Finding a Fugitive - Law & Order

[@BlastGamer77]

man, weird seeing Giancarlo Esposito NOT being a criminal mastermind for once.

[@turnypz4058]

imagine if in this episode he turned around and said "hahaha, I was acting" and did the face. That would be PERFECT.

[@FF18Cloud]

I mean it's the same as that one time jk Simmons was a social worker Seeing that AFTER invincible and spider man is weird

[@jayrob121]

Some actors/actresses play a villain so often and/or so well, then when they get cast as a good guy/girl it throws you off.

[@mmsizzlak]

I don't buy it....I bet his organization is a front for.... Illegally good fried chicken

[@ryancarr2491]

Moff Gideon instantly sprang to mind.

[@sydney_theNox]

“Do you like jigsaw puzzles? I love jigsaw puzzles.” How she put the bottle back together was genius and I love her

[@jonathannagel7427]

Definitely the mind of a forensic scientist, creating a second puzzle for herself 🤓

[@londonclassicist]

Except that she then destroyed the evidence by picking it up and showing it off without wearing any gloves. Go figure.

[@WhiteScarsEmo]

If this was "CSI", they would've done some quick-montage while scanning every broken piece with some sci-fi-laser-scanner-thingie and the entire bottle would be reconstituted on an LCD monitor.

[@draco84oz]

Its a was common intelligence technique to reconstitute documents from piles of shredded "ribbons" - or at least back in the days when records were still kept on paper. For example, the Iranians did an impressive job on stuff they captured from the US Embassy in '79.

[@Icecube88]

@@WhiteScarsEmo lol that's how they would do it now. this episode was before 2004 though. dunno if they had that technology back then.

[@nurse425]

"Are you getting smart with us"? "You couldn't keep up"! DAYUM, LOL!

[@NewarkBrickCity1970]

I love that clapback! That's how you handle those bastards.

[@eunhastolemyheart6098]

@@NewarkBrickCity1970 what-?

[@kishascape]

"Oh I wouldn't dream of it you couldn't keep up!" Way to butcher it dumb-dumb.

[@kendallrivers1119]

​​@@NewarkBrickCity1970 So if you don't like the characters or cops then why are you even here? get out of here with your b.s. And btw the lawyer got punked by his client so he's not all that smart lol.

[@pamelajohnson2797]

"This is me being surprised" I miss Lenny. He was th king of one-liners& comebacks. ❤😂😢

[@kishascape]

and shoving heads in toilets.

[@09lowkey]

I love how almost every actor worth anything gets a cameo in Law & Order. It's like a rite of passage.

[@awalker8371]

Love Boat used to be like that 👩🏾‍💻🤣🤣🤣

[@MrRepoman197]

The law and order franchise is like the crown jewel for actor cameo's.

[@billcook4768]

You’ve got a mix of established actors doing a cameo and up and comers “before they were famous.” I think there’s a SAG rule that every actor in New York must appear on at least one of the L&O shows.

[@twotailedavenger]

Even the rabbit from Zootopia was in one episode.

[@Joeh1154]

So, Gus Fring was a Lawyer before giving it up, moving to New Mexico and starting his drug empire with Heisenberg. Got it.

[@jerryokazaki8626]

And then faked his death on Breaking bad and moved to a small island country and became a dictator in far cry 6, Got it

[@Jonboi-jh3xc]

Then he froze his body and thousands of years later woke up to become a crime lord again on The Mandalorian.

[@ChristianTorres07]

@@Jonboi-jh3xc Case closed. Moral of the story: Gus Fring is invincible.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

And before all of this he was the president of Gamma Phi Gamma.

[@alcd6333]

And before that he was Buggin' Out in "Do the Right Thing."

[@edwinm-m5008]

Really miss Jerry Orbach when he was on Law & Order. Truly one of a kind

[@anthonyuchello2031]

We all miss Jerry Orbach.

