@@SINNER5150 he originally was a Chicago cop who started acting after being cast in a small roll in Michael Mann’s movie “Thief” that was filmed there.
Fontana was a great character and detective on the show. I feel he gets overlooked sometimes, because he wasn't around long and he took over for Briscoe and by extension Jerry Orbach
A former Pope was exhumed and put on trial during the Medieval Period. I'm sure with New York's arcane laws they can see fit to cite and fine the corpse.
4:13 Kingston, NY Where I was born and grew up for 24 years. before I moved away. Kingston was also the First Capital of New York until the British Burned most of it down during the American Revolutionary War in 1777. Afterwards Albany, NY became the Capital of New York. Just a Little History Lesson people.
You ruthless bastards. Do you really think I'm going to go get peacock now because you left me on an awesome cliffhanger? Well I'm not. I'll just go read the synopsis on Wikipedia
As so.eone with PTSD from a car crash. This is one of my worst nightmares (from both inside and outside the car. Right next to running off a bridge into a river/lake.
Dennis Farina was one of the best ever performers on L&O, because of his extensive experience with the Chicago Police Department. It made it seem so real and authentic.
This is the episode where there were a number of hunters were killed and the boy kidnapped by that dead guy, right? And the defense attorney of the driver that caused the crash tried to use that as a means to get the client free? It's been a long while since I saw this that I can't fully remember.
The detectives investigate an incident where an SUV was chased off the road and crashed into a restaurant; killing the driver and injuring several people, including the teenage passenger, Tommy Flanagan. It turns out that the driver, John Wyatt, had just murdered a group of people on a hunting trip - then kidnapped Tommy, the son of one of the victims. Randall Stoller, who claims to have witnessed the car chase, is actually the driver who ran Wyatt off the road. Stoller is hailed as a hero by the media, even though his actions could have caused the deaths of Tommy or anyone in the restaurant. Stoller's lawyer successfully gets a manslaughter charge dismissed, but then Tommy dies from complications of his injuries. McCoy thinks that the public will now be less sympathetic to Stoller, and the DA's office could win a case. Tommy's mother still supports Stoller, and won't testify. However, McCoy insists on prosecuting because he doesn't want Stoller, or anyone else, to be above facing consequences for their actions. In court, McCoy highlights numerous inconsistencies in Stoller's story including the fact that he lied to police, and wasted several opportunities to call for help rather than chase Wyatt himself. Nevertheless Stoller is found not guilty. Borgia says this is understandable; people are naturally fearful, and want to believe that a "hero" like Stoller would step in to help them if they needed it. McCoy responds that Tommy needed a hero too, and he certainly didn't get one in the form of Stoller.
@@FrankWolenczak See, this right there why I can't get into quote - unquote "Anti-Heroes"; at the end of the day, they only care about killing bad guys and don't give two shits about anybody who get caught in the crossfire, be they the victims or bystanders... >_>
@@FrankWolenczak Really, well that's just dumb. Last time I checked, heroes don't kill the people they are saving. Vigilantism clearly causes serious danger, as this episode demonstrates, and people are more concerned about him distrusting police and taking it into his own hands, than the 6 customers and waitress who were injured, as well as the dead boy he was supposed to save. It's like those movies like Fast and Furious or Terminator. People are so excited about the car chase and are urging for the hero to catch or escape the villain, and they don't even give a second thought about the countless cars being thrown off the road. "Oh I gotta catch these villains who killed one person, let's knock over 50 cars and kill 30% of the passengers as well as many pedestrians, while injuring the rest." Think about it. A guy is off to work, barely making ends meat to support his sick child as a single parent, and suddenly he's thrown off the road and gravely injured because "I gotta catch the bad guy", and nobody cares about him because he's not a main character in the movie. He's just a number as far as viewers are concerned. People might say it's "just a movie" and that nobody got hurt, but it desensitizes people to these things and this episode clearly demonstrates the danger of that mindset leaking into real world incidents.
