Law & Order/The Torrents of Greed (2)

The Torrents of Greed (2)
Season 1, Episode 16
Airdate	February 19, 1991
Production Number	66225
Teleplay by	Michael S. Chernuchin
Story by	Michael Duggan & Michael S. Chernuchin
Directed by	E.W. Swackhamer
Stream
← 1x15 The Torrents of Greed (1)	1x17 → Mushrooms
Law & Order — Season One

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The Torrents of Greed (2) is the sixteenth episode of the first season of Law & Order.

Starring (Law): George Dzundza (Sergeant Max Greevy), Chris Noth (Detective Mike Logan), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen)

Starring (Order): Michael Moriarty (Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone), Richard Brooks (A.D.A. Paul Robinette), Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff)

Starring in Alphabetical Order: Bruce Altman (Harv Beigel), Christine Baranski (Katherine Masucci Beigel), Charles Cioffi (Frank Masucci), Robert Fields (Mario Zalta), Steven Keats (George Zuckert), Stephen McHattie (Joe Pilefsky)

and Lee Richardson (Michael Le Claire)

Co-Starring: Ronald Hunter (Pilefsky's Attorney), Phillip R. Allen (Attorney Davis), Anna Katarina (Elena Skolnick), Sidney Armus (Judge Arnold Fishbein)

with Rex Everhart (Fire Inspector), Michael P. Moran (Limo Driver), Michael Heintzman (Lonner), Victoria Christian (McGinty), Maria Cellario (Connie Masucci), Linda Atkinson (Vitello), F.X. Vitolo (Fenton), Jacques Sandulescu (Skolnick), David Cryer (Arraignment Judge), Marvin A. Chatinover (Housing Judge), Gene Canfield (D'Agastino), John Anthony Williams (Varone), Julie White (Waitress), Mike O'Malley (New York Policeman #1), Bruce Kirkpatrick (New Jersey Trooper)

Plot Overview

After crime boss Frank Masucci is acquitted of murder, Stone and Robinette continue to investigate him. After Masucci's brother-in-law ends up getting murdered, it leads to the discovery of a dumping ground for victims linked to Masucci's crime syndicate. After Masucci is re-arrested and released on bail, he ends up getting killed by an unknown hitman whom Robinette & Stone believe his sister ordered the hit, but they can't prove it.

Notes

• Opening Narration:

Occasionally, the criminal justice system can be twisted and manipulated by the very people it's meant to punish. This is one of those cases. What started as an assault on a Russian candy store owner mushroomed into an investigation of Manhattan's most powerful crime family.

These are some of the players:

Joe Pilefsky – A soldier in the Masucci family. Hired muscle.

Mario Zalta – A Capo in the Masucci family. Currently running an un-taxed cigarette scam.

Harv Beigal – The Don's brother-in-law. The cigarettes go through his warehouse.

Frank Masucci – The Don. Head of the largest crime family in New York.

These four men conspired to set up Stone.

Stone brought Masucci to trial for the murder of Union President Russell Mackey; not knowing that he had been set up by the Don.

• Narration After Opening Credits:

Unable to retry Masucci for murder, Stone has had to settle for prosecuting Pilefsky and Zalta for the assault on the Russian candy store owner.