Crime & Punishment is a police drama television program created by Dick Wolf that ran for 6 episodes on NBC from March 3, 1993, to April 7, 1993. With the exceptions of the first and last episodes, which aired on Wednesdays, the show occupied the 10 p.m. slot of the network's Thursday-night "The Best Night of Television on Television" programming block, a timeslot occupied for the rest of the 1992–1993 season by L.A. Law.
Premise Crime & Punishment followed a "case-of-the-week" format, centering around two LAPD detectives, Ken O'Donnell (Jon Tenney) and Annette Rey (Rachel Ticotin), and their superior officer, Lt. Anthony Bartolo (Carmen Argenziano). Subplots were also developed around O'Donnell's relationship with his long-term girlfriend, a medical student named Jen Sorenson (Lisa Darr), and Rey's relationship with her estranged 17-year-old daughter, Tanya (María Celedonio).
The program was also notable for including documentary-style "talking-head" segments, wherein the characters are interviewed by an unseen "Interrogator" (voiced by James Sloyan) to reveal their inner thoughts. The "Interrogator" segments were disliked by critics; Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly said they "stop the action dead and ruin any ambivalence or subtlety we might read into the characters", while Tony Scott, in Variety, called the device "pretentious and disruptive".
Cast Jon Tenney as Det. Ken O'Donnell Rachel Ticotin as Det. Annette Rey Carmen Argenziano as Lt. Anthony Bartolo Lisa Darr as Jan Sorenson, a medical intern and Ken's girlfriend María Celedonio as Tanya Rey, Annette's estranged daughter James Sloyan (voice) as the Interrogator
Guest stars Brandon Quintin Adams as Harold Carr ("Right to Bear Arms") Xander Berkeley as Michael Vetta ("Simple Trust") Susan Brown as Gayle O'Donnell, Ken's mother ("Our Denial") David Burke as Sean ("Our Denial") Nick Cassavetes as Phil Cooper ("Simple Trust") Frances Fisher as Jeannette Henderson ("Fire with Fire") Steven Gilborn as John O'Donnell, Ken's father ("Our Denial") John Glover as Dennis Atwood ("Best Laid Plans") Lauren Lane as Deanna Atlee ("Simple Trust") Robert Picardo as Bill Reverdy ("School Ties")
Episodes No.Episode TitleWritten byAirdateProd.Code1"Best Laid Plans"Dick WolfMarch 3, 19930012"Right to Bear Arms"Alfonse Ruggiero Jr.March 4, 19930063"Simple Trust"Mark St. GermainMarch 11, 19930024"Our Denial"Michael Duggan (teleplay) Michael Duggan and Carol Flint (story)March 18, 19930035"School Ties"Sally NemethMarch 25, 19930046"Fire with Fire"Carol Flint (teleplay) Carol Flint and Michael Duggan (story)April 7, 1993005
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Episode Result 1993Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama SeriesJohn Glover"Best Laid Plans"
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