[@lovewhitey2027]

Brilliant actor

[@wardragonprime]

The perfect actor for the role.

[@black7987echo]

Best delivery of one-liner.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@lovewhitey2027 And a friend of Crazy Joe Gallo. In fact he and his wife were dinning with him at Umberto's Clam House Apr. 7 1972, when Joey got his "reward" for trying to take out Joe Colombo.

[@Treblaine]

"Just don't tell me they're all innocent" He literally said that.

[@jamesdc9595]

Standard copaganda

[@crash406]

There's an obvious difference between 'innocent' and 'not guilty'

[@Classof-wf5jw]

@@jamesdc9595 nope. Most people in jail are guilty. Why risk letting a dangerous person off?

[@TheBatugan77]

@@jamesdc9595 Standard SHOVE it.

[@jamesdc9595]

@@TheBatugan77 funny how bootlickers always seem to identify themselves

[@TuckaBuck89]

Jerry Orbach- what a superb actor. I wonder how much input he had, if any, in his lines, e.g. "This is me being surprised". Perfectly delivered. An all-around great talent. RIP, and thank you for the enjoyment we felt watching you.

[@ytafan4068]

It's those one-liner remarks from Orbach that made his character such a great source for comic relief.

[@metamorphicme9378]

Van Buren is an absolute L&O legend❤❤❤❤❤

[@yakuza01]

Me: "Giancarlo Esposito sounded so different back then" 3:26 "oh, there he is!"

[@garmenlin5990]

That episode was only a 5 year different from his first appearance in Breaking Bad

[@thehandsomeone8369]

@@garmenlin5990man. He changed a good amount in 5 years.

[@nurse425]

My ONLY issue is the detectives belief that the law is infallible and that EVERYONE in prison deserves to be there, I mean hell, THESE two have gotten the wrong person put in jail, A FEW times!

[@ilhamsyamsuddin]

They are still guilty of wasting their precious time.

[@Icecube88]

they have to think like that otherwise they are going to question everyone they helped get put in prison

[@rebeccaatkins2514]

@@John-ir4idIf they question every single time they put someone in prison it's going to get them nowhere. All your going to be left with is a bunch of "What If's" and that's not good for anybody.

[@dominiquelane6329]

Facts

[@alexanderelderhorst2107]

I agree, if there is any reasonable doubt and you no longer have that big 1 liner acting as the buildings support beam, beyond reasonable doubt, the building collapses. If you did it, but someone finds reasonable doubt and re-opens the case, you have as much right to be released as someone who IS innocent. For example, he was innocent of killing that woman. He was put away because a cop made a mistake and he was walking free from the crime of murdering someone else, so the cop framed him. True he did murder someone, but that particular case would entail different sentencing anyway, and the real murderer for this case was walking free as long as Grimm was in jail for it.

[@Heavenzvoice]

These two relationship as partners was great! It was so realistic down to the part when he retired and turned in his papers. It was sad..

[@ninjabearpress2574]

I can't remember what Lenny said, but Ed jerked a thumb toward him and said, "I get to spend all day with him."

[@aniquinstark4347]

I love when they say something like "I can't go back to prison!". Literally just stop doing crimes and you won't go back.

[@TheRealGunfish]

He had just been let out for not doing the crime he was accused of.. not doing crimes doesn’t guarantee you won’t ever go to prison.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@TheRealGunfish except he had done a murder and got away with it. he may not have murdered the person he was accused of but he wasn't innocent in the first place. the knife with blood on it was from one of his other victims.

[@Grovel007]

@@toomanyaccounts wtf are you talking about? It’s been a while since I’ve seen the episode but he had a valid excuse why there was blood on his knife. If I remember correctly it was animal blood.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@Grovel007 it was human blood and it was a woman's.

[@MattyKwik]

@@Grovel007 You're remembering incorrectly. It was human blood

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

The victim in this episode was based on Steve Bartman. The guy famous (or infamous) for trying to catch a foul ball in game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series between The Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins.

