Law & Order (TV Series)

The Serpent's Tooth (1991)

George Dzundza: Sergeant Max Greevey

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• Margaret Langdon : He had a short fuse. Mrs. Jarmon kept reminding him they were just children.

  Max Greevey : Nick get the worst of it?

  Margaret Langdon : You have to understand, he was the first child.

  Mike Logan : Miss Langdon please, you're not speaking ill of the dead, we have to know! Did he beat his kid or not?

  Margaret Langdon : Almost every day. He used whatever was on hand. A belt, a tennis racket, one time he used a wooden coat hanger.

  Max Greevey : Mrs. Jarmon didn't do anything to stop it?

  Margaret Langdon : You have to understand, she was terrified of him. It went on that way for years, then finally when Nick was 16 he had enough and he hit him back. He never laid a hand on Nick after that.

  Mike Logan : Until Nick broke his jaw.

  Margaret Langdon : No, that was because of Gregory.

  Max Greevey : Greg hit his father?

  Margaret Langdon : No... Mr. Jarmon was beating Gregory with a cane. Nick had to stop it... that's when he hit him.

• Max Greevey : Who else had motive? Petrovich is out, the housekeeper, she doesn't strike me as a murderess, but you never know, if we rubber hose her, maybe she'll confess.