The Defense Demands an Apology | Law & Order

McCoy and Southerlyn meet with a rather enthusiastic defence lawyer.
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From Season 13, Episode 11 "Chosen" - When one half of a two-man gambling corporation turns up dead, Briscoe and Green go after his partner. The district attorneys have a hard time proving his guilt.
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[@123haninhk]

After this episode, Jack never underestimate him, ever again. He realizes that he is such a good defense lawyer.

[@rhaspodel]

So good, Barba went to him.

[@WarGrowlmon18]

"Good point." Randy smiles. "No bail." Smile's immediately gone.

[@kishascape]

What murder isn't heinous? Lmao oops!

[@PeterDivine]

Winning the argument but forgetting your argument needs a _point,_ whoops

[@jmjon9]

@@PeterDivinealso that antagonizing the judge is usually a bad idea

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

The fact that they brought him back over a decade later to reprise his role in SVU shows just how much regard they give to continuity.

[@ikazukison2]

umm . . . that was after SVU recast the same actor in a different role

[@MuzzyBarker]

Tell that to all those actors that have played multiple roles on both shows

[@kudukilla]

Jerry Orbach and S Epatha Merkeson being guest stars before becoming full time cast members. Pedro Pascal has played 4 different characters across 3 different Law and Order shows.

[@thoughtfortheday7811]

@@kudukilla great reply, it's great to see that L&O, like SciFi, has its knowledgeable nerds. 😉

[@kudukilla]

@@thoughtfortheday7811 I’m a bit of both. Law & Order was one of the worst offenders of recycling actors, but Two and a Half Men might have been worse, M*A*S*H did it with Harry Morgan, and Babylon 5 did it with a one character in the pilot and recast him as a villain later. They also recycled actors under makeup as aliens, much like Walking dead does with walkers. I’d consider those like stuntmen though.

[@aaronburgin1442]

Dworkin's run in the L&O Franchise is priceless. Lots of laughs, misdirection, and took L after L. Got close in that episode when Fontana dunked the con's head in the toilet, but no dice.

[@davidshulimson9491]

Interestingly, Dworkin wanted to lose that case.

[@anthonybanchero3072]

Loved his objection to reading the name of the case. “People of the State of New York vs….”

[@TheMilitantHorse]

Taub starting his career as a lawyer is quite impressive. So sad he murdered his wife in Chicago all those years later.

[@mangoblade3877]

I would have loved to see an argument between house and McCoy!

[@Mae__Day1]

Wait what show did he murder his wife???

[@TheMilitantHorse]

@@Mae__Day1 Chicago PD. I can't remember the episode but he's a squatter and it's revealed when they have the Fire Department do a building check that he killed his wife and buried her in the walls.

[@skiptoloo9506]

@@TheMilitantHorse yeah that was really stupid of him, since eventually he was going to have to leave there.

[@fabiodelpiero3722]

These sorts of jokes linking different characters played by an actor on different shows may be silly, but they always crack me up 😂 Bravo

[@dave929]

I like when he admitted he knew his guy was guilty. When McCoy asked why he bothered to take the case, he said “It’s a living.”

[@AsusanXT]

I'm guessing he still gets paid win or lose.

[@danieldekok6949]

Mr. Dworkin is the funniest defense attorney ever on this show!

[@queensgaelsmenshockey]

One of my favourite one liners in Law and Order was when Fred Dalton Thompson saying "Whats a Randy Dworkin?"

[@eldridgedavis]

Lmfao

[@PeterDivine]

I mean, taken out of context, it _does_ kind of sound like one of those implausibly disgusting sexual techniques you'd find on Urbandictionary that (dear God I hope) no one actually practices.

[@odinfromcentr2]

​@@PeterDivine I can't stop laughing because it totally does! 🤣🤣🤣

[@DrownedInExile]

"What the fuck's a Lommy?" - Game of Thrones

[@dryb3301]

I absolutely loved it, Lmao

[@b.c.102]

"Good point. No bail."

[@djemperor7782]

Best line ever

[@hothotheat3000]

That smirk disappeared fast!

[@junkboy555]

TOUCHÉ!

[@daynechastant]

"Dworkin, you won the WRONG battle."

[@bsgambati1]

Next.

[@marquesjohnson6359]

I really liked dworkin because he was actually a really good lawyer and the fact that he irratated Mccoy 🤣

[@jeffreysnydr]

He's a defense attorney I actually respect... alongside Michael Tucker's character in Acid.

