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59-465: Cragen was born in 1950 and comes from an Irish Catholic background, and graduated from a Catholic university in New York City, although different episodes have given conflicting information about exactly which school; he calls St. Raymond's University his alma mater in the first season episode "Sophomore Jinx", but says it is St. John's in the third season episode "Justice". Cragen served as

118-610: A Green Beret in the U.S. Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War before joining the New York Police Department , where he was a homicide detective partnered with Max Greevey ( George Dzundza ). Cragen had been married to a flight attendant named Marge (Ellen Tobie) and the two had no children, although, in a continuity error, an early Law & Order episode indicated they had a teenage child. The episode " Prescription for Death " establishes that Cragen

177-427: A kidnapped boy he and Greevey had been assigned to find in 1991 while investigating a corrupt adoption agency. Cragen and his detectives later determined that the wife of the boy's biological father killed his mother and gave the baby to the adoption agency, where he was given a home. In the end, the boy's biological father wins custody of him. In the fifth season episode "Criminal", a homicide investigation leads to

236-477: A money laundering case. As Greevey and detective Mike Logan ( Chris Noth ) investigate the case in an attempt to clear Cragen’s name, they discover that Cragen's mentor Pete O'Farrell ( Robert Lansing ) accepted bribes and arranged the evidence tampering. Cragen is reluctant to cooperate in the investigation against O'Farrell, but when District Attorney Adam Schiff ( Steven Hill ) and EADA Ben Stone apply pressure by calling for his indictment, Cragen agrees to wear

295-435: A daily temptation to drink due to the horrors he witnesses in his job. In an episode set in early 2001, Cragen says he has been a captain for 12 years, meaning he was promoted just before the start of the regular L&O continuity. Cragen's long time stuck at the same rank (for the last 25 years of his career) is due to multiple political factors blocking his discretionary promotion to the inspector rank. However, his skills as

354-402: A decades-old rape. Cragen uses his connections from the 27th precinct to help SVU get information they could never have accessed otherwise. In season 23, he helps Benson, who has by now been promoted to his old job as captain of SVU, investigate a 25-year-old cold case that he had originally investigated, conferring with her via FaceTime . When Benson solves the case, he tells her how proud he

413-431: A diabetes clinic, Briscoe and Logan discover that teenage computer hackers may have tampered with the clinic's medical database. When a Romanian immigrant kills, his lawyer announces he will plead his client "not guilty due to cultural insanity" claiming the man had been conditioned to violence in his homeland. The statement of a drug dealer who survived a shoot-out that killed a cop leads Logan and Briscoe to suspect that

472-444: A female Naval officer during a party in a Manhattan hotel. The initial investigation into the death of Faye Walsh a research scientist leads to an animal-rights group until evidence surfaces that her husband's affair with Susan Boyd a coworker may point to a possible motive for the murder. When the husband is acquitted, the investigation turns to the individual who provided evidence of the affair. While investigating several deaths at

531-486: A flight attendant, is killed in a plane crash. Florek said upon reprising the role on SVU that he and the show's producers crafted a back story in which Marge's death led Cragen to start drinking again, and that, in his loneliness, he solicited prostitutes. In that back story, Cragen becomes captain of the sex crimes unit to escape that downward spiral. Most of that story, however, is not explicitly discussed in any episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . In 1999,

590-414: A former Catholic priest who had molested several boys, including Logan and Marino, and who had manipulated Marino into supplying him with victims. When Logan feels conflicted about whether to testify about his knowledge of Marino's complicity in those crimes, he turns to Cragen for advice. Cragen comforts Logan and ultimately helps convince him not to commit perjury by lying about Marino. As portrayed in

649-528: A large diaspora , which includes over 31 million American citizens , plus over 7 million Irish Australians , of whom around 67% adhere to Catholicism. Divisions between Irish Roman Catholics and Irish Protestants played a major role in the history of Ireland from the 16th century to the 20th century, especially during the Home Rule Crisis and the Troubles . While religion broadly marks

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708-583: A manager of detectives and his long tenure as a captain have earned him the command of multiple prestigious units, including the Anti-Corruption Task Force and the Manhattan SVU. While on Law & Order , Cragen was depicted as easily irritated when under stress; when answering the telephone, his customary greeting was, " What?! " . By the time of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , however, he has become more unflappable. He

