Courtship (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
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"Courtship" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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investigate the shooting murder of the wife of a New York Supreme Court
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Christine Mayfield had dealings, even had an affair, with the judge to curry favor in her divorce proceeding against her movie star husband Clay Darren (and the judge subsequently did rule in her favor). Christine manipulated her private investigator, Ronald Hawk, into framing her husband. Christine killed the judge's wife with one of the guns she stole from Hawk's gun collection. Then she coached her son Clay Jr. to frame Hawk with the gun. The detectives had to demonstrate to her ex-husband and her private investigator/lover how she had manipulated both of them before they would turn against her and poke holes in her stories.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
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Detectives LoganMike Logan (Law & Order)
Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:...
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Nola Falacci
Det. Nola Falacci is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Alicia Witt.-In Major Case Squad:...
investigate the shooting murder of the wife of a New York Supreme Court
New York Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in thestate court system of New York, United States. There is a supreme court in each of New York State's 62 counties, although some smaller counties share judges with neighboring counties...
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Christine Mayfield had dealings, even had an affair, with the judge to curry favor in her divorce proceeding against her movie star husband Clay Darren (and the judge subsequently did rule in her favor). Christine manipulated her private investigator, Ronald Hawk, into framing her husband. Christine killed the judge's wife with one of the guns she stole from Hawk's gun collection. Then she coached her son Clay Jr. to frame Hawk with the gun. The detectives had to demonstrate to her ex-husband and her private investigator/lover how she had manipulated both of them before they would turn against her and poke holes in her stories.
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| Chris Noth Chris Noth Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been... |
Det. Mike Logan Mike Logan (Law & Order) Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:... |
| Alicia Witt Alicia Witt Alicia Roanne Witt is an American film, stage, television actress and singer.-Early life:Witt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. Her mother, Diane , is a junior high school reading teacher, and her father, Robert Witt, is a science teacher and photographer. She has a brother, Ian... |
Det. Nola Falacci Nola Falacci Det. Nola Falacci is a fictional character on the NBC-USA Network series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, played by Alicia Witt.-In Major Case Squad:... |
| Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist of Armenian descent.-Personal life:Bogosian, an Armenian-American, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, the son of Edwina, a hairdresser and instructor, and Henry Bogosian, an accountant. After graduating from Oberlin College,... |
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