Man do i love this show. Ive always liked the fact that the first 30 minutes is for the detective finding the truth and the last 30 minutes is about the law firm getting the people convicted. Its like 2 shows in one. The writing is always fascinating and i havent watched a lot of Dennis Farina episodes.
In the first 10 minutes most of the time you see detectives being mislead but watch how they find out get back on track and get everyone to come clean in 20 minutes.. they’re so good
5:52 Fontana ask, " didn't you use it the other day?" She looks down at her wrist before answering. That was Fontana making her subconsciously admit she was on the ferry. Brilliant detective.
@@laurathornton1456 If I were real clever, I'd write one song that covered both bases, and live on milk and honey for the rest of my life. Problem is, were talking about Law and Order here, so eventually some jealous ex wife / daughter / business partner is gonna decide they want more of that lovely loot, and I'll end up face down in a dumpster / Central Park / the Hudson River. So yeah, I think I'll pass on that idea.... 🤣
@James G They already saw her arm, that's reason enough to dig into her and nothing she said later really made it worse. If anything, give them an easy alibi to fake, get someone to corroborate.
It took Law and Order nearly a year after the attacks to address them in an episode (Season 12 season finale, Patriot). Over the next two seasons, 13 and 14, they would do it in a very tasteful yet profound way through several episodes like The Dead Wives Club. Bravo, L&O!
"That's a nice ride." That's what the T-1000 said to the motorcycle cop in Terminator 2 after John Connor and "Uncle Bob" busted Sarah Connor out of the state loony-bin.
Well it's Chicago The place the army sends (or used to send) newbie medics to learn how to treat gunshot wounds I'm surprised by the cops who didn't have to discharge their weapons
I wish Dennis Farina had stayed for at least another season on the show. Jerry Orbach was the best, but Farina was a good replacement. I like when he worked with Green and Falco for a few episodes.
I loved Dennis Farinas character. I hate that he came on the heels of Jerry Orbach, but in hindsight many people now see they were an underrated pairing.
@@nicholasmaude6906 Oh yes, he was a mafia don in "Midnight Run" against Robert De Niro. One of my all time favorite movies. The most under-rated movie I know.
And died in a helicopter crash offscreen at the beginning of Season 8. Survived by her husband Detective First Grade Daniel Reagan, and her sons Jack and Sean. Her character in the series was a nurse.
Smith's and Colle's fractures... Wow that's definitely nostalgic from my musculoskeletal block and orthopaedic posting. Dinner fork deformity is Colle's fracture. Happens when one lands with their hand facing down or extended. Smith's is when the palm is facing up or wrist is flexed, meaning bent toward the palmar side, rather than the back of the hand.
Her ex husband was a real piece of work....Idon't care how close me and my bestfriend are, ain't no way in hell I'm marrying his widow and then after all that he put her through, he wants custody of their twins?, like what the hell was wrong with this dude?
Its nice your taking these shows as a good source of info. Law and order Bones House md. These shows are very good at pointing out the human body. Hope you get your degree^-^
I hated this episode SO MUCH!!!!!! 😩 He LEFT her and gave her so little for his kids so she had to get a job to support them and THEN HE WANTED TO TAKE HER KIDS AWAY because she couldn't "take care" of them because SHE WAS WORKING!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 this was ALL HIS FAULT!!!!!!
Which is why I liked how they lingered on how completely ruined he looks at the end of the episode. He knows he fucked up and he's never gonna forget it.
Dennis Farina (February 29, 1944 - July 22, 2013) spent 18 years as a cop/detective with the Chicago Police Department (1967 to 1985). He died at age 69 years old, although due to being born on February 29, he had only lived through only 17 actual birthdays. (Leap Year) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Farina
Never, ever, never talk with the gun and badge thugs. All the gun and badge agitprop shows train people to think that only the guilty get caught up. Not true. More and more innocent people are being railroaded by the gun and badge thugs and/or charged with something else because the thugs twisted what they said. _"Well, we cleared you, but because you lied to cover up your liaison with your mistress, we're charging you with the felony of obstruction."_ Good luck with life after that. Never, ever, never speak with the gun and badge thugs.
Oh be quiet. When people like you are victims of crimes, you cry like little babies when the culprits aren't caught. If you hate the police so much, move to a 3rd world country where there's no law. But you are too scared to.