767-523: A murder of his own. With Logan's help, Cragen discovers the identity of the corrupt officer: his former detective, and trusted friend, Tony Profaci (John Fiore). It is said in a Season 1 episode of SVU , that Cragen took control of the unit in 1995, but in the Exiled movie, he is still a part of the Anti-Corruption Task Force (via tape recording he shows Logan). At some point before the events of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Cragen's wife Marge,

826-525: A murder weapon complicates the investigation into the murder of Dawn Bryan a drug addict who stole from her family to support her habit. Stone battles the Brooklyn D.A.'s office over prosecutorial jurisdiction in the case of David Zifrin, a mentally handicapped man who confesses to the stabbing deaths of two women. Stone and the police battle the closed ranks of the Navy to investigate the death of Tracy Hagen

885-419: A pain in the ass, and thank you. You're fired.'  — Dick Wolf , about Florek's firing Florek was ultimately terminated from the series after the third season upon orders from Don Ohlmeyer , NBC's West Coast president, to add more female cast members to the show. Wolf objected to the decision, but agreed to it in the face of possible cancellation if he did not. He was one of two actors dismissed from

944-462: A suspect named Javier Vega ( James McDaniel ), a man Cragen arrested for murder in the 1970s who has since reformed and become a criminology professor. Convinced of Vega's guilt, Cragen becomes personally involved in the investigation, which results in Vega's arrest and conviction. When evidence surfaces proving Vega's innocence, a guilt-stricken Cragen arranges for his immediate release. Vega later kidnaps

1003-472: A white man who had followed Tate religiously but who seemed to lose some of his wonderment when Tate began an affair with his wife. After Beth Milgram is found beaten to death in an alleyway after her going away party, Logan and Cerreta initially turn their suspicion to the girl's father after her fiancé, Tommy Beltran, claims that he had hit her after Beth told him they were engaged, but it isn't long before their primary suspect becomes Beltran himself. Stone has

1062-406: A wire during conversations with O'Farrell, ultimately leading to O'Farrell's arrest. Despite clearing his own name in the process, Cragen feels guilty for bringing down his former mentor and friend. When Greevey is murdered in the episode " Confession ", Cragen is a pall-bearer at his funeral. The Cragen character was removed from the series after the third season , making his last appearance in

1121-422: Is a recovering alcoholic . He says that his drinking problem had become so severe in his early career that Greevey insisted he would no longer partner with him unless he joined Alcoholics Anonymous . Cragen finally hit rock bottom when he pulled his service revolver on a taxi driver while in a drunken rage; horrified, he quit drinking, joined AA, and has been sober ever since. Nevertheless, he admits that he feels

1180-466: Is again suspended for 10 days, and is told that any further trouble concerning his unit will cost him his job. In "Ace", he uses deadly force against a baby trafficker who is about to kill a rape victim. Throughout Season 13, Cragen takes a more personalized role in SVU cases. In the episode "Russian Brides", Cragen takes on an undercover assignment to lure out a killer of young mail order brides , posing as

1239-402: Is forced to transfer to the office of Chief of Detectives and cede control of his precinct to the newly promoted Sergeant John Munch ( Richard Belzer ). The transfer is short-lived, however, as Cragen's command is restored after Munch allows a suspect ( Cynthia Nixon ) faking dissociative identity disorder to be released into her sister's care, only for her to kill her parents. In season 11, he

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1298-430: Is found murdered in his studio, Logan and Cerreta discover that Decker's real business was prostitution and acting as a pimp for models who aren't getting the work they needed. Their investigation leads to Angela Brandt, one of Decker's models who found more money working for Decker in other ways, but they also discover that Decker was romantically involved with Angela's teenage daughter. Stone realizes that something strange

1357-429: Is going on when the case gets weaker against Angela, but all of a sudden she wants to cut a deal. After Marcus Tate, the respected leader of a controversial African-American rights movement, is assassinated at a rally, Logan and Cerreta attempt to get information on the crime but are stonewalled by many of Tate's followers, who aren't interested in talking to white police officers. Photographs lead them to Mitchell Kolbin,

1416-545: Is jaded by city politics and no longer votes. He is a fan of the New York Mets , and keeps an autographed baseball in a case on his desk. Cragen's primary weapon in Law & Order is a Smith & Wesson Model 36 , which he continues to carry in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . His primary weapon throughout Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , however, is a Glock 19 9mm semiautomatic pistol. Florek portrayed

