FOR THE DEFENSE (TV-14)

11/13/2009 08:00 PM
11/21/2009 09:00 PM

A CASE THAT BEGINS AS A SEARCH FOR A MISSING WITNESS SPIRALS INTO A MURDER CONSPIRACY WITH ADA CONNIE RUBIROSA (ALANA DE LA GARZA) CAUGHT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. After a key witness for a murder trial is found dead outside her hotel room, Detectives Cyrus Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Kevin Bernard (Anthony Anderson) become involved in a spiraling case that unravels into an intricate conspiracy, leaving additional witnesses’ lives in danger and Rubirosa in the crossfire. Black market dealings, affairs and drug cartels intertwine to expose the risk of taking the stand as a witness when corrupt officials control the court.

This is my favorite cast by far. This episode was great TV. That is all.

Can someone please tell me who played the owner of the car shipping company? He looks very familiar but I can't remember where I saw him. I remember him playing a spinless character.

Thanks in advance,
Rich

That was Casey Siemaszko. As to what you remember him from, that's hard to say...he's been appearing in movies and on TV since 1983. Check his IMDB page, maybe that'll help jog your memory:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0797150/

This was probably my favorite episode so far this season. I loved Woll as a bad guy and love the tension between Mike and Connie. I like how Mike seems to be more into her than she into him but I hope we see some attention from Connie soon.

Siemaszko is one of my favorite TV actors and I wish we'd see more of him. He's been on other L&O episodes and was a regular in the last season of NYPD Blue. He was the star of one of my favorite movies, "3 O'Clock High", in which he plays a nebbish challenged to a fight by the school bully.