Subterranean Homeboy Blues

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Law & Order
Subterranean Homeboy Blues
Episode No.	2
Airdate	September 20, 1990
Writer(s)	Robert Palm
Director	E. W. Swackhamer
Guest Star(s)	Cynthia Nixon Lorraine Toussaint
Season 1 September 1990 - June 1991
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

"Subterranean Homeboy Blues" is the second episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order. It originally aired on 20 September 1990.

1 Cast
- 1.1 Police
- 1.2 District Attorney's Office
2 Plot
3 Allusions

[edit] Cast

[edit] Police

Dann Florek Capt. Don Cragen
George Dzundza Sgt. Max Greevey
Chris Noth Det. Mike Logan

[edit] District Attorney's Office

Steven Hill Adam Schiff
Michael Moriarty Ben Stone
Richard Brooks Paul Robinette

[edit] Plot

A white woman shoots two black men in a crowded subway. The shooting at first appears to be self-defense, but further investigation shows that the motive may be revenge. Logan and Greevey argue about di Biasi's guilt, especially after learning that the dead man has a substantial record, and the living one cannot control himself in court. Laura di Biasi tries to make her case to Robinette, but he distances himself from the issue. Stone has trouble with the case, both in dealing with di Biasi's public defender, Shambala Green, and with the fact that the district attorney's office is divided over the issue.

[edit] Allusions

This episode appers to be ripped from the headlines of the Bernie Goetz case^{[citation needed]}. Similar to the episode, Goetz shot four young black men on a Manhattan Subway. Goetz, like di Biasi, was found not guilty.