1475-483: Is leaving to join his girlfriend, Eileen Switzer ( Mel Harris ), on a six-month cruise around the world, which would take him to his mandatory retirement date. He tells the squad room it was his privilege to work with each one of them, and announces that Benson would be taking over as their new interim supervisor. In season 16, Cragen returns for the episode " Perverted Justice ", in which he helps Sergeant Benson and Defense Attorney Bayard Ellis ( Andre Braugher ) look into

1534-556: Is of her becoming captain. Cragen appears in a second-season episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime , a spin-off centered on Stabler, who now works as an undercover detective in the NYPD's Organized Crime Unit. In the episode, "Can't Knock the Hustle", Stabler goes to Cragen for answers concerning rumors that his late father, Joe Stabler, who was also a police officer, was corrupt. Cragen replies that he does not know for certain whether

1593-545: Is on the payroll of Wilson (an escort booker). The SVU detectives arrest Foster, which allows the charges against Cragen to be dropped. In the Season 15 episode "Internal Affairs", Cragen asks Benson to take the Sergeant's Exam and remarks that he is approaching the mandatory retirement age, numbering the days he has left with SVU. Cragen officially announces his retirement in the episode "Amaro's One-Eighty". He explains that he

1652-645: The Irish Rebellion of 1798 , Catholics and Presbyterians , who were not part of the established Church of Ireland , found common cause. Irish Catholics are found in many countries around the world, especially in the Anglosphere . Emigration exponentially increased due to the Great Famine which lasted from 1845 to 1852. In the United States , anti-Irish sentiment and anti-Catholicism

1711-426: The Law & Order episode "Mayhem"). In "Stalked", a first-season episode, Cragen participates in a sting operation in which one of his detectives, Olivia Benson ( Mariska Hargitay ), serves as bait for Richard White ( Bruce Kirkpatrick ), a serial rapist who had been stalking her. When White attempts to attack her, Cragen physically incapacitates him and allows for his arrest. In a 2001 episode, Cragen finds

1770-419: The 1995 episode "Bad Faith" during an Anti-Corruption Task Force investigation into crooked narcotics detectives. Logan is investigating the suspicious death of a childhood friend and fellow detective, Bill Marino, and is questioned by Cragen and task force detectives due to Marino's ties to the narcotics detectives. Logan's investigation into Marino's death leads to the arrest of Joseph Krolinsky ( Bill Raymond ),

1829-405: The 1998 TV movie Exiled: A Law & Order Movie , Cragen next interacts with the 27th Precinct while attempting to arrest Mafia boss Don Giancarlo Uzielli ( Tony Musante ) for the murders of 15 people. During that investigation, Cragen discovers that there is not only a cop in the 27th Precinct on Uzielli's payroll, but that Logan is interfering with the investigation of the don by investigating

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1888-668: The actual killer and threatens him at gunpoint, but Cragen talks him down, then saves Vega when the killer grabs Vega's gun and tries to shoot him. At the start of the ninth season , Cragen is briefly relieved of duty for failure to supervise due to the actions of several of his detectives, such as Detective Odafin Tutuola 's ( Ice-T ) stepson, Darius Parker ( Ludacris ), committing three murders and being acquitted of them, Benson aiding her fugitive half-brother Simon Marsden ( Michael Weston ) and her partner, Detective Elliot Stabler ( Christopher Meloni ), covering up his daughter's DUI. Cragen

1947-432: The attorney who handled the woman's estate. The confession of an elderly man that he assisted his shoah survivor wife in committing suicide doesn't fully satisfy Stone when evidence surfaces that the man was once a Nazi collaborator. The investigation into the murder of Jennifer Gorham a young physician leads to the discovery of an unorthodox and illegal relationship between her fiancé and his psychiatrist. The absence of

2006-478: The body of a young female escort beside him, her throat cut, and his hands covered in blood. He is suspended while the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau investigates him for murder. In the Season 14 premiere, Bureau Chief ADA of the Public Integrity Unit, Paula Foster ( Paget Brewster ), investigates Cragen in the murder of the escort. He is arrested and held at Rikers Island . The SVU detectives work

2065-409: The case as well, trying to prove that he was framed. It is discovered that Cragen did hire a few escorts for "company". After it is proven that the girl was murdered by her pimp, Bart Ganzel ( Peter Jacobson ), Foster drops the murder charge, but announces that she is charging him with several other crimes, prompting Benson and the SVU detectives to dig into Foster's motives. Benson discovers that Foster