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Gus was so good in this episode. He talks a million miles a minute.

[@tommymiddlefinger1283]

The Lieutenant was a cleaning lady in an earlier episode. She rose up through the ranks quickly!

[@thomasmullaney4306]

They had a habit of recycling actors from previous episodes. S. Epatha Merkerson is one, but Jerry Orbach was a defense attorney in a previous episode about two years before he got the job as Lenny Briscoe.

[@hothotheat3000]

If you’re good, they bring you back.

[@aniquinstark4347]

I imagine small roles like that are a good way to gauge an actors abilities before hiring them as a permanent cast member.

[@jessiesmith6676]

Happened a lot on SVU, too.

[@kishascape]

It's no surprise he became such a good drug kingpin in New Mexico years later after retiring from all this mess. Dude's sharp and knows his stuff.

[@pauljohnson3340]

Giancarlo Esposito. Brilliant supporting cast actor. Cool dude.

[@phuturephunk]

This is another one of those episodes that really bothered me. This is basically garbage agitprop against The Innocence Project. The thing that makes it tragic is the NYPD has literally lost entire warehouses full of evidence in order to keep them from going through old suspect cases. I never really noticed it while watching this show all those years ago, but there was so much just garbage politics in it. It's got a very specific NYC centric idea on the way things were, yet they never actually were in reality. SVU is the same way. Criminal Intent was different because it was high theater and meant to be more psychology centered rather than procedural.

[@samsonguy10k]

Seems like an episode like this is shining a spotlight on the NYPD's incompetence in such cases.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Then why are you here?

[@auricstorm]

I mean, they did say that "if the knife had gone back to the police lab, it would have been destroyed after he was proved guilty" so it's not like they hid the fact they lose stuff. Guess it's got something to do with double jeopardy- if they can't be tried for same crime twice, once they've been proved innocent/guilty there's no point keeping evidence that just takes up room (particularly biologicals that need fridge space)

[@tcudahey9550]

"I can't go back there. I can't." You can. And you will.

[@samueldenton5512]

Jerry Orbach was simply amazing as Lenny Briscoe. May he continue to R.I.P.

[@seanwebb605]

Nobody rests in peace. We simply decompose.

[@stefansodbinow6300]

Esposito was incredible in this episode. Wish they clipped the rest.

[@JustAJinx-ci6hg]

I recognized Giancarlo's voice almost instantly... wasn't even watching the video when he came up but I heard him

[@caffreydavis218]

Gus before he oversaw Homelander and his batch of heroes called "The Seven", as well as the Star Wars Admiral and captured and experimented on Groot.

[@montrealfilmguy]

Man i love that show so much. The original , this one, less the other ones. Like all seasons with Lenny and his partners, i could watch on a loop.

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Yes a co to his promotion of police misconduct as great, demonization of the inocente project (it’s not important f the police lie to send someone 10 years to jail , you know that guy probably deserve it because of, literally, a parking ticket etc. nice police state.

[@fatimahall210]

@@jaimeduncan6167 cry me a river

[@ecgameplayer]

Was that gus fring before he went down to the south and start a fried chicken chain?

[@guitarhausdoesntknowwhatac3285]

He was so much more happy and lively!

[@heynorty013]

Yes! He was a character actor in the 1990s. You should watch the movie Do The Right where he played Buggin' Out. Such a different character from Gus.

[@stephenshriver602]

Yall want deeper lore? He play on the show 'Homicide: life on the street. Which did several crossover episodes with L&A in the earlier seasons. And I believe he was in the last crossover episode they did together before that series ended the same year.

[@derekseven1647]

Giancarlo can do anything He's a great actor

[@wakcedout]

that lawyer should know that with his client being a prime suspect in another murder and having a warrant issued for his arrest, that the best scenario would be to tell the detectives "i will get him and bring him down to you" come up with a reasonable time frame with the police and sit there speaking for him.