@James G _"I don't answer questions. Am I suspected of a crime? Am I free to go? I would like to speak to MY lawyer."_ Rinse and repeat. The gun and badge thugs bank on the human desire to ascertain the details of what is going on. Override that urge and assume they are only out to railroad you for a crime and just start with the above script. Do not even answer innocent yes or no questions, as answering "yes" a few times can psychology make you less resistant to speaking to them. Also, by answering innocent yes or no questions, they can later assert that you DID answer their questions. Note all times, faces, statements, names, etc. as possible. In some states you are not required by law to ID yourself. Know what type state you live in. _Never, ever, never speak to the gun and badge thugs._
I believe it was a running gag with farina's charecther on why he always had drip. The car, the clothes when asked by Michael imperioli's charecther on why he couldn't dumpster dive and how he knew a about boat paint.
The difficulty here is that you're basically working to prove your biases. She *could* have broken her arm that way, yes. But she could have broken it a lot of ways. The detectives are arguing themselves into more proof.
@@justbg yeah, because that's how you do detective work. you start with one suspect and you work through them until you either get enought evidence to prove guilt or you encounter facts that prove they couldn't have done it, e.g. an aliby, then you move on to the next suspect. so in this case the ex-wife had the biggest motive and no aliby (no one to corroborate she wasn't on the ferry). so the detectives worked on her until they found more evidence
ER doctor; "I'm not SAYING she had a Smith's fracture". But if I WAS saying anything, that's what I would be saying". Detectives; "Hypothetically" ER doctor; "Yes, hypothetically".
Thanks for posting, I was hoping to find a scene where Farina was near his car. There was another scene where he pulled out a big of $100s......I always thought there was an undertone of that detective being loosely associated with mobsters.....sorry.
Working in the medical field (emergency medical) I've learned "Impossible" is NOT a word i used because some people are just going to take that as a challenge.
The blouse Amy Carlson is wearing at the 2:05 mark of this video is the same one Megan Follows is wearing in "Endurance", seen at the 0:33 mark of this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3zLyR76vsP8.html
i mean, i once broke my wrist, didnt know it was broken for 3 days, just thought id sprained it, so her excuse of "putting ice on it" is reasonable, your first thought isnt "oh i broke it" its usually "what a nasty sprain"
Had I been his Lieutenant, would've told Fontana on Day One, "You commit any thuggery on my watch, I'll be so far up your tract that I'll be chewing on your epiglottis. And if necessary, we will have it out in the gym, no pads. Just make sure your affairs are in order, 'Goombah'" I can say that cuz I'm Italian, too. "Oh, probably only fair to warn you about the medal I got at the Academy for hand-to-hand combat. "& one more thing, there's that fifth-degree karate black belt I was awarded. "Bottom line? As that former Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California said, 'Go ahead, make my day.'" Who knows? Might have saved the City the cost of his monthly pension. Also, hearkened me to Rodney Dangerfield's line about an acquaintance, "When he was born, he was so ugly the Doctor slapped his mother." LOVED when that sorry excuse left the show. He wasn't that good an actor. So had a group convened at his final resting place, one in which each of us would've consumed six or more beers each...well...guessing you can surmise the rest ROFLMAO Briscoe & Logan, the Golden Days of L&O. Nothing else is even close......
I was going to switch my book from Local 60 to 79, just to work at ground zero. On the second day, I made my way down to "the pile", took one look, and said awe hell naw!! Glad I didn't work there!
"In the criminal justice system ...." Fontana: "How many times have you been married," Wife: "I've been married twice. My first husband died from eating poisonous mushrooms, the other died from a severe skull FRACTURE. Fontana: "Wow! What happened?" Wife: "He wouldn't eat the mushrooms." 🤯😭😭😭
*Law & Order* (S15, Ep02: _The Dead Wives Club_ ; September 22, 2004) Dennis Farina ("Det Joe Fontana"), Jesse L. Martin ("Det Ed Green"), Amy Carlson ("Colette Connolly")
Wish in this day & age .. here in this state that we had folks in this field.. as dedicated to the work of kind as those guys are in theirs for entertainment purposes.. no less…! 👁️👁️