[@robertyang4365]

Huh, Taub seems to be quite good at his new gig

[@notapuma]

House isn't going to like this.

[@aaroncollins6411]

This predates house so it's technically his old gig.

[@kudukilla]

And somehow after the Zombie Apocalypse he’s ended up in Texas.

[@buchiklop110]

The bail judges are so underrated.

[@eldridgedavis]

Agreed. I love their comments lol.

[@nyosito]

As much as this amuses me, the conveyor belt awaits.

[@AgentofLADON]

Prosky's Lawyer: Your honor, my client is a respected oral surgeon. Judge Sirkin: You're on thin ice, counselor, I've seen Marathon Man. From the episode Volunteers. Thanks to IMDB. My favourite arraignment joke.

[@stefansodbinow6300]

Dworkin, Randolph J. is absolutely hilarious!

[@Escul1960]

Dworkin is a wonderful character played to perfection by Peter Jacobson.

[@malcolmr3]

This character was so great. Probably the most brilliant attorney to ever appear on the show and tried to come across as a buffoon. Made for some great scenes and then they brought him back he was so good.

[@elemenopee412]

Taub got tired of House bullying him and his kids, left his job and became a lawyer to prosecute House whenever he gets arrested again. 🤷🏿

[@suhasinibose1656]

lololololololololololololol

[@Grubnar]

"Whenever" ... not "if", WHEN!

[@Lori2279]

I love Branch. 'What is a Randy Dworkin?'

[@paulfaulkner5786]

Gosh, I miss Fred Thompson. My favorite years were the years he and Jerry Orbach were together on the show the same time.

[@Chemdawg2009]

Ditto!

[@SwordsmanRyan]

Thompson was one of three actual lawyers appearing on this show. (The other two were Gloria Allred and Rudy Giuliani.)

[@BlueButtonFly]

Kind of a scumbag in real life though.

[@scottstansell8021]

@@SwordsmanRyan William Kuntsler appeared as himself in the episode White Rabbit in 1994, just a year or so before he died.

[@MJ-tz2cs]

@@BlueButtonFly and a scumbag on the show as well. it turned into his own personal pulpit for the few seasons he was on. not a fan

[@BlackCatFilmProductions]

You get a lot of fast talking lawyers in Law & Order who hope to swing the law their way. But this guy takes the cake.

[@jasonliao1919]

James Duane

[@jonnnyren6245]

Dworkin was fanboying the whole time. I mean who wouldn't when a literal legend in the guise of Jack McCoy is in the same room as you.

[@eric0380]

Right but jack Mccoy usually seems like a mid range working class prosecutor

[@WarGrowlmon18]

There's a reason that they always called this guy a clown. But despite that, he had some morals. He was alright with the verdict of his client that Fontana tortured and admitted that if he was put in that situation, he wasn't sure what he would've done either.

[@aggressiveattitudeera887]

I would hire Randy Dworkin in an instant.

[@shayd1984triton]

Why? He should've accepted Jack's offer. That whole meeting was a waste of time.

[@dustinsova4937]

Amusing

[@higunner00]

If I am not wrong you would be in bad hands, after this he lost far more than half his cases And got many of his clients in trouble by feeling cocky in front of the judge.

[@dustinsova4937]

Loser with a capital L

[@isabellegranger5980]

@@higunner00 Not many of the defense lawyers actually won.

[@jasonluong3862]

The last directive was perfectly succinct. As long as there is no conflict of interests that would compromise the impartiality of the District Attorney office, “convict the SOB.”

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

Of course from what we know about Wienstien and Epstien, if anyone with a Little Black Book happened to fall into the hands of the Manhattan DA, that person would hand it over in exchange for dropping all the charges and then "have an accident."

[@MissGroovyWitch]

So proud of Dworkin for going on to pursue his medical degree after this, love that for him

[@natf4305]

"What is a Randy Dworkin'???" 🤣🤣🤣

[@rdtworld9720]

We need a best of Randy Dworkin

[@animeotaku307]

“The Defense demands an apology.” How did this chucklehead become a lawyer? I’ve never stepped into a law school and even I know that you don’t antagonize the judge.

[@nyosito]

It was only the processing judge for entering a plea and arguing bail. Likely he would have lost the bail argument anyway simply because of the murder one charge. So why not have a little fun?

