Prescription for Death
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| Law & Order | |||
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| Prescription for Death | |||
| Episode No. | 1 | ||
| Airdate | September 13, 1990 | ||
| Writer(s) | David Black Ed Zuckerman |
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| Director | John Whitesell | ||
| Guest Star(s) | Erick Avari Ron Rifkin Paul Sparer John Spencer |
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| Season 1 September 1990 - June 1991 |
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| 001. | Prescription for Death | ||
| 002. | Subterranean Homeboy Blues | ||
| 003. | The Reaper's Helper | ||
| 004. | Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die | ||
| 005. | Happily Ever After | ||
| 006. | Everybody's Favorite Bagman | ||
| 007. | By Hooker, By Crook | ||
| 008. | Poison Ivy | ||
| 009. | Indifference | ||
| 010. | Prisoner of Love | ||
| 011. | Out of the Half-Light | ||
| 012. | Life Choice | ||
| 013. | A Death in the Family | ||
| 014. | The Violence of Summer | ||
| 015. | The Torrents of Greed -- Part 1 | ||
| 016. | The Torrents of Greed -- Part 2 | ||
| 017. | Mushrooms | ||
| 018. | The Secret Sharers | ||
| 019. | The Serpent's Tooth | ||
| 020. | The Troubles | ||
| 021. | Sonata For a Solo Organ | ||
| 022. | The Blue Wall | ||
Prescription for Death was the first episode on the longest-running crime drama television series Law & Order. It was aired on September 13th, 1990.
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Police
Dann Florek Captain Donald Cragen
George Dzundza Detective Seargant Max Greevey
Chris Noth Det. Mike Logan
[edit] District Attorney's Office
Steven Hill District Attorney Adam Schiff
Michael Moriarty Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone
Richard Brooks A.D.A. Paul Robinette
[edit] Plot Overview
Suzanne Morton dies after a visit to a hospital emergency room during a hectic night shift. Her father, a former medic in Vietnam, accuses the hospital of negligence and demands a police investigation. Logan and Greevey question a doctor who made adjustments to her chart, but are soon led to the respected Dr. Edward Auster, who they feel may have been drunk on duty. The other residents are reluctant to speak for fear their jobs may be in jeopardy, and Stone is faced with the awkward job of prosecuting a revered physician.
[edit] Trivia
- This episode of Law & Order was the first episode of the series to air, but it was not originally intended to be the pilot. Everybody's Favorite Bagman which aired on 30 October 1990 was originally written and shot as the pilot. [1]
- Although this episode was presented first when the series aired on television, it was not the original pilot episode. Steven Hill appears in this episode as D.A. Adam Schiff, but was not actually part of the original cast and did not join the series until after the pilot. [2]
- Logan's father is alive and well thanks to a heart transplant he had in a hospital seven years prior to this episode. At the time of this episode, his character was dating a woman named Maggie. [3]
- Cragen reveals that back when he and Max were partners, he had a drinking problem. He didn't 'look or act' drunk, but he went to his first AA meeting after he found himself standing in Lexington Avenue with his gun pointed at a taxi driver because he 'didn't like the way he was honking' at him. Logan learns of this for the first time when Greevey uses Cragen's previous alcoholism as an example of how a drunk does not always look or act drunk. [5]
- Greevey reveals that in 1982, he hit his head on a radiator during a scuffle with a suspect. Initially they diagnosed a brain tumor, but a second diagnosis revealed that it was a subdural hematoma. Ever since he's been suspicious of doctors, feeling they believe that they are God. [6]
- This case is believed to be ripped from the headlines of the Libby Zion case.
[edit] Quotes
Dr. Edward Auster: You solve every case you work on?
Mike Logan: We can tell a felony from a traffic ticket.
Dr. Edward Auster: Look, a patient walks in with a headache. She could have a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a berry aneurysm, a retro-orbital tumor...or does she just have a headache? Do you give her an aspirin? Or do you saw open her skull?
Max Greevey: You make this speech at funerals?
Ben Stone: We got what we needed from Dr. Simonson.
Dr. Edward Auster: An intern, Mr. Stone. Are you planning on asking the cleaning lady to testify, too? About the time I threw the tissue into the wastepaper basket and missed?
Dr. Edward Auster: When you practice medicine, Mr. Stone, sometimes the patient dies.
Ben Stone: And when you're a lawyer, Dr. Auster, some of the people you prosecute are convicted.
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