Prince of Darkness | S03 E08 | Law & Order

[@fever_spike]

Adam’s face when Ben says, “She doesn’t *have* an uncle” is absolutely haunting.

[@metal87power]

Hilarious punch line.

[@ItsGooseIsland]

That last scene at the end when they realise the little girl didn't have an uncle was very dark. The early seasons of L&O showed you how gritty the city of New York was and it demonstrated it perfectly via the criminal justice system. Truly a timeless classic episode

[@shadowrobot7708]

I mean it has a very clear bias toward the police and in return the police lend them vehicles and have actual police as background extras.

[@davida8145]

@@shadowrobot7708you have to remember the original L&O was during the era of Rudy Guliani and his “broken windows” policy, putting the NYPD going after anything and everything and trying to put them in a better light.

[@robertcampbell8070]

​@@davida8145 Actually the first 4 seasons were before Giuliani became mayor.

[@hint0122]

​@David A and nyc was actually a semi livable place. Now look at it

[@robertcampbell8070]

@@hint0122 the crime rate in NYC was down overall last year and through the beginning of this year. Violent crime is up and yet still doesn't come close to the levels seen in the 80's and 90's.

[@kaenakarnage]

"She doesn't have an uncle" The coldest and darkest line. The cartel literally cleaned house.

[@Sniperboy5551]

Probably not killed, but definitely trafficked

[@dietotaku]

little girl's the only survivor of a cartel hit and they didn't have her in protective custody?! the school didn't have a list (ID required) of who could or couldn't pick her up? she never told the school "hey i don't have an uncle/i don't know who that is" before they shoved her in the car?

[@Fecker_Carlson]

A bunch of sick f*cks who worship money more than God

[@keturaequalizer]

@@dietotaku When you come from a unity society like that, everybody who came close to you while you are growing up is an uncle or aunt. And you even refer and call them that even if you are not blood related. Doesn`t suprise me that she left with that man. That is something the western world never understands. It takes a village to raise a child. 😶🤯

[@brittoncain5090]

@@keturaequalizerI'm pretty sure that's not what they're going for at all.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

Paved the way for Lennie Briscoe, my favorite character. This particular episode was one that stuck with me, especially at the very end. RIP Paul Sorvino and Jerry Orbach.

[@bullwinklejmoos]

Yes, Lenny Briscoe was my favorite also. I think he was the best.

[@michaelreese8211]

God I miss Jerry Orbach..😢 hands down the best to ever bless this series. So sad. I looked into his career and if you want him in a main role check out the law and harry Mcgraw!!!!! So happy I found it. But only 1 season 😢

[@Rheubie]

The way I laughed at "Sure I can, that's why they give me the black robe."

[@reganator5000]

I really like how, at least early on, they totally get the fact that any article 3 judge is essentially not bothered about generic contrary opinions - they'll write what they think, and a circuit opinion is probably a year or more away, provided you get an appeal, which is not happening any time soon.

[@Igarappappa]

The bit with the girl broke my heart.

[@StarWolf2199]

Same here, that was horrible to see..

[@ButterflyQueene07]

Mine too. 😥

[@ghostbleach3512]

Batwomen is born

[@kinggrace631]

😊😅7

[@Profile__1]

​@@ghostbleach3512Unfortunately, she was promptly sold off into sexual slavery almost immediately, most likely, by her "uncle." Fucking horrifying ending to this episode, man.

[@artytoons3447]

Steven Hill as D.A. Schiff's reaction at the end. Hill asked the Law & Order writers to "write me fewer words...write me fewer syllables.". His facial reactions didn't need many words to express his character effectively.

[@mikeg8375]

Brilliant actor

[@lmc2664]

The last line Stone delivered still haunts me to this day.

[@bluecatky]

I know she was just a child actress. But it was hard to watch the scene where the little girl was crying for her mother and father. Talk about childhood trauma.

[@daynechastant]

Depending on the last line of the episode, I'm sure she didn't suffer from PTSD for very long. They're a TIDY bunch, that cartel...

[@jackwells8107]

@@daynechastant I like to think that she got away and grew up to be Zoe Saldana in Columbiana.

[@RLucas3000]

Once her ‘uncle’ picked her up, she was probably with her parents soon after.