[@blenderfox]

Isn't he the guy from House?

[@okami1101]

Yep

[@vincentkeck6448]

This actor plays both Randy Dworkin and Taub amazingly.

[@isolde70]

As much as I loved Adam Schiff as DA, Arthur Branch was great too. "What's a Randy Dworkin?" LOL.

[@1Clearwords]

Peter Jacobson is deliciously chewing up the scenery in this role!

[@susanfudge1737]

If you haven't seen Law and Order Micro Aggressions Unit, it is the best.

[@hazeleyees]

Dworkin added 10 years to Jack’s life 😂.

[@brianbullard8291]

A little shout out to the late great Fred Thompson.RIP

[@cleobrown413]

"What's a Randy Dworking" 😂💀

[@gabxp3095]

I like how an SVU judge turned out to be a criminal twice

[@eric0380]

It's scenes like this you realize how prominent, well known, and accomplished Jack Mccoy is. He usually just looks like a hard working prosecutor who's paycheck to paycheck

[@pamelaharrington3838]

Taub!!! You make a better dr then lawyer lol

[@metalltitan]

And that's how Taub lost his law-practice license and opted for a medical license instead.

[@depressedglub32]

“Good point. No bail” 😂😂😂

[@Bergen98]

Dworkin is like Peralta from B99 or JD from Scrubs - a continuous source of comedy while being highly skilled in his profession. Love this trope to be honest

[@morrigan908]

"What is a Randy Dworkin?" Almost fell out of my chair laughing, especially since I've said the exact same thing about an unknown person who, despite being completely unknown to me, is still managing to ruin my entire week. Said person having a very unusual name is a big bonus.

[@elizabethflynn8455]

So glad he changed over from law to medicine.😀

[@DravenGal]

Hey! It's Taub from House MD!

[@creatip123]

Dr. Taubb looked better without his hair..... lawyer: Mr. Mccoy, it's an honor to cross sword with a legend.... Ben Stone: and I take that personally....

[@pschroeter1]

Just want to mention you could bring back the original Law & Order with a completely new cast without any problem at all. I'm sure enough "inspired by real events" stories have happened since it went off the air to keep the writers busy.

[@EnemyOfThePeople1984]

Done!

[@carmelopappalardo8477]

They did.

[@pschroeter1]

They hadn't when I wrote that. Now I want more The Expanse. @@carmelopappalardo8477

[@anyviolet]

2:56 - what did he plan to say if one of them said "yes?"

[@Jermbot15]

That would have been hilarious.

[@weeaboojones3850]

Crazy that Taub was a lawyer before he was a doctor 😂

[@SweetChuckPi]

This is why Taub went into medicine.

[@pythontron8710]

And to think the defense lawyer would become a successful doctor

[@TheBatugan77]

'Dworkin' played a big time pimp in SVU.

[@TheScottishlad20901]

Not sure if its completely true, but I'm hazarding a guess that this defence lawyer may be based on Ronald Dworkin? A particularly well known American Legal Academic who raised a variety of key interpretations of legal ideas in his works, whether its in relation to civil/human rights or discretion and how it is defined.

[@rabbitsfoot8]

In a real NY courtroom he's held in contempt and taken to jail....lol...j/k

[@r5t6y12]

In a real NY courtroom the judge wouldn't have made such an opening comment

[@beav1962]

Arthur Branch was a solid Da. I never got why, in this episode, Dworkin doesn't even consider it when McCoy offers manslaughter 2. His client did kill the guy, and man 2 gets him out of prison in about 10 years. All the courtroom stuff about Isreal couldnt have been worth life in prison. It didn't make sense to me.

[@DrTolis]

The grease oozing from Dworkin could support a KFC store for a year

[@jasonstarr6419]

sad loss of Fred Thompson. Even ran for President one time. Sure miss him.

[@canadianfortrump4057]

I'd like to watch this episode but for some reason episodes in seasons 3 to 15 aren't available on KZbin. Seasons 1 and 2 and seasons 16 onward are the only Law and Order seasons available for purchase on KZbin. Does anyone know how I can obtain seasons 3 to 15?

[@SerathDarklands]

To be perfectly fair, if I was an up and coming attorney, I'd be fanboying over Jack McCoy a bit, too.

