The Phone Call - Law & Order

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From Season 4, Episode 7. "Apocrypha" - Briscoe and Logan bring a religious cult's leader to court after a woman is killed while planting a car bomb.
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[@j.j.s.7083]

The quiver in his voice when he says "oh my God" Incredible acting

[@matthewJ142]

Jerry cares about his partner and knows that basking in sadness for people that sometimes can't be helped will drive you insane. The what ifs just aren't. All you can do is keep moving. Felt bad for Mike, but respected that he prayed for her lost soul.

[@TheBatugan77]

Mike was praying, not basking. I get your point though. And Briscoe, for all of his wise-cracking cynicism, was extremely empathetic when it was called for.

[@ponygon777]

It reminds me when Mike almost lost himself when he went after the guy who killed Det. Greevey.

[@AnvilMAn603]

doesnt matter how much mike prays, none of them are going to heaven

[@chriscooper654]

"Come on, Mike." The gentle compassion in those three words are a testament to the writer, actor and character.

[@kaykay3772]

In that moment, it looked like Mike was going to cry. 💔😢🕊️

[@madison-fakharaalabaljamil3917]

Mike at the end made me sad because this episode brought out more of his past and i wished him and that girl that he had interviewed earlier had gotten together

[@madison-fakharaalabaljamil3917]

@Bryce Corbin I know why did they have to do this to him?

[@naran_naran]

I think she might have been a bit young for him.

[@stanwalkerlover23]

This girl is in her 20’s , she’s too young and we don’t know what happened , I don’t think he was interested in her , I think they just had one common interest . And the end scene was a sentiment to her on her beliefs and also his .

[@olieantonetti7393]

This is going is going to sound weird, because I remember this episode when it first aired. When Logan is interviewing the cult member, and they're relating experiences, I got the vibe that Detective Logan liked her, and vice versa because of their private school upbringing, and if he didn't like her he understood her. As they show Detective Logan is kneeling, you see his broken heart and expression, it is at that brief moment, for like 3 seconds, I felt what Detective Logan feeling; just pure sadness. Even till this day, 20 years later, I can not shake the memory of that feeling and scene.

[@55Quirll]

That was my thought too. Though both tended to joke around, you know they cared when you saw how they acted in scenes like this. Another is when Lenny sees his dead daughter. These are the two most heartbreaking episodes because both have lost people they loved or cared for.

[@johnkittoiv2572]

I loved Logan, for as much as his ultra Catholic mother beat on him, he never really lost his faith, and to see him moved to send a prayer to the deceased... Wow

[@SwordHMX]

He didn't blame his God for actions of a human using His name.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

Michael Moriarty's a fantastic actor. 👍

[@Kruppt808]

Yup. Imo one of the best actors of this series. I used to not like him and couldn't wait till McCoy took over s5 or s6 but now I think he was the superior actor in this role.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

@@Kruppt808 Moriarty's definitely an "acquired taste." 😁

[@Kruppt808]

Ben Stone will always be my favorite Assistant DA. The role seemed more real with him. Less theatrical than later on with McCoy.

[@dwightlove3704]

He was kicked off the show for political reasons.

[@Kruppt808]

​@dwightlove3704 he wanted more money/screen time or something. He thought he was the star and deserved more. It turns out he was replaceable but I still prefer his acting to Sam W.

[@mister_snoogles9031]

Maturing is realizing that Stone was a better ADA than McCoy. both are great though but I grew to love Stones calm demeanor way more than the fiery McCoy.

[@sanedcab1Mexico]

Totally moved by the humble gesture of Det. Logan making the Cross as Briscoe asked him to move on. I remember this episode.

[@brucekaraus7330]

Suicide is a mortal sin.

[@sanedcab1Mexico]

@@brucekaraus7330 Yes, it is.

[@marcusthompson168]

Where in the scriptures does it teach followers of Jesus Christ in “Making the Cross” when we pray?

[@marcusthompson168]

Bruce Karaus All sin is mortal. Sin is sin. There’s no sin greater than the others. God HATES ALL SIN.

[@zammmerjammer]

@@marcusthompson168 Nice user name, while you preach about sin in the comment section.

[@justinbrockshus8483]

Being an agnostic the last approximately 25 years, having been raised by religious Missouri Synod Lutheran parents, I had this final scene with Mike Logan in my mind during the last 3 of my 4 grandparents' funerals, all of whom were generally religious. Upon reflection, viewing their bodies for the last time, I silently crossed myself, with this exact scene, episode, and sequence in mind. This scene, and episode in general, always creates a lump in my throat and brings a tear to my eye every single time, at a minimum.

[@RS-gi9hu]

Read about Islam bro, it's the truth that you have always searched for.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@RS-gi9hu Ali ali oxen free!