[@XSilver_WaterX]

@@RLucas3000 And hopefully not after learning biology like how SVU explores it. Yikes, the amount of sick dogs we have in the system?!

[@orsonwelles2023]

This series was, and remains, the 100% undisputed master of the perfectly-timed informative phone call.

[@jonathanchapman8070]

Chris starts laughing as they all run in about 3:42.. It's fun.

[@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs]

R.I.P Mr. Paul Sorvino, Phil Ceretta here, but will always be remembered as Paul "Big Paulie" Cicero in the Classic movie "Goodfellas". A Class act.

[@AH-te5gs]

or Buddy Stafford in the Cooler. Underrated movie, even if some of the actors in that movie were nominated for several awards

[@ryanloftis1125]

I always thought Ceretta and Logan were the best detective team in the show's history, better even than Briscoe and Logan. It would've been great if Sorvino stayed longer, but he wasn't happy on the show.

[@davidcombs3617]

Mr. Cipriani from "Money Talks"

[@alcd6333]

I liked it when he played police detectives. Remember a show from the 70's called "Burt D'Angelo, Superstar"? He played the title character.

[@lizziebkennedy7505]

@@ryanloftis1125No one touches Briscoe.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Ceretta's final episode. Next time, we get introduced to the man himself, Lennie Briscoe.

[@rsybing]

He made one more appearance in the next episode to say he took a desk job, but yeah, Lennie took over then and there.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

@@rsybing At least they didn't kill him off like they did Greevey. That makes me think the producers regretted that decision.

[@marvinrichardduran8961]

53. Point of View

[@bernlin2000]

Ceretta was a great detective, but Briscoe is truly incomparable!

[@Sephiroth766]

@@ExplorerDS6789 Greavey's death was a great episode but I wish they didn't kill him off.

[@toecuttre]

Thank you for posting this! Saw it when it originally aired & never forgot about it. It's still discussed amongst law & order gurus to this day.

[@bennywark3103]

*Man walks in. Man: Hello there. Don't be scared, my name is Bruce Wayne. I'm here to take you in. *Girl hugs him. Bruce: It's okay, everything will be alright.

[@ikonyk4370]

Maybe HE was the uncle

[@ceruelion815]

5:01 "Did the Supreme Court do away with the Civil Rights while I was sleeping?" Me on 11/05/2024: "I dunno, but I'm very afraid that will be the case"

[@erikayahchelle1123]

This was one of the best episodes ever. That last scene between Schiff & Stone.. I’ve always remembered that.. I saw the episode when it originally aired.. Never forgot it..

[@BoredVHSlover]

this episode had the darkest ending ive seen in a show like this. chilling.

[@jumpupdown2556]

One of the greatest hours in the history of the show. Goes beyond the typical episodic L&O formula to deliver a story that crosses within the personal world of the characters and causes consequences that would permanently alter the future of the show. With Phil laid up recovering from his gunshot, new senior detective Lennie Briscoe makes his grand entrance at the very start of the next episode, and it's almost immediately clear to whom the show will soon belong. What about the little girl? How did things really end for her? Unfortunately, I think it ended for her the same way the story began: with her being shocked, terrified, and crying for her dead parents. This time, though, the people around her just tell her to shut up, while they figure out a way to make some money off of her before they toss her in some hole.

[@teslagirl1]

Toss her in some hole? Too true. I was in such a place, with a lot of other traumatized kids, where our grief, confusion, pain and suffering wouldn't disturb the normal folk. There are plenty of places which shouldn't exist but do-- they exist because warehousing vulnerable human beings is quite profitable. I wish I didn't know that.

[@reganator5000]

it's also notable that even 'hang em high' McCoy was never ruthless enough to do what Ben does here - He genuinely almost gets an innocent woman killed by claiming she's a co-operating witness on live TV in a mob case. There's been a few times since they could have pulled that move, but Ben has the only time a policeman was shot, and is also just generally more ruthless than the following ADAs.

[@Cicily-jf7go]

0:16 bro moved his eye and scared tf out of me😭😭

[@tbam73]

The end of the episode gave me chills

[@tbam73]

Still the most chilling LAO endings of all the franchises

[@carwashslayer4235]

4:54 this is a mood

[@josephstevens3942]

6:45 that's Bubbles from the Wire!