[@jkacvbhijfn]

3:27 that was Gus speaking

[@icarus_falling]

Well that's moff Gideon, younger so I assume that's the imperial security bureau.

[@Viewer909]

Is that Gustavo??? The "peaceful" owner of Los pollos

[@amitkenan3878]

His client's betrayal changed him😂

[@darkfan4706]

H. Epatha Merkerson and Jamie Sheridan are my two favorite Law And Order commanding officers!

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

I like it when they have to make it look like Jerry Orbach is running a sprint.

[@yvondark9598]

I find it interesting how the one that played Gus in breaking bad is trying to defend someone named Walter.

[@emilyconwell7718]

i love that she picks up the bottle, which is being used for fingerprint evidence, with her bare hands

[@Nighthawke70]

It's already dusted, so it can be handled.

[@liam9214]

Are they suppose to look for fingerprints again on an already dusted bottle lol

[@emilyconwell7718]

@@liam9214 @nighthawke70 you've both obviously never seen any cold case documentaries where evidence is reprocessed 20 years later

[@liam9214]

@@emilyconwell7718 You seem to not understand that you literally can’t process anymore fingerprints after it’s been dusted

[@emilyconwell7718]

@@liam9214 so there is 100% absolutely no possibility that better technology will be developed in the future that can lift prints, DNA, or trace evidence in new ways that we can't currently think of. and there's no point in doing the minimal effort to preserve the integrity of evidence by not touching it with bare hands in case there's even half a possibility that there will be an appeal in the future where evidence will need to be re-analyzed by new advanced technology. got it.

[@hughbarton5743]

Tremendous actor. Never to be replaced. Only honored and revered. Great work, Jerry. Thanks and good wishes to all. And, Jerry, if you can hear us... Well, I'm without words. Fortunately, in my 30+ life as a semi competent actor, I had several roles as a police detective. Who do you suppose was in the forefront of my performance? Yep. Mr.O.

[@DaScorpionSting]

Before he started los Pollos Hermanos

[@regret81]

Lenny laying down the facts to Gus Fring. 😂

[@moltedjet2132]

from lawyer to casino heist planer Giancarlo Esposito is quite the man

[@jonathannagel7427]

Brother of Frank “Grimey,” of Springfield, as he liked to be callled.

[@xChickenWhispersx]

I got so excited when I saw Gus Fring !

[@TheJmccord]

Giancarlo Esposito always delivers

[@katiezee2]

I recall his memorable performance as a paraplegic in a wheelchair on NYPD Blue,

[@jeskerjames2938]

The guy playing the innocence project guy, is that the actor who goes on to play Moff Gideon in the Mandollorian?

[@KaristaSwiss]

Love their boss. Real badass

[@starguy2718]

Hey, Gus: give me an order of chicken!

[@aaronburgin1442]

The comment thread tells me that a lot of y’all don’t know Giancarlo Esposito’s resume. A lot more than just Gus Fring.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

The first time I ever saw him he was the president of Gamma Phi Gamma in "School Daze".

[@ChristianTorres07]

No, it’s just that Gus Fring is his most popular, and arguably his best appearance.

[@aaronburgin1442]

@@ChristianTorres07 Folks my age remember him as Buggin' Out in "Do the Right Thing."

[@bowdownbedwenches4563]

Yeah, This "demographic" is very telling. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@back1879]

He played an FBI agent during the 7th season of Homicide Life on the Street, which takes place in the same universe as Law & Order

[@chaneyphillips8317]

"Do you ever leave your phone book out?" that didn't age so well

[@skyeangelofdeath7363]

And that "old PI trick" was kinda lame for a show that did a great job most of the time.

[@toomanyaccounts]

@@skyeangelofdeath7363 you are saying it doesn't work?