[@nyosito]

“Lady justice may be blind but nobody said the old broad was fair”

[@cerithjones9473]

The actor for that lawyer voices Mr Burns lawyer in Simpsons?

[@emaavramov-atlas9564]

Then convict the sob

[@119Agent]

This guy reminds me of Herb Abrams of the Universal Wrestling Federation.

[@starpawsy]

This is what Howard from TBBT would have been, had he become a lawyer.

[@rasalghul9331]

Peter Jacobson is such an underrated actor

[@brendanmatelan2129]

The lawyer would resign from his career in law, go on to become a Doctor in New Jersey. Under the guidance of Doctor Gregory House.

[@misterbin00]

LOL Taub had some huge balls back then!

[@billcook4768]

Never realized Dr Taub was also a lawyer.

[@kevinhoward9593]

:45 im pretty sure that this isn't how the Supreme Court works. The Supreme Court doesn't handle cases in this matter.

[@svcbadasswaytocrash2369]

You can tell this guy was called Dork from elementary to high school.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

That's Skippy's son.

[@hydrangeas_lover]

Hey thats Taub from House M.D. lol

[@terrynasonisasupervillain9017]

Nice 😊

[@gordonfurness6253]

Whether or not any of them might have their name in that book is irrelevant. They have a job to do regardless of their extracurricular activities.

[@octagontowers4267]

HAHAHAHAH! Good point, No bail, hahahahahah!! Hilarious!

[@cmj0929]

Ironically defendant in this case plays a judge like ten years later in the the series

[@ArchonZach]

So this is what Taud did before he was a doctor

[@josephbalan8384]

He deserved bail, he was no flight risk

[@spaghettitime1124]

Taub got tired of working with House, it seems.

[@mitsukai7192]

So this is what Taub did before he worked for House.

[@callumjames7854]

Oh come on Taub, why?

[@invincibleplayah]

Chris Taub before he became a doctor for House MD.

[@kaylaroman9675]

Goodbye Defense...new iphone 13

[@domjervis]

Someone at L&O didn't get his/her facts straight, at least twice. Dworkin stated that American troops liberated Auschwitz (including his great-aunt Sophie). The history books I read stated that it was Soviet troops who did so, the same ones who freed my cousin when he was taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge. Reminds me of the "Return" episode in which the rabbis stated that, since Eli Becker hadn't taken a mikvah, he wasn't Jewish. I almost fell out of my chair laughing. Since when do men take mikvahs?! ROFLMAO BTW, I'm a Christian. I just read a lot.

[@Jonnyboydash]

DR TAUB?!? HES A LAWYER?

[@dustinsova4937]

How did he become a lawyer is beyond me

[@jaysmith1408]

Joe Pesci became a lawyer, and even the public defender became a lawyer (somehow).

[@eldridgedavis]

$$$$

[@kgrkid]

He got his law degree of a box of Froot Loops, circa 1983

[@isabellegranger5980]

He’s actually a really good lawyer. Just really ridiculous.

[@dustinsova4937]

Yeah, right and pigs can fly

[@badman3000]

This dude is talking like he's Ben Shapiro.

[@ScottyDont1945]

"But lets say theoretically that my client DIDNT break the law"

[@shadowrobot7708]

Ben Shapiro strikes me more as a prosecutor

[@eldridgedavis]

He's a lawyer too lol. And Jewish lol.

[@jonathanwpressman]

I'm gonna watch the cumtown bit now

[@notabannedaccount8362]

Bail only helps criminals!

[@mitchellkleinholz2167]

Taub has a medical AND law degree?

[@michalsoukup1021]

HOW was Dworkin not disbarred and sent to prison for being so bad?

[@timothy4011]

00:48 02:29 😂😂😂

[@robino12344]

Was he also in Chicago PD as a squatter?

[@disneyrockz12]

He was a lawyer before he was a doctor?

[@deadinsidemcgee411]

Oh hey, it’s taub.

[@myname7056]

Wait, that’s him!?

[@andrewyoung2796]

Arthur know s

[@potatogirl1340]

Why is the quality so bad in this particular clip 😂

[@spqrtejano8026]

My goodness, she is beautiful

[@HorribleGamingFun]

jesus christ, that man is all neck

[@jackstem475]

😂😂😂👍

[@axiomist4488]

That's it ??? Just enough to hook you and then drop the whole thing. What garbage !

[@geraldsonofgod]

Who is the clown lawyer?