[@infonut]

Knowing Logans problems with his mother and the church makes it all the more moving.

[@reddd-77]

@@RS-gi9hu truth about misogyny and homophobia. Religion of peace tho

[@Barrythebarnabas]

Religion is for the weak and gullible.

[@dodgeman4360]

I saw this show and was not too surprised at the end. This was Jim Jones on a small scale

[@55Quirll]

Exactly. I find it is the Leader/Preacher that does this, not the religion.

[@computerfan9]

This is so sad!!!!! These cults have sick philosophy.

[@aparnarajesh]

worse than jonestown and heaven's gate

[@foolslayer9416]

As gruesome as it is, sometimes the only way to deal with a cult of crazies is by letting the problem solve itself.

[@ButterflyQueene07]

@@foolslayer9416 Unfortunately, you may be right.

[@Clorgisclorg]

Sad you’re both that stupid.

[@TheBatugan77]

@@Clorgisclorg Shove it.

[@actioncom2748]

The story was a hybrid of the Branch Davidians and the First World Trade Center bombing. Both were happening at the same time in 1993.

[@justinbrockshus8483]

Also a precursor to the Heaven's Gate mass suicide(s).

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@justinbrockshus8483 with a touch of Jonestown as well

[@andrewyoung2796]

I was thinking of the Do and Di Do people. With the quarters I don't remember the details. Other than they were going to live on a comet

[@dwightlove3704]

Ppl were automatically accusing Arabs of that bombing of the World Trade in '93 but Clinton said it was not them and he was right I think it was the BRANCH DAVIDIANS behind that bombing.

[@paulfloroff5769]

@@dwightlove3704 i think you mean Oklahoma City but it was not the branch davidians that did it

[@bellerain381]

When Logan crossed himself over the bodies, that reminds me in L&O SVU when Sonny Carisi crossed himself when he found a dead body! So heartbreaking!

[@Transitfan93]

This was a shocking ending to the episode, I was hoping this would be uploaded

[@Deborahtunes]

I remember this episode myself. This is what you get when someone tries to say they are something that they are not. Even after con artists's such as Jim Jones, and David Koresh, we still haven't learned that there is no such thing as a human "prophet". These are the criminals who turn people against having faith in God. We start to become cynical about there possibly being a higher power, and begin to think that all religions leaders are huckster's like this guy...

[@Transitfan93]

Deborah 78. It’s a sad truth about America that there are people who believe in what cult leaders like that Jeffs guy (the polygamist leader from Utah) and the Westboro Baptist Church that they preach the wrong message to people who don’t know a lot about god

[@Deborahtunes]

@@Transitfan93 ~ Unfortunately, that's true. But not just in America. All over the world, for centuries, there have been evil con artists fooling others into thinking they are something they are not. Very sad, and disgusting at the same time...

[@matlew1960]

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[@StoneBuzzard]

Saw your comment on the last video, then saw this video. Perfect

[@Jo-un6es]

Some punk at the back of the Courtroom: "Hey Jesus! Nice trick with the staples in the palms huh? Now why dont you wash up and renounce yourself before you go ahead and get yourself a ticket to the great barbeque buffet ever?"

[@TheBatugan77]

🔥🔥🔥😰🔥🔥🔥

[@GenX21Chris_2cents]

Happy Belated Birthday to Richard Anthony Wolf 12-20-46.NY

[@SupaEMT134]

Best. Series. Ever.

[@55Quirll]

With Lenny made it so. When he left, I felt the show lost a lot of what made it good.

[@PatrolOfficer161]

This scene offered four of the best people at their positions. Stone, Schiff, Briscoe and Logan. They will forever be the iconic defenders of justice. As good as Kincaid was (and she was!) I preferred Robinette and off-camera Cragen as the Captain. Hindsight is 20-20. The reason given by the show and Noth for his departure was that he felt after the replacement of Grievy and Sorretta, he should have had a shot at being the lead cop. He of course was wrong about that (as far as executive decisions were concerned (Noth was a virtual unknown and too young at the time). But had he stuck it out he out he would have made history in the role he arguably was born to play. His Logan was so good, he could return to the franchise in "Criminal Intent" and make it better than it was. Had he stayed with "Law & Order" he would have been the lead cop (AND the appropriate age at the time) after Orbach's death and been the ONLY original member of the cast at its twenty-year end. As good as Curtis was (AND he was!) no-one ever did it better than NOTH! Stone would have eventually aged out of his role and in later years, Waterson as McCoy and Lowell as Ross were very able replacements in their positions but the hey-day of the series was the original cast. In an interview, Wolf lamented being ordered by executives to "Oprahfy" the show after season three or face cancelation when we lost Cragen and Robinette unceremoniously.