[@skyeangelofdeath7363]

@@toomanyaccounts yes

[@edwardmoore5325]

Phone book we don't need no stinking phone books.lol

[@shockwave6213]

I just tried that last opened page trick with an old phone book I happened to have laying around in the house. It actually worked.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

I loved this one exchange on Law and Order between Michael Moriarity as the DA and a convicted killer: Killer: "I can't do 25 years." DA: "Do as many as you can."

[@wcresponder]

Yes you can.....and will. Or cement overshoes and a trip to the east hudson. (ya gotta love the classics).

[@Joeybsmooth]

Wow the police just smashed that dude civil rights over and over.

[@kendallrivers1119]

oh go watch something else.

[@martakavaliauskaite4566]

​@@kendallrivers1119if I remember correctly he was guilty of murder but police couldn't found proof when similar crime occurred cop crossed line and planted evidence

[@christopherrousseu6133]

Grimes: "I can't go back there. I can't." Me: That's what they all say

[@transformersrevenge9]

I thought that lawyer was familiar, but it took a minute to hit.

[@misterwhipple2870]

Wasn't he in an episode of "Good Times" once? One where he was a bank VP that refused to pay J. J. for a mural he'd painted?

[@Deborahtunes]

At 2:13, did he play "Agent Mike Giardello" in the series *"Homicide: Life On The Street?"*

[@irishpogi]

That was one of the many roles Giancarlo Esposito had

[@c3wichman]

@@irishpogi but they are in the same universe, because Det. John Munch is in both H:L.O.T.S. and L&O SVU

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

" I can't go back there." Wrong!

[@jvibez0713]

Ahh yes, Gustavo Fring When he said "I know what my obligations are."....that face man lol

[@starpawsy]

Restoring a broken bottle like that is an ENORMOUS task. The label will help. Anything that's "bare" glass will be very very tedious. Wow !!!

[@garblehose]

omg "the dark knight" scene where they get prints off a shattered bullet actually has some support now... I mean, I still don't believe it, but at least someone else has done something similar

[@philster6383]

I LOVE HER the medical examiner

[@LewisYamanoteAintReal]

Last chance to look at me, Briscoe.

[@mrnewamsterdams.a4151]

Loved the P.I trick.

[@twotailedavenger]

I can't tell you how much of a mindfuck it is to see Esposito as a good guy.

[@ChristinDaoud]

Look behind Rodney Fallon at 3:02 and you’ll see a poster that acknowledges Walter Grimes’ exoneration.

[@rrickarr]

He only has his arms around the lady, no gun, no knife. The detectives could have just walked up to him and dealt with him.

[@terrynasonisasupervillain9017]

Law and order is the best show ever

[@pauldavis9387]

More spin offs than any other series is tv history

[@kelbyschultz1877]

The amount of people that don't know this is a TV drama series is astounding

[@supersavingswithjennifer2036]

I have watched every episode of L&O at least 3 times each and this scene of Briscoe and green is the best seeing Green come up behind him!!!

[@albertbresca8904]

ok can you pls spoil this episode? what happens next and who is guilty?

[@TheBatugan77]

I know. But I won't tell you.

[@arladicey]

Moff Gideon on Law and Order; wow!

[@oliefb]

3:13 I never thought that i would ever see Gus Fring protecting Walter White

[@TiFan86]

The trick with the phone book was pretty cool

[@asiwasplaying]

Green’s arrival was cold!!! ❤

[@999madgamer]

got to give it to Law and order, they have know how to pick there guest stars

[@skullerfliesx5281]

I got the finger prints... sure to be a key piece of evidence... . immediately handles bottle with bare hands...

[@Nighthawke70]

It got dusted, so it's cleared to be handled normally. Or at least handled like a normally broken bottle is.

[@skullerfliesx5281]

@@Nighthawke70 if something every needs to be retested or called into question etc. Then I feel like that piece is now contaminated... could have smudged the finger prints they had found previously etc.

[@Nighthawke70]

@@skullerfliesx5281 Well, this is the "rough n ready" late 1990's/2000's TV shows when they didn't have the alcohol fumes-laser scan imaging processes that can pick up prints off latex/foam and find prints even with the person wearing gloves! Live and let live man.