[@riversguy92]

Was looking for this comment

[@cecejamesable]

Man that episode is dark as hell, no one wins.

[@arashinoakumyo3535]

Welcome to any crime involving the columbian cartels….Only they win just cos they’re fucking psychotic.

[@misterbin00]

Apparently the cartel won

[@jumpupdown2556]

@@misterbin00 exactly. They crushed the DA's office and dismantled their case the old fashioned way. Guaranteed no one was ever convicted. The guys responsible were all the way in Bogota. And the guys responsible for those guys were a few hundred miles south of New York getting ready to pass the torch from the Reagan faction to the Clinton faction. No wonder no one was ever convicted.

[@MsWiccanpriestess]

​@@misterbin00Real life cartels don't care, they will kill whoever they have to to silence someone, they'll silence your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers they simply don't care. Cartels are made up of different gangs and sects, some cartels have businesses in nightclubs, prostitution, money laundering, contract hits, murders, other have drugs, car stripping, gambling, racketeering, trafficking. Some even have store fronts that are made to look like convenience stores but in the basement there's gambling going on or prostitution.

[@Transitfan93]

I don't know why but I love Ben Stone's style of delivering lines when it gives the viewers a sense of horror and danger for a character, when he said "She doesn't have a uncle", it can make the viewers go "Oh no" , that is a great acting and storytelling

[@kensternberg3780]

This is absolutely one of the very best Law & Order episodes. The writing was brilliant, especially because the episode was less than one hour. And Paul Sorvino. What a classy and talented actor.

[@garn5t]

i love how the last 2 minutes of the episode (and this video) is them talking about how the cartel squad wiped everyone and snatched the little girl probably to be trafficked. this episode was different than others… it was about how they did everything right and still the fate of everyone involved was sealed, that we are powerless to evil acts even when justice is served twice.

[@davidcombs3617]

This episode had a JFK/Oswald/Ruby feel to it as the original murderer is killed in transit like how Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald.

[@Sephiroth766]

"Prince of Darkness", that was such a dark way to end the episode but fir a show that wanted to be realistic, this was a realistic way to end it, no way would a case involving the cartel end on a positive note, even for the little children.

[@jonathancineus6424]

😳 “She doesn’t have an uncle”. That last line hit me.

[@dmf1301]

‘He didn’t kill anyone.’ No one said you did… they literally said the words ‘accessory!’ Was that lawyer a first year law student or what? 🤣🤣

[@mayaalieva938]

That last line...I can't bare to think what happened..

[@bluecollarlit]

I can't bear to think...

[@jamesfahey4508]

Interesting to see Paul Sorvino on the other side of the law for a change. Vale

[@darkfan4706]

One of the darker episodes.

[@Amber90125]

I forgot Paul Sorvino (a Great Actor) was on Law & Order & loved him in Goodfellas.

[@MayorofDinosaurIsland]

3 or 4 on best episodes ever on law and order

[@bernlin2000]

Cold blooded murder and the judge asks if he can afford bail? Insane!!

[@jaredstar]

If his story had been true instead of a cover he would have been performing a public service. Fuckers like the guy who killed Don't deserve to exist, they don't deserve to draw breath on this earth That in actuality he is also is one of the people who doesn't really deserve to exist was a twist I wasn't expecting

[@depressedglub32]

“She doesn’t have an uncle”

[@andrewenserro3185]

What a way to end a trial unlike the trial for Joseph tashjin

[@sirxanderj.williamsesq.4457]

I Like How Judge Callahan Agrees With Stone

[@geoff3103]

So Paul Vario became an NYPD detective after he got out of prison. Interesting.

[@just_kos99]

Funny how this synopsis mentions Peacock for Law & Order, but you can't GET this season on Peacock 'cause for some reason they don't have all of L&O, even though it's an NBC series.

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

Which is why I refuse to pay for it anymore!!! 🙄 I pay for KZbin, Hulu and Disney Plus without commercials (great package during Black Friday) and I had Peacock..

[@kaybee4132]

This show right here! ❤❤❤

[@ai-aniverse]

Isnt that the same guy who knew what Kaiser Soze looked like?!

[@mew10521]

This was such a good season finale

[@johnbeatz380]

It wasn't a season finale

[@mew10521]

@@johnbeatz380 then what was it?