@@alexanderelderhorst2107 (Have to sigh my "Dealing with people who doesn't realize" Sigh) I copied it from a website that did the recap on this episode. IF you have a problem, take it up with the website that did the recap for this episode. Thank you, Next.
My family used to vacation up at Door County. Farina was a Chicagoan through and through. I remember hearing Jesse L. Martin getting interviewed on WGN radio a few years ago. They brought up Dennis and he said "Dennis was my boy." Nice to know they got along off camera..
SPOILER After a wild car chase through Manhattan's streets leaves one man dead and a teen injured, Detectives Fontana and Green connect some dots and discover that the chase began in upstate New York after a hunting party was massacred by the now deceased driver, but finding the man who chased the murderer puts prosecutors in a bind. As the reluctant hero (as Stoller, Mike Pniewski) is publicly lauded for his efforts, prosecutors McCoy and Borgia carefully make their case that his poor decisions only endangered other lives.
Yeah, that's not Tommy Flanagan. Tommy was on his way to . . . Bermuda! Yeah, that's the ticket. He was on his way to his vacation with his new girlfriend . . . Morgan Fairchild. Yeah, that's it. Morgan Fairchild . . . who he's seen naked.
Here's the whole crapolla of a storm they got THIS time. Hooo boy Spoilers The guy who was flying through the window like a bird was mass murderer John Wyatt who kidnapped Tommy. Some guy named Stroller chased them after seeing the hostage. Dumbass causes the crash by blocking Wyatt on the road. Tommy died of his injuries. Stroller was going to get manslaughter for his actions but the public see him as a hero and he goes free. The End
The dead guy is a murderer who kidnapped the kid, the other driver was trying to help the kid and caused him to crash. He was taken to court for manslaughter but was found innocent.
@@Aurasoul. so the guy who crashed the truck into the cafe had killed a bunch of people in the woods while they were hunting and kidnapped a teen. Then, a Good Samaritan followed and chased him through the city which caused the crash, and killed the shooter and the teen. He was found not guilty by the jury, even though he did the exact wrong thing by chasing the shooter and not pulling over and alerting authorities at any time throughout the chase. McCoy literally calls him out on this during cross, and even when the Good Samaritan said he hadn’t harmed anyone in the woods, McCoy counters with the fact that he did in fact kill the innocent kidnapped teen, making him no better than the shooter.
@@RLucas3000 this wasnt a Good Samaraitan, he willingly ignored every possible chance to alert authorities to not only the murders the suspect had caused, he chased the suspect through new york and caused a crash that killed two people and significant property damage and other injuries.
@@FourEyesFive He didn't kill anyone since it was the individual driving the vehicle who killed several individuals. The only thing he should had done was stay at the crash scene and explain what had happen.
The guy who unfortunately killed Tom John Wyatt and who also unfortunately kidnapped the kid tommy and also unf as a result facillitated multiple deaths as a result.
Could you imagine the devastation of getting news your husband was dead... then the confusion and hope that it wasn't your husband?
Have to say, it was pretty silly to just assume that the driver was her husband, as if they never heard of car thieves.
@@ricksimon9867 i see why they’d assume tho because Tommy was being put in the ambulance asking for his dad the whole time
Hard to say !
@@ricksimon9867
Who's more likely to be driving a car with a family member of the owner as a passenger, another family member or a random stranger?
I would have given up the rest of my life to spend one more week, day, hour with my husband.
“I can sympathize.” “Thank you.” “With her, I mean.” HA OH MY GOD FONTANA
He may not be Lenny, but he's still pretty dang hilarious! XD
@@amm019But no one can compare to Lenny. RIP Jerry Orbach
@@curtisberard7831and RIP Dennis Farina
that right there was savage
@@amm019 I always liked how, when people thought they shouldn't tell him something, he'd say, "Oh, we're authorized."