[@irishboy_pa]

@@Nighthawke70 you still don't touch it with your bare hands, if the case go back to trial you its now contaminated

[@londonm3161]

"I can't go back there" then maybe you shouldn't have killed someone, dingus

[@owenmccord5078]

Can’t believe that Mike Ehrmantraut didn’t fix the phone book. He must be* slipping.

[@servandoherrera7550]

“Don’t get smart with us” “Oh i wouldn’t dream of it, you couldn’t keep up”

[@johnmckinney7579]

Also Gus fringe in here already doing breaking bad like moves.

[@PhilM4]

4:44 Gus Fring Vibes

[@chillbest14]

You couldn’t keep up

[@spencersholden]

2:38 Hey, it’s Moff Gideon. ;)

[@Nighthawke70]

I wondered why his mug looked familiar.

[@colbypupgaming1962]

He looks a bit more like Gus Fring....

[@ajvanmarle]

Interesting conversation. Someone should be kept in jail because he probably committed other crimes than the one he was wrongfully convicted for?

[@YoungBloodGinger]

Giancarlo is the bomb

[@rafsolo]

That thumbnail is cold!

[@blank_stare_productions]

Don't think that we can't see you Mr. Gus Fring😂😂#FC6

[@tannersebastian8054]

This is the moment Gus Fring Became Orlando Ramirez

[@tabbyroberts6242]

"I can't go back there [jail]" Maybe you shouldn't have killed someone then???

[@MegaBlue3]

0:21 why is that lab tech handling evidence without gloves?!

[@kevintan3705]

I nearly spit out my drink. I didn’t expect Giancarlo Esposito to be here.

[@LangwidereLMFT]

Giancarlo Esposito is the best!

[@KayleeMccoyTheGeekQueen]

ah I remember this episode I saw it when I was a kid it shook me up anyway keep up the great work and stay awesome

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

"I have no idea what he's capable of if he feels threatened."-The guy who tries to EXONERATE people

[@andrewpoderis8548]

Old PI trick never knew that

[@nicklengyel6710]

Great show

[@derekgaliee4351]

Great Duo . I miss Jerry too 😢

[@agalgonzalez]

Hey, it's Gus from Breaking Bad!

[@sastrugi4471]

"I'd rather you didn't speak to Walter... err Heisenberg"

[@TarHeelsKenny]

Mof Gideon trying to get guys out of prison

[@jeffsmith8842]

Dang.....the way he snuck up and put that gun to his head........😅

[@heyho4488]

so snappy

[@rabbitsfoot8]

Seems like cops can get into your place pretty easily by just saying they smell gas or hear a cry for help.. 4th amendment be damned..lol oh and Lenny..this is me being surprised 🤣🤣🤣

[@lovewhitey2027]

In my case maintenance man stole checks and my xhusb leather coat ( he passed away) He’s otw to prison for raping a tenant 🚨

[@EricLing64]

That evidence would get thrown out in court, and the judge would get pretty angry at them. But it doesn't really get that far anyways these days, it's more like the judges rubber stamp warrants and then they raid the wrong fucking address anyways. Can't seem to win, but the police departments won a lawsuit to discriminate against hiring smart candidates. Murrican Justice!...

[@gamedemon89]

What 4th Amendment. They have a warrant

[@NikkyElso]

@@gamedemon89 they had an arrest warrant not a search warrant, they could have gone into the apartment to search for the suspect but any evidence collected would be inadmissible.

[@ThatHungryAfricanChild]

They could get a search warrant pretty easily, wait 20 minutes then go back in, wa-lah

[@B_-.-]

Giancarlo Esposito talking about "Walter" really messed with my brain.

[@94hawaiijedi]

Hey that's the actor that played Moff Gideon in the Mandalorian!!!

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

This is how a cop show should be written.