A man serving time in a serial killer case claims malicious prosecution and false imprisonment after a man who killed two more boys confesses to the other murders. All of the evidence points... Read allA man serving time in a serial killer case claims malicious prosecution and false imprisonment after a man who killed two more boys confesses to the other murders. All of the evidence points to Jack McCoy and his former assistant.A man serving time in a serial killer case claims malicious prosecution and false imprisonment after a man who killed two more boys confesses to the other murders. All of the evidence points to Jack McCoy and his former assistant.
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- Detective Monfredo
- (as Jose Ramon Rosario)
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- TriviaThis episode is one of the first ones that truly start to spell out that Jack McCoy was sleeping with Claire Kincaid. It was subtly hinted at in past episodes but not explicitly stated. There were clues like in Rebels (1995) where Claire said her boyfriend rides a motorcycle...(jack does).
- GoofsClaire Kincaid would not have been allowed to take part in the prosecution of Diana Hawthorne, since she had a close personal and professional relationship with key prosecution witness Jack McCoy.
- Quotes
D.A. Adam Schiff: Everyone's calling: the Times, the Inquirer. What do I say about Andrew Dillard? "Oops"?
E.A.D.A. Jack McCoy: [deadpan] Tell 'em your staff is so good they can even convict an innocent man.
- ConnectionsRemade as Law & Order: UK: Skeletons (2010)
Something that was handled extremely well, in for me an episode that is among the best of the first half of Season 6. While there were even better episodes before and since in the season, "Trophy" is infinitely better than the previous three episodes, which were three disappointments in a row. Is "Trophy" a perfect episode? Not quite. Is it great? Oh yes. For me it is the best 'Law and Order' episode since "Angel" and is possibly even better than that.
Will start off with mentioning the one problem had with the episode, regarding some logic issue. Realistically considering that her relationship with McCoy is here professional and personal, Kincaid would not have been allowed to prosecute due to bias.
"Trophy" is never less than great everywhere else. There is great acting from Sam Waterston and Jill Hennessy, unsurprisingly so. Waterston was always reliable, even in the early period of Season 5 when McCoy was not so easy to warm to, and Hennessy is one of the actors that should have lasted longer on the show as Kincaid was a good character (she was professional and intelligent with great chemistry with McCoy and when she opposed something it was easy to see her point of view, such as her stance on the death penalty in "Savages"). Laila Robbins is both alluring and calculating, but the acting honours indeed go to a truly chilling Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Moreover the case keeps one guessing from the get go and is twisty enough without being confusing or over-loaded. Despite the situation being very bleak, it was very easy for me to root for McCoy and for him to get out of a seemingly hopeless situation. "Trophy" is tautly and intelligently scripted, especially later on. It was very fascinating to see more of McCoy's personal life revealed and for it to play a major and crucial role in the case, in a nice change from the "ripped from the headlines" stories in the previous episodes.
Production values are still slick and suitably gritty (without being too heavy in it). The music is not too melodramatic and is not used too much, even not being too manipulative in revelations. The direction is accomodating yet with momentum.
Altogether, absolutely excellent. 9/10
- TheLittleSongbird
- Feb 10, 2021