[@johnbeatz380]

@@mew10521 Paul Sorvinos last episode.

[@darthglacies8534]

Johnny B, he was in the next episode as a guest star.

[@rhd1974]

@@johnbeatz380 At first, I thought this was a season finale too. But this was actually in the middle of Season 3.

[@khylerbane4523]

It’s odd seeing Paulie working *against* criminals rather that running them.

[@WarGrowlmon18]

Isn't this basically Ceretto's last episode???

[@deliafredericks7578]

Mr Stone ❤

[@chrisbyrnes8758]

Andre Royo aka Bubbles behind defendant at 06:45 ?

[@melissae1116]

What a great series this is!

[@zacharyfett2491]

2:37 That’s Gina from Miami Vice!

[@god563616]

Wow. Mr. Big looks like a baby!

[@madunwagbo4769]

Please please can someone upload the clip where Mike goes to see Phil at the hospital and Phil tells him that he’s not going to be out in the streets with him any more

[@TheCoolProfessor]

I never would have imagined that Paulie would become a cop!

[@eyesofpicasso]

The original crew. Solid

[@billwilliams6267]

Not the original crew. Different from season 1.

[@Tulane_Gargoyle]

Is that Bubbles @ 6:42?

[@EmiliaClarkesEyebrows]

he's just wondering where in leave it to beaver land mcnutty took him this time

[@ciobalina7445]

What's the point of dragging all those people in a trial against a hitman for the Colombian mafia just so you become dumb enough to not realize that the mafia would have him killed and have all the people involved killed? Of course they were scarred he would tell them about their operations!! If you can't protect people against the mafia, then let them be. It was so obvious the man who killed the hitman had been solicited by the mafia. Everyone expected that. The police, the judge, the prosecutor.. all they cared was their case. Nobody cared about the actual people involved. Let the mafia take each other out. Don't drag innocent people in the situation just so you can convict some hotshot for murdering a strayed mafia member.

[@AH-te5gs]

As if criminals don't drag innocent people in their situation already...

[@yucol5661]

It’s a TV show. The point is to entertain you. Isn’t it more interesting when they do dumb stuff and you can feel “I wouldn’t have made that stupid mistake”

[@ciobalina7445]

@@yucol5661 Yes, you are right. I forgot it's just a TV show :)))). That's why it's so good, it makes you forget it's just a show. Some episodes are based on real stories I think. They remind me of many real cases I read about or saw documentaries on.

[@martakavaliauskaite4566]

​@@ciobalina7445most of them are based on real storys they change names places and some minor details and to avoid problems with law they say it's fiction

[@Jiltedin2007]

Was this was the episode where Phil Cerreta gets shot making a deal?

[@StealEp]

Yes & The Next Episode Would Be The First Appearance Of Ours Truly.

[@MrBmick79]

6:59 Bubbles cameo

[@sirxanderj.williamsesq.4457]

I noticed with this episode in particular the cartel acts like the mob they take out of anybody that who might implicate them in the other crimes and also they don't like people talking but the mob sends messages to the people that who might testify.

[@Melina-fi3sc]

Cartels is the mob and vice versa

[@barrettbrown-dc4np]

True but almost no high ranking member of the Italian mob would okay taking out a kid.

[@tiredmummy7512]

@3.42 the uniformed officer that ran out of the building before the 3 detectives... no officer would run waving a drawn weapon round like that!!! Obviously an inexperienced "extra"...

[@nightmarebanshee3682]

It’s called T.V DRAMA , not reality tv. Know it all.

[@xvp08]

so?

[@bradleytguthrie929]

Law & Order was the greatest show. Until, watching NCIS made me know Hollywood. It's not realism, it's a show.

[@ottokarl5427]

How often in this show did people get people shot right after leaving the court? Feels like a security breach that could have been fixed over the years...

[@reganator5000]

After 9/11 they do show the improved security around the courthouse. And then show how it was basically worthless as they didn't have well paid security (and certainly none who could shoot down jumbo-jets).

[@phuckerpower]

Tell me I'm not the only one who thought this would be an Ozzy clip because of the title of the video 😅

[@MichelaRepele]

"She doesn't have an uncle" gave me nightmares for life

[@TheDijon52]

Bubbles before Baltimore got him 😂

[@ahhhinds2785]

How can I get to watch the full episode?