The writing with Fontana was brilliant. It’s right up there with the character of Lenny. RIP to both actors. They were underrated.
Yes: RIP Jerry Orbach and Dennis Farina.
I loved his hunting comment.
Dennis Farina was a great actor,as was Jerry Orbach!
@@SINNER5150 he originally was a Chicago cop who started acting after being cast in a small roll in Michael Mann’s movie “Thief” that was filmed there.
Fontana was a great character and detective on the show. I feel he gets overlooked sometimes, because he wasn't around long and he took over for Briscoe and by extension Jerry Orbach
"Well that's one citation, driving without a license " for a DOA thrown through his windshield with no ID. I love the one-liners in this show!😃
A former Pope was exhumed and put on trial during the Medieval Period. I'm sure with New York's arcane laws they can see fit to cite and fine the corpse.
"Same as the cow." Love Fontana's lines!
"I always preferred to hunt with a bow, it kinda levels the playing field."
"And the deer? What kind of weapons do they use?"
"Same as the cow."
😂
Could hear the annoying disdain in her voice. "how else you think we get meat?"
I just noticed that there is a bird that flies behind Fontana just before he says “what ever happens to just flippin him the bird” 1:43
The Fontana Era is very underrated.
ita
"What kinda weapon does the deer have?"
"Same as the cow." Hilarious
Yes it is
The Fontana era is my favorite.
Loved Crime Story too ❤
"That's not Tom."
*Chung-Chung!*
Aww, you can't just end it there!
that's how they get ya
Law and Order is so expensive to buy the DVD's and it isn't on any of the popular services like Netflix or Apple
Soap2day
@@murphybrown1366 hell ya
Pirates life for me
@@OsamaBinLooney uh yeah it is it’s on the applet app and uh no offence but you do know that right?
4:13 Kingston, NY Where I was born and grew up for 24 years. before I moved away. Kingston was also the First Capital of New York until the British Burned most of it down during the American Revolutionary War in 1777. Afterwards Albany, NY became the Capital of New York. Just a Little History Lesson people.
That's cool to know, thanks
Very cool, I didn't know that 👍
You're welcome, Albany. 🔥🇬🇧
So which side did you support?
I grew up in Stone Ridge, south of Kingston. I sure do miss it sometimes.
You ruthless bastards. Do you really think I'm going to go get peacock now because you left me on an awesome cliffhanger? Well I'm not. I'll just go read the synopsis on Wikipedia
Peacock is free my guy
@@Cbiza L&O is paywall blocked though, you need a premium subscription
@@Cbiza ummm not for this
@@Cbiza Peacock isn't available in my country :(
@@Cbiza only if you have xfinity
Wow! They've had some dramatic openings before, but this one takes the cake!
As so.eone with PTSD from a car crash. This is one of my worst nightmares (from both inside and outside the car. Right next to running off a bridge into a river/lake.
I know! When the waitress said they had no Equal my heart almost stopped
These are my favorite detectives. This early and major years were perfection. Wish we could see more like this
Fontana and Green were underrated.
Dennis Farina was one of the best ever performers on L&O, because of his extensive experience with the Chicago Police Department. It made it seem so real and authentic.
he use to be a real cop and it showed.
Nostalgia: Radio Shack store across in the distance from the crash site. Sorely missed and much lamented.
Same thing I thought
A Tandy company! 🤠
I'm here for the energy-conscious construction worker
same
Egg white!?! BLASPHEMY!!!! Of course the cook was angry.
So angry glass was put in the food.
What was the dish called?
bacalao - it's salt cod - but i couldn't hear the second part
No substitutions
@@thomasd4738 bácalao guisado, which means cod stew
The wife sounded a bit disappointed at the reveal, tbh...
Everytime I see Dennis Farina, I expect to hear Del Shannon singing Runaway. Seeing Tony Denison would be a plus.
We might be the only 2 who are old enough to remember 😊
I remember.
