, making him a
detective
third grade. He goes on to say that years of hard work and
dedication on
the job don't go unnoticed either, and he promotes Andy to first grade.
Afterward, he asks JC where he'd like to be assigned, and without
hesitation
young John says he wants to work at the 1-5. Andy seems pleased and the DC
says
it's a done deal. Big John is not happy with this, though, and
begins to
berate his son for the choice. He fires a few barbs at Andy who takes them
in
stride and tells JC he'll be seeing him at work.
Andy spends the
evening fishing with Theo. He explains to his son why he had to kill a man
that
day, and reassures him that no one is going to shoot him. Theo says he
wants to
be like his dad when he grows up and kill bad guys.
REVIEW:
WTC
REFERENCES: Let's start with the nod to the WTC
attack. It was spotty, but unlike the folks at the New York Times, I
don't think it was awkward. What was awkward were the times
they
didn't mention it: especially when we catch that little glimpse of the TV
reporter doing a live shot from the scene of the shooting and showing the
file
video of Andy. That restaurant would certainly have had CNN or one of it's
ilk
on the TV if anything. What would have been great, of course, is if they'd
have
been able to mention it more. Our world changed so much after 9/11; those
attacks are in every corner of our lives now. But the reality is
that
this show, and several after it, were all but in the can before the
attacks
happened. They did the best they could given that fact, and while
more
would have been better, what they did was fine.
I've been
bitching for
years about how they need to pepper the show with a bit of media (which
they
really hadn't done since Benita and the early Spanky the TV guy who was
always
out to get Kelly) to make it seem a little more realisitc. Too bad that
when
they finally do so, it doesn't work well because of what's really going on
in
the news. I think it can work well, and I hope they don't give up. I
also
hope they don't make every reporter an asshole, but that's probably asking
too
much.
DANNY
WHO?
Am I the only
one
who didn't even miss him? I'm surprised at how much I don't miss
him.
I started off not really liking Danny all that much, but grew to
really
like him. I think the character could have been developed a lot
more, and
God knows the many loose ends of his life needed to be sewn up, but I
thought
Rick ended up doing a really fine job with what he was given. My opinion
on
that point hasn't changed, but damn if I don't care one whit whether he's
there
or not. Go figure.
Maybe it's this New New
New
Guy, we'll just have to call him MPG. He hit the ground running. For
real. I'm told that chase scene was his first day at work, it was in NYC
in August
and it was hotter'n hell. He ran all day and never complained
once.
On the show, it's as if
he's
always been there. I know a lot of you out there are hung up on this
child actor bullshit, but really, get over it. Granted, I never saw
Saved
By The Bell, but who cares? This guy is worth a chance from the
audience.
He's really good. He's young, yes, but he doesn't seem so young.
He's
good looking, but it's TV and there are plenty of guys on that show who
are not
beefcake, namely the main star (all due respect to Mr. F, whom I find
completely adorable.) MPG's got the walk down, that's for sure.
There's
just no doubt he's a cop. (Unlike Vanessa Marcil's portrayal of
Maria
Olivera....yech!)
Sure,
Bochco's
made a few casting gaffes in his day, but the man's made tons of TV shows
and
when you stack up his good picks against his not-so-good picks his
good-picks
stack is much higher. This was a good choice.
And even better is SB's
choice for Clark's father. Joe Spano is a Bochco alum. He's a fine
actor,
of course, and he makes the younger Clark's character more complete.
Hey,
finally, we have a new guy who's not such a mystery. We never found out
much
about Bobby Simone, we knew less about Danny (what the hell WAS his
problem,
anyway? Nevermind) but two-hours into this season and we've already got a
good
grip on JC. He doesn't need Andy as a father figure, does he? He's
got
Supercop for a dad. That's a solid idea.
ACTION: This was a bang up way to
open the
season, literally. I haven't seen the guys and gal/s from the 1-5
move
this much in the last four seasons. Everyone was out of the house
except
PAA Irvin (wait, he went out to get Theo.)
I loved the way it moved.
They've needed to get out more, and to move around more. The chase
scenes
were like watching a movie: exciting and fast-paced. The shootout scene
looked
especially good. I hope there's a lot more of this. A series
this
old needs a few good shots in the arm. Typically, however, they slow
things down after a bang up scene like this. Andy was blasted away
in the
pilot, Simone jumps in on a shooting in the squad on his first day, and
now JC
gets winged on his. This time, let's hope they don't settle into the dust
of
the squad room too quickly.
GUEST
ACTORS: This week's Best Guest awards
go
to Joe Spano (JC, Sr.) and Lenny Venito, who played Julian. His
phone bit
was outstanding.