2124-447: The character appeared in the spinoff Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , in which he heads a bureau dedicated to solving sex crimes . Several of Cragen's first episodes on the series reunite him with another one of his former detectives from the 27th Precinct, Lennie Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ); one of these reunions involves re-opening a serial murder case that Briscoe and Logan had failed to solve six years earlier (as portrayed in

2183-451: The character from 1990 to 1993 in the original Law & Order . Six years later, he reprised his role again in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from its premiere in 1999 to 2014. In the 1991 episode " The Blue Wall ", Cragen is investigated by internal affairs for possible corruption after evidence tampering within the department leads to the acquittal of three Wall Street bankers in

2242-482: The crime with the assistance of a children's help organization after going to them with fears that the little girl's father was sexually abusing her. After Stone accepts a plea bargain from Steven Gregg the much younger and poorer lover of Barbara Spiegleman a wealthy older woman found murdered in her apartment, he begins to have doubts that he has sent the right man to prison, especially as he learns more about Kevin Doyle

2301-458: The delineation of these divisions, the contentions were primarily political and they were also related to access to power. For example, while the majority of Irish Catholics had an identity which was independent from Britain's identity and were excluded from power because they were Catholic, a number of the instigators of rebellions against British rule were actually Protestant Irish nationalists , although most Irish Protestants opposed separatism. In

2360-435: The department and will not be returning; at the end of the episode, Logan has no choice but to accept Briscoe as his new partner. Engineer Phillip Marietta and tribal chief Gimju Nwaka become the chief suspects in the death of Kelani Amoda, a Nigerian woman who died while smuggling heroin internally. When Janet Silver kidnaps her daughter from the mall, Logan and Briscoe are sent in to investigate and learn that she committed

2419-484: The elder Stabler broke the law, but he does know that he was a good cop during a difficult time for New York City. The following are the medals and service awards worn by Captain Cragen. Dann Florek was first cast as Donald Cragen in " Everybody's Favorite Bagman ", the pilot episode of what would later become Law & Order . The pilot was filmed and produced in 1988 and it would take two more years before NBC ordered

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2478-421: The fence when George Costas a storeowner kills two robbers and then claims self-defense as a justification. Cerreta poses as a weapons dealer to help Stone build a case against a Colombian hit man, but the deal takes an unexpected turn, resulting in bloodshed. Logan has trouble dealing with Lennie Briscoe ( Jerry Orbach ), who has been brought in while Cerreta recovers from surgery during their investigation of

2537-459: The full series. While main cast members Noth, Dzundza, Michael Moriarty and Richard Brooks had each signed option contracts that allowed them to be hired for the full series, Florek had signed no such contract. However, since he did not have any other acting roles at the time that the show went into production, he was available to join the show's cast. Florek was living in Venice, Los Angeles at

2596-444: The head of a children's rights organization. During a conversation with his "date", he mentions that he and his late wife talked about adopting a child after she suffered a miscarriage , but could not find the time to go through with it. It is left ambiguous whether Cragen is speaking of his own life, or merely improvising as part of his undercover role. The season 13 finale, " Rhodium Nights ", closes with Cragen awakening in bed to find

2655-421: The introduction of Jerry Orbach as Lennie Briscoe , who replaced Paul Sorvino after "Prince of Darkness." A year prior, Orbach had guest starred as a defense attorney in at least one season two episode: “Wages of Love”. At the end of the season, both Dann Florek and Richard Brooks departed the main cast. Season 3 began with an unchanged cast. However, during the third and sixth episode, Carolyn McCormick

2714-403: The manufacturer of his pacemaker and their supplier. The discovery of a young woman's body in the river leads to an investigation of illegal sweatshops and the enslavement of young immigrants. Dr. Olivet accuses Alex Merritt her gynecologist of rape, but Stone finds his case in trouble when he discovers that Olivet tape-recorded the crime. Cerreta and Stone find themselves on opposite sides of

2773-490: The murder of Tommy Duff, a small-time hood. Their investigation leads them to a woman who claims Duff raped her, and when her attorney, an old friend of Stone's from law school, calls Olivet to the stand to testify in Mary Kostrinski's defense, Schiff forces Stone to use Olivet's recent rape (from the episode "Helpless") to discredit her testimony. Logan is upset to learn that Cerreta has accepted another position within