Dennis Farina. Former CPD Burglary squad. What a guy. Gone too soon.
The beauty of L&O is that all the cast pairings were excellent
RIP Dennis Farina!
Also, Jesse L. Martin (and his voice) *swoon*
4:48 same as the cow,🤣 there’s no off switch to him
This is the episode where there were a number of hunters were killed and the boy kidnapped by that dead guy, right? And the defense attorney of the driver that caused the crash tried to use that as a means to get the client free? It's been a long while since I saw this that I can't fully remember.
The detectives investigate an incident where an SUV was chased off the road and crashed into a restaurant; killing the driver and injuring several people, including the teenage passenger, Tommy Flanagan. It turns out that the driver, John Wyatt, had just murdered a group of people on a hunting trip - then kidnapped Tommy, the son of one of the victims. Randall Stoller, who claims to have witnessed the car chase, is actually the driver who ran Wyatt off the road. Stoller is hailed as a hero by the media, even though his actions could have caused the deaths of Tommy or anyone in the restaurant. Stoller's lawyer successfully gets a manslaughter charge dismissed, but then Tommy dies from complications of his injuries.
McCoy thinks that the public will now be less sympathetic to Stoller, and the DA's office could win a case. Tommy's mother still supports Stoller, and won't testify. However, McCoy insists on prosecuting because he doesn't want Stoller, or anyone else, to be above facing consequences for their actions. In court, McCoy highlights numerous inconsistencies in Stoller's story including the fact that he lied to police, and wasted several opportunities to call for help rather than chase Wyatt himself. Nevertheless Stoller is found not guilty. Borgia says this is understandable; people are naturally fearful, and want to believe that a "hero" like Stoller would step in to help them if they needed it. McCoy responds that Tommy needed a hero too, and he certainly didn't get one in the form of Stoller.
@@FrankWolenczak See, this right there why I can't get into quote - unquote "Anti-Heroes"; at the end of the day, they only care about killing bad guys and don't give two shits about anybody who get caught in the crossfire, be they the victims or bystanders... >_>
@@FrankWolenczak Really, well that's just dumb. Last time I checked, heroes don't kill the people they are saving. Vigilantism clearly causes serious danger, as this episode demonstrates, and people are more concerned about him distrusting police and taking it into his own hands, than the 6 customers and waitress who were injured, as well as the dead boy he was supposed to save.
It's like those movies like Fast and Furious or Terminator. People are so excited about the car chase and are urging for the hero to catch or escape the villain, and they don't even give a second thought about the countless cars being thrown off the road. "Oh I gotta catch these villains who killed one person, let's knock over 50 cars and kill 30% of the passengers as well as many pedestrians, while injuring the rest." Think about it. A guy is off to work, barely making ends meat to support his sick child as a single parent, and suddenly he's thrown off the road and gravely injured because "I gotta catch the bad guy", and nobody cares about him because he's not a main character in the movie. He's just a number as far as viewers are concerned.
People might say it's "just a movie" and that nobody got hurt, but it desensitizes people to these things and this episode clearly demonstrates the danger of that mindset leaking into real world incidents.
@@alexanderelderhorst2107 (Have to sigh my "Dealing with people who doesn't realize" Sigh) I copied it from a website that did the recap on this episode. IF you have a problem, take it up with the website that did the recap for this episode. Thank you, Next.
Additionally the inciting incident on the hunting trip came from a real life case where one guy opened fire on a hunting party over a dispute
I want to see my husband...That's not Tom lol and the plot thickens
What kind of weapon does the deer use.....same as the cow...hilarious!!
I can sympathize with the construction worker.
everyone knows we had no business being in the Middle East and it was just about getting oil
FACTS
"With her, I mean. Way too much time in the hole, this guy."
BWAhahahahahaha... I love Fontana. (Actually most roles Farina is in...)