The worst guest:
Vanessa Marcil as Det. Olivera. It's not hard to see why she was erased
off the
payroll in a hurry. When you've got the kind of quality acting
that's
typical of this show, a clinker really stands out. She may have been fine
running around with the likes of Tori Spelling, but up next to Dennis
Franz,
Esai Morales and everyone else, she sticks out like a sore thumb.
You can
see every seam in her performance. Most notable was when she was
seated
on the table in the pokey room trying to stare Kiki down. If I were
asked
to do that scene, that's about how I'd look: like I have no earthly idea
what
I'm doing. She was "acting", big time. The pros make
it
look real. If I were her, I'd take a few martial arts classes, drive
120
miles an hour a few times, break a horse or two and beat up some chick in
a
seedy bar before I tried to "act" tough. And before I
leave
this subject, I have to mention how she looked. Wow, was that the
same
beautiful girl who had a bit part in The Rock with Nicholas Cage? Hard to
believe. She looks as if she's aged about 15 years since
then.
ANDY
&
CONNIE: Again
I'll
say what a great team they make. I suspect that with the addition of MPG
and
the possible (note: I did not say probable) return of Kim Delaney, we
won't see
much more of this pairing. It's too bad, though. She is
the
female Andy in many ways, and the only one in the squad at the moment
who's not
intimidated by him in the least. I loved the scene where she gave
him
hell for being a prick. She was equally good stepping in to shut him up
when he
went after JC, and very good also when she came into the bar. She
acts as
if she belongs next to Andy as a cop and as a friend. There's
nothing
awkward or unrealistic about her with him. There's no tension, no
baggage, no competition. That works.
VIOLINS:
Lots of
police
brutality this week. Andy, Baldwin, Tony... those scenes do
stand
out, don't they. I have to remind myself that there were a lot of
interviews during the course of the show where no one was threatened with
death, however.
I do wonder about Tony's
little
scene with Kiki. That seems really, really dangerous. That guy could
certainly claim his confession was coerced and he'd even have a witness to
it.
Olivera seems like such a by-the-book cop that she might even turn
the
good Lt. in herself. I suppose if they ever need a reason to remove
Tony
from the show they could have him bounced for that. Kiki's apparently
vindictive enough to try it.
QUICK
HITS:
*A note
about
Andy gazing at the Manhattan skyline: That was not the area of the
city
where the WTC towers were. So for those of you who've read that they
took
the towers out of that scene, not true. They weren't in the scene to begin
with.
*Andy is
Job. Yeah,
he's been through hell. Kind of funny that his new partner's initials are
JC.
I've been thinking that the best way to end this series (when the
day
comes) is to have Andy shot, too. His dreamy death scene can take place in
a
fish tank where Andy Jr., Simone, Sylvia and Danny can appear to him as
fish.
We can build in some story about how Kelly died of a sudden heart attack
during
a pickup basketball game at the Y and put him in the tank, too. That way
everyone can come back for one final episode. Phone John (this has to be
his
new name) can adopt Theo and raise him as his own.
*Another
John.
Hence Phone John (since he's no longer upstairs, I think it's time we
change
his nickname again.) Nice nod to Bill Clark in the choice of JC's
last
name.
*Speaking
of
nice nods, I liked the reference to Diane. Wonder if they'll explain her
absence at the funeral next week.
*Esai looks
mighty fine sans facial hair. Good decision.
*While I'm
on
hair, Greg's looked great in the first hour. Even in the second
hour,
after he'd been running around, it looked real enough...as if he'd been
running
around. Looks like they got him a new blow-dry or
something.
*The
barfing was
a good touch, gross as it was. It was executed very well, and
realistic
enough. I know lots of cops who've had drunked up/drugged up idiots
puking in their squad cars. Not uncommon in the
least.
*For the
first
time in ages I noticed the lighting a lot this show, especially in the
first
hour and especially in the pokey room. It looked very much like it was
autumn
outside.
*Loved Andy
shoving Julian into the mirror. It was also cool to have Andy glance up at
the
mirror after he'd practically broken Julian's neck. He was looking at his
squad
mates, but from his side all he could see was
himself.
*Esai was
very
good. His "shut up" command was perfect and it was a nice
touch
to have him touch Andy's arm afterward on the way out. That little
move
gave the whole scene balance.
*Kelly
walks out
and Simone comes in, what?, the next day? Simone dies and
Danny's
there in a few weeks. Danny gets rolled up in a remnant and it takes five
months to get help? I don't get it.
*Did anyone
feel
surprised that the body was Danny? I didn't, and not because I already
knew he
was dead. It was because Julian used the words "five months
ago."
If those words hadn't been there, I think it would have been a
little
more jarring when Greg said, "It's about
Danny."
*The
opening
credits have changed, but not much. They did remove the crumbling building
and
the towers, but other than that, it looks pretty much the
same.
