Crime & Punishment (1993 TV series)

Crime & Punishment
Created by	Dick Wolf
Written by	Dick Wolf Alfonse Ruggiero Jr. Sally Nemeth Michael Duggan Carol Flint Mark St. Germain
Directed by	James Frawley Daniel Sackheim
Starring	Jon Tenney Rachel Ticotin Carmen Argenziano Lisa Darr María Celedonio
Music by	Mike Post
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Executive producers	Dick Wolf Michael Duggan
Producer	Daniel Sackheim
Cinematography	Roy H. Wagner
Editors	Kevin Krasny Laurie Grotstein Chip Masamitu
Running time	48–49 minutes
Production companies	Wolf Films NBC Entertainment
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	March 3 (1993-03-03) – April 7, 1993 (1993-04-07)

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 the 7th season of 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 Ticontin), 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 Title	Written by	Airdate
1	"Best Laid Plans"	Dick Wolf	March 3, 1993
2	"Right to Bear Arms"	Alfonse Ruggiero Jr.	March 4, 1993
3	"Simple Trust"	Mark St. Germain	March 11, 1993
4	"Our Denial"	Michael Duggan (teleplay) Michael Duggan and Carol Flint (story)	March 18, 1993
5	"School Ties"	Sally Nemeth	March 25, 1993
6	"Fire with Fire"	Carol Flint (teleplay) Carol Flint and Michael Duggan (story)	April 7, 1993

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Episode	Result
1993	Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	John Glover	"Best Laid Plans"	Nominated