2832-3559: The next would not occur until season 15 . This was also the final season to feature Dann Florek as Capt. Don Cragen , and Richard Brooks as Paul Robinette . Both men would later return in guest roles, with Florek eventually joining the cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . In addition to above, Law & Order season 3's notable guest stars included: Alberta Watson , Murphy Guyer , Claire Danes , Maeve McGuire , John Rothman , David Bailey , Gina Torres , Yul Vazquez , Lauren Ambrose , Billy Van , Joe Morton , Michael Jace , Jephté Guillaume , Michael Genet , Kirk Taylor , Laurence Luckinbill , Luis Antonio Ramos , Richard Holmes , Chris Bauer , Suzanne Cryer , Mara Hobel , Sarah Litzsinger , Boris McGiver , Bruce Norris , Robert Milli , Elizabeth Hubbard , Michael Lombard , Harriet Sansom Harris , Wendy Barrie-Wilson , Justine Miceli , John Ortiz , Patti D'Arbanville , John Pankow , Bill Raymond , José Zúñiga , Lisa Vidal , Walter Bobbie , Leslie Lyles , Bill Fiore , Vincent Pastore , Glenn Taranto , Paul Hecht , Felicity Huffman , Tracey Ellis , Howard Witt , Michele Pawk , Adam Lefevre , Mark Shannon , Ethan Phillips , Janet Ward , Adam Arkin , Marissa Chibás , Ron Rifkin , Robert Hirschfeld , Jon Manfrellotti , Wai Ching Ho , Paul Schulze , Lou Martini Jr. , Rosanna DeSoto , Saundra Santiago , Mark Margolis , Shawn Elliott , Jaime Sánchez , Lonny Price , Lizan Mitchell , Carlos Sanz , Gary Perez , Catherine Gardner , Lisa Eichhorn , Gary Basaraba , Caroline Aaron , Alan North , Cara Duff-MacCormick , Peter McRobbie , Tony Lip , Roscoe Lee Browne , Andrew Robinson , Wendell Pierce , Keith Szarabajka , Talia Balsam , Seth Gilliam , Beatrice Winde , Afemo Omilami , Beverly Johnson , Paul Eckstein , Reggie Montgomery , Charles Malik Whitfield , Liz Larsen , Denise Burse , Kwaku Sintim-Misa , Barry Primus , Michael McGuire , Brian Markinson , Anna Holbrook , Joyce Van Patten , Matthew Sussman , Madeline Zima , Olga Merediz , Carol Woods , Mary Mara , Richard Cox , Darrell Larson , Alice Hirson , Thomas Hill , Ted Sorel , Donna Murphy , Floyd Vivino , Nehemiah Persoff , Reizl Bozyk , Chip Zien , Diane Venora , Danny Maseng , Bahni Turpin , Beryl Bernay , Paul Schulze , Lindsay Crouse , Fritz Weaver , Gail Strickland , Jenny O'Hara , Fred Weller , Robert Sedgwick , Mary Alice , Kelly Neal , Phyllis Yvonne Stickney , Douglas Turner Ward , Fatima Faloye , Frances Foster , Carl Cofield , Matt Malloy , Dan Hedaya , Paul McCrane , Michael Badalucco , Leslie Ayvazian , Tibor Feldman , Paul D'Amato , Amy Ryan , James Colby , Len Cariou , Boyd Gaines , George Coe , Michael Dolan , Julianna Margulies , Dick Latessa , Richard Hamilton , Joe Chrest , Barbara Blackburn , Mark Hildreth , Frances Fisher , Lawrence Pressman , Charles Brown , Allan Arbus , Peter Maloney , Mary Joy , Martina Deignan , Stephen Elliott , Dana Elcar , Paul Calderón , Stivi Paskoski , Beth Fowler , Harold Perrineau , John Dossett , Jim Fyfe , Lynne Marta , Jim Moody , James A. Baffico , Morgan Weisser , David Margulies , Richard E. Council , Alan King , Jorja Fox , Charles Hallahan , Sam Rockwell , Robert Moresco , Dan Grimaldi , Kevin Hagen , Sofia Landon Geier , Peter Kass , Patrick Kerr , Meredith Scott Lynn , Camryn Manheim and Leon Russom . After photographer Julian Decker