*Inconsequential
scene with ADA Heywood. That's OK. She did well in her minute,
though.
*I hope we
don't
have another season of not using Gordon Clapp to his fullest potential,
and I
don't mean having Greg blither more. They'd do well to tap this resource.
One
of the most powerful scenes I remember is when Greg loses it in the squad
room.
*Tony's
real
first name is Antonio. I guess that means he IS
A-Rod.
*Hankless
all
night.
Welcome
Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Det. John Clark, Jr.): He's 27, a California
native
and most known for his work as Zack on Saved By The Bell. However,
since
then he's been in a no less than 16 other productions including two TV
movies
airing this year. He's got two more TV movies slated for next year. Some
of his
other TV work includes work on the shows D.C. and Hyperion Bay. He
tried
out for a role on Philly, and while he didn't get that, he did impress the
producers enough to give him a call for a spot on NYPD Blue. He was hired,
incidentally, before it was known that Rick Schroder was leaving.
Mark-Paul was
married in 1996 to actress Lisa Ann Russell.
CAST
LEGACIES:
Joe Spano
(Det.
John Clark, Sr.): A Bochco favorite. This fine actor has been in scads of
productions including Murder One and Hill Street Blues (remember the
lovable
Henry?). He also appeared in LA Law once.
Lenny
Venito
(Julian): He was on Blue in 1997.
Vanessa
Marcil
(Maria Olivera): Originally thought of as a permanent part of the
cast
but no more. She played Gina on Beverly Hills 90210 and Brenda on General
Hospital, and had a small part in the movie The
Rock.
Lombardo
Boyar
(Tino): He's been on Blue twice, both times in 1997. He's also done ER and
X-Files.
David
Satrzyk
(FBI Agent Boyd): He played this role last year. He was also on Days of
Our
Lives as either one doctor with three names or three doctors... who can
tell
with a soap? He's had quite a career as a guest
actor.
Suzanne
Whang
(Dr. Kim): You may have seen her on House and Garden TV's House
Hunters.
Andrew
Sikking
(ESU guy): He's been a uniform on Blue three times. His dad is the actor
James
B. Sikking formerly of Doogie Howser and Hill Street
Blues.
Domenick
Lombardozzi (Lagazi): He's Ralph Galino on Oz. He's been a guest on Law
and
Order.
Michelle
Ruben
(The stripper): I know some of you want to see her again, so go look up
the
Story of O. (I know, you already did...)
Jack Conely
(Lt.
Blount): He gave a fine performance. He was on Blue in 95 and he's
also
done Judging Amy. He's been in two of my favorite movies: Traffic and LA
Confidential.
Julia Vera
(Anna
Rodriguez, Tony's sister): She was in Blow. She was also on General
Hospital as
Marta, and she's done X-Files.
Rebecca
McFarland (Donna the adulteress): She was on Seinfeld once and was also on
Total Security.
Robert
LaSardo
(Kiki): He's done Blue twice before and was also in Murder One. His
long
list of credits includes guest appearances on L&O and China
Beach.
Austin
Majors
(Theo): You know little Theo! They need to work this kid into
the
opening credits...you know, all those serious scenes of busy, stressed out
cops, and then a little shot of Theo sticking his tongue out at that guy
in the
van...ok, maybe not.
Rounding
out the
cast: Jessica Lugo as Maria Felciano; William Dennis Hurley as Mike Graf;
Gary
Wolf as Jimmy Gigilo; Servier Crespo, Matthew Frauman and John Mendozza as
Tino's stonin' buddies; Marcus Perez as Ricky; Mike Sabatino as Martelli;
Michael Echols as Officer Mike; Sandra Teres as Lucy Rodriguez, Tony's
Mom;
Ralph Garman (of LA's KROQ) as a uniform, and Johnny Spanish as Gerald The
Nutty Roof Guy.
LINES OF
THE
WEEK:
Tony to
Medavoy
in the midst of a mind-numbing monologue: "How is actually getting
the
perp facilitated by you standing here talking to me?
Go."
Donna the
adulteress: "He runs over a nail and suddenly I'm Glen Close and I'm
gonna
boil his rabbit."
Donna the
adulteress again (to Andy): "I don't know anyone with a gun or anyone
who's capable of killing someone. I've never even met someone like
that." (a beat) "Except you."
And the
disgusting description of Last Night by Jimmy Giglio: "I got ahold of
some
bad clams. Ever had bad clams? It was like a volcano last night. You know,
they
could'a sacrificed a virgin on my ass."
NEXT
WEEK:
Danny's
funeral.
Thanks to
my
friend Alan for letting me do this again. And thanks to all who helped;
you
know who you are (unless you're doing drugs or
something...)
Amanda
Wilson