[@dinojay8410]

Michael Moriarty and Sam Waterston were the same age or 1 year apart at most.

[@ericebjonesii1378]

PatrolOfficer161 What do you mean by Oprahfy the show?

[@PatrolOfficer161]

@@ericebjonesii1378As I stated in my last sentence, the network ordered women in the cast. Oprah was such a gigantic hit on television at the time it was referenced to Wolf he had to Oprahfy the show to capitalize on the growing, burgeoning female audience! Dann Florick and Richard Brooks were given their walking papers despite their stellar portrayals. If you follow the show, every time a character exits they have a sendoff! (Grievy, Sorretta and EVERYONE after that!) Not so with Cragen and Robinette. The season four opener had Van Buren and Kinkaid with NO EXPLANAITION as to where their predecessors had gone. I think if Wolf had a few more years of monster hits under his belt he could have opposed the edict. It was Wolf who wrote in sporatic Cragen parts for Florick in L&O and a couple of years later did the SVU spin-off so he could continue his relationship with the Cragen character. It all came out in the wash I suppose.

[@ericebjonesii1378]

PatrolOfficer161 Oh I see!!!! 😲 That makes a whole lot of sense! I wonder what would've happen if Executive's had just backed off! Also imagine if Noth stayed?! We MAY have gotten the Logan/Green dream team up after Orbach left!!😯

[@electroskates2434]

Claire Kincaidddddd!

[@917ross]

That was the best pair of detective s,

[@austinsmith1505]

Best episode of season 4

[@electroskates2434]

Wha abt Mayhem

[@mrs.herculepoirot7763]

Back when TV was powerful, there were great actors and a moral to the story.

[@talentwasted7363]

Amen to that

[@jimmyjohnson2954]

What's the moral ?...👈🤔..

[@nyosito]

Logan's reaction here reminded me of how he reacted an episode of Criminal Intent to the death of the lady who lived down the hall in his apartment building, where he would see her apparition through the window of the bar they would drink in.

[@ravensmadhouse75]

I could just imagine Mike on the other end saying, "They drank The Kool-Aid", causing Stone to develop that quiver in his voice, when he said "Oh, My God..." only to cut back to Lenny coming in, and giving Mike his support while he was grieving, especially over the one girl he had talked to earlier about his faith. The cult was inspired by The Manson Family & the Tate-LaBianca murders, but the ending echoed the mass suicide of the People's Temple in Jonestown, Guyana.

[@loaffette3860]

0:16 wait, that clip looks WEEIIRD. The color is off on the person, he's WAY too smooth (It looks like he was recorded in 60 fps while everything else was in 30fps) and it just looks weird.. I don't know why, but I like it

[@sbains560]

Maybe they get to go for a ride on a spaceship that’s chasing an astroid called Hale-Bopp

[@asnowballinhell]

Hey, nobody wants to go for a ride on Neowise?

[@DanVaverick]

0:17 Why did they have to use a green screen for this moment?

[@SwordHMX]

I think they edited the last part from at least some the re-runs. I saw this episode 3 times and do not remember it.

[@TheMan750]

Rev. Jim Jones taught me you never drink the koolaid unless you made it

[@otaviofrn_adv]

we had a parody of him here in Brazil. One of our greatest comedians, Chico Anysio (RIP), created a character based on him and other televangelists, named Tim Tones

[@dsm2240]

One little detail that is easily to overlook is that "dead" people can be seen breathing. You can see that at 1:24.

[@pirobot668beta]

Here is an idea...get your Screen Actors Guild membership, get a job as an extra on a TV show, and tell the Director how to do their job. Come back with your name in the credits of the show, and then we might be able to take you seriously. Until such time, show us how it is done and hold your breath for as long as the camera is on you. 5-8 minutes ought to be enough, it is your big close-up! Here is another shocker, they don't use real blood.

[@naran_naran]

What's with the rude replies? It was an interesting observation.

[@electroskates2434]

How did they die?

[@asnowballinhell]

@@electroskates2434 Probably by drinking poison.

[@Curtis69213]

@@pirobot668beta 😂😂

[@joeyg370]

What a powerful scene.

[@hawaiapril]

Awe, the buzzing phone. 🙊

[@foolslayer9416]

*1:10* I knew they were gonna pull this shit. Sometimes the problem with crazy people tends to solve itself.

[@TheBatugan77]

What do Jim Jones and Mean Joe Greene have in common? Over 900 lifetime SACKS! 😃😁🤓😆

[@foxcell]

A dark ending to say the least

[@foolslayer9416]

The dark but convenient thing about cults is that they're a problem that, if crazy enough, will solve itself.