2891-418: The permanent cast of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , the television comedy series The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer , in which Florek played Abraham Lincoln , had just been cancelled. Florek had originally expected to star in another comedy, but production was delayed, freeing the actor's schedule up. Florek had reservations about accepting the role because, he said, "I didn't want to wind up doing

2950-414: The producers and crew were not giving him enough direction and guidance in forming the character, pointing out that he did not learn Cragen was an alcoholic until several weeks into filming. As a result, Florek came up with much of the character by himself, and improvised many personality traits and characteristics as he went. Florek repeatedly tried to quit the role during the first season, claiming that he

3009-445: The same thing; the crusty yet benign captain." He ultimately agreed to join the cast, in part because Ohlmeyer no longer worked for NBC. In accepting the role, Florek asked for more freedom in shaping the direction of the character. He said, "I wanted him to have grown and changed, and to be much more actively involved." When Law & Order: SVU first aired, Dave Mason, television editor for Ventura County Star , said Cragen

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3068-461: The season finale episode "Benevolence". Although his departure is not immediately explained, it is established in the fifth season episode " Bad Faith " that he has transferred to head of the Anti-Corruption Task Force. He is succeeded in the homicide precinct by Lieutenant Anita Van Buren ( S. Epatha Merkerson ). After leaving the 27th Precinct, Cragen spends six years as the head of the Anti-Corruption Task Force. Cragen encounters Logan again in

3127-716: The series along with Richard Brooks , who played Assistant District Attorney Paul Robinette . Wolf described notifying Florek and Brooks about the decisions as "literally the two worst phone calls I ever had to make in a business context". Florek said he did not approve of the "hushed and hidden" way his firing was handled. After Florek's departure from the show, Wolf stayed in touch with the actor and often said he wished to work with him again. Their continued correspondence led to Florek directing several episodes of Law & Order , as well as Florek reprising his role as Cragen in Exiled: A Law & Order Movie . When Wolf invited him to join

3186-517: The time he was cast and had to be flown into New York City for the filming of each episode. Florek said during the formative seasons of Law & Order , the cast and crew had a great deal of integrity and were dedicated to making something different, and that filming could be unpredictable as a result. However, Florek was frustrated with his lack of scenes, claiming he felt the character was not well developed and under-appreciated, and he disliked commuting so far for such little material. He also believed

3245-407: The unpleasant task of facing the renowned Cyrus Weaver, who is determined to prove that Tommy Beltran is not guilty of murdering Beth Milgram because he was a poor young man from a Mexican family who could not restrain his rage when his upper-class girlfriend broke up with him. (Plot derived from Bonnie Garland murder case .) A teenager's fatal heart attack is traced to fraud and greed on the part of

3304-553: Was "played brilliantly" by Florek, and called the relationship between Cragen and Stabler the strongest aspect of the series. Alan Sepinwall , television columnist for The Star-Ledger , said the Cragen character "showed off more personality" in the film Exiled and on Special Victims Unit than the character exhibited in the original Law & Order . Irish Catholic Irish Catholics ( Irish : Caitlicigh na hÉireann ) are an ethnoreligious group native to Ireland whose members are both Catholic and Irish . They have

3363-423: Was credited in the opening theme and starting with the ninth episode, she is credited for the rest of the season. This made her the first woman to be part of the cast in the series. A third of the way through, Lennie Briscoe (played by Jerry Orbach ) replaced Phil Cerreta ( Paul Sorvino ) in the role of senior detective. This was the first mid-season replacement of a major character in Law & Order' s history;

3422-673: Was espoused by the Know Nothing movement of the 1850s and other 19th-century anti-Catholic and anti-Irish organizations. By the 20th century, Irish Catholics were well established in the United States and today they are fully-integrated into mainstream American society with two Irish Catholic Presidents, John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden , having been elected. Law %26 Order (season 3) The third season of Law & Order aired on NBC between September 23, 1992, and May 19, 1993 which remained unchanged. This season marked

3481-463: Was not given enough screen time. Series creator Dick Wolf persuaded him to stay, particularly due to concerns about the stability of the cast after Dzundza left the series and was replaced by Paul Sorvino as Sergeant Phil Cerreta . Those were the worst two phone calls I've ever had to make in 20 years as a producer. 'Dann,' I said, 'Look, you were the bedrock of the cast, you never complained, you show up on time every day of work, you have never been

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