Crime Story/Shockwaves

Shockwaves
Season 2, Episode 5
Airdate	November 3, 1987
Teleplay by	Gail Morgan Hickman & Mark Rosner
Story by	Mark Rosner
Directed by	Bill Duke
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Crime Story — Season Two

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Shockwaves is the fifth episode of the second season of Crime Story, and the twenty-seventh episode overall.

Starring: Dennis Farina (Lt. Mike Torello), Anthony Denison (Ray Luca), Bill Smitrovich (Sgt. Danny Krychek), John Santucci (Pauli Taglia), Steve Ryan (Det. Nate Grossman), Bill Campbell (Det. Joey Indelli), Paul Butler (Det. Walter Clemmons)

and Starring: Stephen Lang (David Abrams)

with Joseph Wiseman (Manny Weisbord), Johann Carlo (Cory Luca), Jay O. Sanders (Steven Kordo), Andrew Dice Clay (Max Goldman)

Guest Stars: Amy Morton (Brenda Mahoney), Debra Sandlund (Joanne Goldman), Deborah Van Valkenburgh (Luca's Attorney), Richard Zobel (Lt. Col. Milton Dance)

Featuring in Alphabetical Order: Richard Amalfitano (Dealer), Seymore H. Brown (Judge), Kim Cannon (Stripper), Bob Corso (Spyros), Frankie DeAngelo (Manager #1), Charles Fox (Bailiff), William Hanhardt (Bernholz), Stuart J. Maltz (Angie), Carme Pitrello (First Man), Cork Proctor (Casino Manager), Ronnie Skurow (Croupier), Brian Storm (Photographer), Antoni B. Stutz (Rex), Craig Vincent (Bodyguard #2), Ward Wallace (Bodyguard #1)

Plot Overview

A government official summons Torello to a meeting and tells him of an important witness he should know about...Ray Luca, who has been granted immunity by the government. Torello is naturally enraged by the news and is warned not to harass Luca in any way. Abrams takes the situation to court, arguing that Luca's crimes make him a menace to society, and he rattles off a short list of people killed by Luca, including his father, which leads Luca's lawyer to point out that Abrams is acting out of revenge, and the judge orders Abrams and the members of the Task Force to stay at least 1,000 feet away from Luca. Torello tries to shake down Pauli to find out why Luca has immunity, but the loyal flunky won't talk, and he also tries to reach out to Goldman one more time, only to be rebuffed there. Kordo, worried that Luca will come after him and try to regain his position, calls on his friends in the Kansas City mob for help, only to be told by the retired mobster who arrives in Vegas that if anything happens to Luca, he'll be the next victim. Abrams informs the Task Force that he's quitting. Torello fears that he'll go after Luca and arrives just in time to save the mobster. Luca tells Torello that he just saved his life, to which Torello replies that it wasn't his life that he saved, but that of David Abrams.

Trivia

Memorable Moments

• Torello carjacks Pauli and offers to break in Pauli's new Cadillac for him. Torello smashes the back end of the car a few times into a dumpster, all the while asking Pauli why the Government is granting Luca immunity, but the flunky won't talk, just yelling at Torello for damaging his car.

• Abrams breaks into Luca's house and disarms his two bodyguards. He's got a gun trained at Luca and is ready to shoot when Torello and his team break the front door down. He throws a vase at the lawyer's arm as the gun goes off, deflecting what surely would have been a fatal shot.