Detectives discover that an Assistant Attorney General was having an affair with a murdered investigator in his office, and that he had made threatening statements about her to his psychiatr... Read allDetectives discover that an Assistant Attorney General was having an affair with a murdered investigator in his office, and that he had made threatening statements about her to his psychiatrist.Detectives discover that an Assistant Attorney General was having an affair with a murdered investigator in his office, and that he had made threatening statements about her to his psychiatrist.
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- TriviaThe scenes for the Albany train station were filmed at the Yonkers, NY train station.
- GoofsThe victim had dental work that made the detectives initially think that she was a German national. However, after investigating, they discover that she lived in Germany as a child when her father was stationed there. This was supposed to be why she had German dental work, including stainless steel fixtures. This is wrong because the children of American service members and their families would receive their medical treatment on the their post or base unless the site was too small to have its own hospital for it residents. If that was the case, then service members would likely be prohibited from bringing family members, especially minor children.
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Alec Conroy: You know, this may come as a big surprise to all of you, but I loved Karen.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: Killing someone's a pretty sick way of saying "I love you".
A body surfaces in the Hudson River and is identified as Karen Hall an investigator for the AG's office. Briscoe (Orbach) & Green (Jesse L. Martin) backtrack and early assumptions that it was a random turn out to be not only false, but signs point to the investigation being incorrectly steered in this direction by Karen's boss Alec Conroy (Nestor Serrano). With more digging they uncover the two had been seeing each other plus more girlfriends, a physiatrist, crumbling marriage and a picture of man driven by absolute control.
Actor Gerry Bamman who most will know from 'Home Alone' puts in an effective role as the defense lawyer. Alexandra Neil plays Alice who almost completely under the accused spell supplies him with a fake alibi initially. Honestly though it's known face Serrano that really sells this episode with decent writing. He has no problem portraying an intelligent narcissist who in his sick head thinks he did nothing wrong. That leaves Waterston, Harmon to get a few good quips at him especially when the chips are down.
Picking out an episode to watch has lead me to realize the best in the L&O universe have something memorable to hang your hat on. A straight forward investigation is fine, but the more tawdry pieces that bubble to the surface the better. It doesn't hurt if the tale has a really despicable, highly unlikable character or that it's based on some small part of reality. It's those latter elements that really makes 'Ego' a solid watch that holds your interest.
- refinedsugar
- Apr 16, 2024