[@MsWiccanpriestess]

@ahhhinds2785 peacock, tubi, hulu or firestick.

[@billponderosa88]

How did the most gangster gangster of all movies become a cop😂

[@shockmandan]

That means the DAs office failed to obtain justice and save everyone in time 9:20

[@eddieballgame]

What is so funny at 3:44? :)

[@marianaguardiaa.k.amariana4780]

Fact: In this cap Cerreta gets shot by Lobrano and be serious Lobrano deserved than Logan attemped to shoot in his brains

[@roadtrip2943]

That restaurant just throws the marinara around

[@shockmandan]

5:05 I want to hear the grounds on which she’s a flight risk

[@FortunateJuice]

The edits were giving me whiplash. Also, I'm not a big Paul Sorvino in L&O guy.

[@ognjenpavlovic766]

When I see this, I think of the ending of Sicario... Don't know why... I guess it gives me some closure and satisfaction after this.

[@SlicerJen]

Huh....somebody got Epstiened.

[@fever_spike]

Saundra Santiago, better known as Detective Gina Calabrese on the series Miami Vice…knew that was her!

[@lemonmoon8478]

Poor girl she played that part though

[@thunderdeed1]

2:40 Gina! Miami Vice.

[@estherross1]

So who picked up the little girl?

[@hint0122]

A killer

[@estherross1]

@@hint0122 did they find her?

[@hint0122]

@@estherross1 I presume not.

[@estherross1]

@@hint0122 thanks

[@mychatpalace]

an assassin,.... if we go by the other people's ends.

[@BigRick324]

Why did they end the episode like that. Left a huge cliff for us to hang over

[@CharlietheWarlock]

Is that paulie from goodfellas

[@reganator5000]

This is why medelin, for all it was better in terms of overall gang-deaths, was a thing the US wanted to put under 6 feet of soil.

[@michaelc.brownsr4680]

Telepathy is to speak with your mind telekinesis is to move with your mind

[@DaneOrschlovsky]

Diversity is our strength, let 'em all in and let the chips fall where they may 😢

[@yucol5661]

What Colombians say about Americans is that the violence is largely their fault for making dumb laws, selling them the guns, and funding the cartels. Sure you should blame the shorter, but you have to blame the person who paid the hitman too

[@Nebris]

This was broadcast on November 18, 1992. The Drug War continues to this day, March 26, 2024 for the record.

[@tamekkaknuth9612]

Warned me how Ron talks and way he says stops

[@lukesta12]

She doesn't have an Uncle I want a different department doing this

[@MsWiccanpriestess]

@lukestra12 don't hold me to it but i think this episode was a two parter, where in the second half the SVU got involved in looking for the little girl. The case shook Benson and Stabler to their very cores. Especially Stabler, to the point where he saw a therapist towards the end.

[@barrettbrown-dc4np]

I doubt it this episode was shot in 1992 and SVU didn’t happen until 99.

[@joshuaengleman1131]

# 259!!! WHOOOOOOOO..... DOGGY!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@MomMom-oe1bg]

Her first mistake was talking to cops.

[@cunningsmile4166]

Downer ending. The kid was killed too. Or forcibly adopted to be brainwashed

[@sonrouge]

I know L&O is mainly fiction, but I keep episodes like this in mind whenever I hear some twit prattle that crime is caused by "poverty" and other such nonsense.

[@alexandradane3672]

Harrowing.

[@shannonsmith4174]

DON'T SHOOT HIM IN THE STOMACH THAT'S STUPID SHOT THE HEAD ALWAYS DIE STOMACH THEY CAN SURVIVE.......

[@panda5122]

No, they teach to shoot for center mass. Head is a smaller target than torso.

[@trevonpernell0814]

9:58

[@corvopro]

When L&O was actually good

[@DanielKrongaard]

This episode is Batman origin.

[@nourhajj4999]

what do you mean by that ?

[@John231984]

@@nourhajj4999 Bruce Wyanes paretns were killed in front of him by a shooter. Then he became Batman because of it.

[@nourhajj4999]

@@John231984 I know that, thank you. But what does have to do with that episode? Was because of the little girl?

[@KathleenDoorley-tj3nd]

Kragen!

[@yazminearmas]

NOO SHE WAS KIDNAPPED