[@rosagans8332]

Gostaria de rever os episódios. Queria que algum canal ou streaming reprisasse. Melhor série que já assisti

[@otaviofrn_adv]

até nos EUA o pessoal reclama que o peacock (stremaing da NBC, que exibe a série que retornou agora) não tem as primeiras 12 temporadas

[@daneelolivaw1972]

I am an atheist and have been for a long time; but likely, I would have made the Cross like Logan did. It is not about faith, it is a way to show respect. And in that moment, the instinctual gesture to show respect is the one I learnt as a kid, even thought I don't believe any longer in any God.

[@Enr227]

Stream these, NBC/Peacock

[@stephenremington8448]

Jury forewoman, Ann Coleman who played the Tricon office clerk in Columbo An Exercise In Fatality.

[@ButterflyQueene07]

Wait, did I just see the last girl breathing?

[@TheBatugan77]

No. Gassing up.

[@kennethjohnson7579]

Heavens Gate.

[@LeighMet]

this was made before heavens gate. they are doing the branch davisians

[@kennethjohnson7579]

@@LeighMet I stand corrected

[@asnowballinhell]

@@LeighMet Would this be more Jonestown, though? I ask, since they poison themselves in the end; whereas the Branch Davidians had a stand-off with the Feds (I think it was).

[@LeighMet]

@@asnowballinhell no a combination of the Branch Davidians and the first World Trade Center attack

[@brianrussell7369]

Apparently there is a L&A episode I missed, because none of this looked familiar.

[@Jerry74]

Felt bad for Mike because he did connect with that girl on the Catholic upbringing.

[@thehistoryfreak13]

Was this based on the Jim Jones cult? seems very familiar

[@TheKill212B]

Yes it was

[@allanfifield8256]

1:08 Old Black Phone! Anyone under 35 goes WTF is that!

[@Billhatestheinternet]

Or one that actually has a proper klaxon like that one (or a ringer/bell).

[@electroskates2434]

I'm 13 and I didn't say that

[@edwardguerrero8228]

Great

[@katherynemero4118]

Ah, Sam Robards. Son of Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall. Of course, he had skill. It runs in the family......

[@dangho9364]

0:50

[@dangho9364]

Yes Oh My God

[@MalachiDees2005]

Who else caught the "There's more in the other room" remark?

[@dangho9364]

1:10

[@justinbrockshus8483]

Mike Logan and I are the same person in this episode, if you watch it in its entirety.

[@denisemartel3352]

In those days the criminels were nailed through the wrist not the hand .

[@CornishPixie24]

Denise Martel the point is he's meant to be symbolising Jesus getting crucified

[@denisemartel3352]

CornishPixie24 , he thinks that he’s Jesus, don’t he know that his daddy said ,,,,Don’t waisted people.

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

​@@CornishPixie24except that he was nailed through the wrists not the palms. The nail would tear hands apart if it was through the palms. The wrists hold the arms in place.

[@shadowcouncil9570]

Blu-ray!

[@jamespoledna2693]

How did his followers kill themselves?

[@gabrielbanuelos5306]

Poison?

[@thedelta4258]

I think I saw a couple of the bodies breathing, then again it might've just been the camera moving

[@laramyelliott2903]

Given the fact that the " bodies" weren't real I guess it makes sense.

[@karendeaton9297]

Did you expect the actors to have been actually killed? This is a tv show.

[@quacasualwomen]

How can people be so gullible

[@SimbaPlaysMCMain]

Why do I have a feeling this reminds me of something else that a different cult did......

[@starguy2718]

Jonestown

[@johnsanjuan9364]

Out of Order!

[@johnsanjuan9364]

What’s a Shame on Psycho?!

[@marvinrichardduran8961]

😢 - 1:11

[@andrewenserro3185]

Who in the world killed all those women in the temple?

[@bluebrain7009]

Mass suicide. Most likely in response to the trial after their leader was convicted.

[@grf15]

They killed themselves.

[@reaganm8036]

wait I’m confused lol 😂 why are those girls dead???

[@Deborahtunes]

They committed suicide because the person on trial probably told them to do so, if he was convicted...

[@ramazriel]

Cause they're religious fanatics. A.K.A. MORONS!

[@RaisedVintage23]

I'm confused because the entire time he wasnt claiming to be Jesus but then he thumb tacked his palms?

[@otaviofrn_adv]

the cult members would think of that as a miracle

[@RaisedVintage23]

@@otaviofrn_adv they would think Jesus did it?

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@RaisedVintage23 they would think he is Jesus, the marks being the marks of his hands on the cross

[@RaisedVintage23]

@@otaviofrn_adv I'm sorry, so now he is saying he's Jesus? Dont think the writers knew what they were doing🤪

[@otaviofrn_adv]

@@RaisedVintage23 I meesed up, not the writers Wanting or not, on cults like this the leader is a wanna be messianic figure