My family used to vacation up at Door County. Farina was a Chicagoan through and through. I remember hearing Jesse L. Martin getting interviewed on WGN radio a few years ago. They brought up Dennis and he said "Dennis was my boy." Nice to know they got along off camera..
0:22 at least she got her answer about the equal😂
Same as the cow is a great line
that's not tom, that's jerry
3:15 Radio Shack is in the background! Starting to make me feel old.
The cop holding the knife, "Look, what I found!!"
Response: "Make sure it gets processed."
Me: You idiot! You messed the fingerprints!!!!"
"same as the cows" is a great line
2:55 - 3:02 Fontana's line and delivery literally made me go, "D***!" 😅
"That's not Tom."
Oh God
CHUNG-CHUNG!
@@fransuke12Tom poisoned someone 👁️🤯😱😳🥛🦠🤢🕳️☠️😖🥺
That was a perfect moment to make that (Da Da) sound in the end. 😂🤣
And what weapon dose the deer use?
Same as the cow.
Fontana...
SPOILER
After a wild car chase through Manhattan's streets leaves one man dead and a teen injured, Detectives Fontana and Green connect some dots and discover that the chase began in upstate New York after a hunting party was massacred by the now deceased driver, but finding the man who chased the murderer puts prosecutors in a bind. As the reluctant hero (as Stoller, Mike Pniewski) is publicly lauded for his efforts, prosecutors McCoy and Borgia carefully make their case that his poor decisions only endangered other lives.
Mrs. Flanagan: That's not Tom.
Fontana: Oops
Me:🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 (but I know that it's a very emotional experience and it should not be taken lightly)
4:47😂😂”same as the cow” 😂😂😂
That's like saying an Olympic sprinter has the same weapons as a couch potato......
I love all the LAW & ORDER franchise series.
Farina was a true cop love his episodes
😳 I just about fell off my chair at the end 😂
The poor sap that got projectiled through the restaurant, GEEZ!!!
Moral of the story.... don't ask for Equal
Yeah, that's not Tommy Flanagan. Tommy was on his way to . . . Bermuda! Yeah, that's the ticket. He was on his way to his vacation with his new girlfriend . . . Morgan Fairchild. Yeah, that's it. Morgan Fairchild . . . who he's seen naked.
crashing into a building sideways is more than "lousy driving"
Anyone else notice the Radioshack in the background?
gotta lay in the propaganda in every episode lol
“Excuse me, waitress. There’s broken glass in my eggs…”
What if when she said “that’s not Tom?” It made the Seinfeld sound
I understand but why Lord,why. When can I finally watch all of Law & Order on Peacock? It makes me extremely sad.
UNDER THIS THR NEXT VIDEO WAS “this isn’t your wife!” XD
"Same as the cow". 😂😂😂
Fontana is a great character
I REALLY hate that only portions of these episodes are shown on UA-cam.
Why don't more coffee shops have a drive through window?
The cameraman had a hard time moving from the waitress to the crashed car, a bit wobbly.
If that's not Tom, then maybe that's not my Tommy in surgery. That's where my head would go.
"Way too much time on the hole, this guy". 😂
Love Fontana
"Says he saw a blue Toyota, but he won't be sure until he sees some swatches."
"You got jackie chan in there".
LAW AND ORDER IS THE BEST!!!♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
shout out to door county wi!!!
Why does Fontana sound like the Carousel of Progress narrator?
Yummy ..... Can we see a few more clips from this story please. Thank you so much.🤗❤️
Woman: That's not Tom. Da! Da!
Spoilers please
See Open Thinkers comment. A reply has the spoiler.
That's not Tom😅😂
Upload the clip of them finding the bodies in the woods! Great scene.
2:52 😭😂
So what happens with the father of the boy and her husband? Didnt they check the registration of the car?
Wish they wouldnt put the big twist in the video title
At the 4 minute 41 second mark, the officer is handling the rifle like an amateur.
Here's the whole crapolla of a storm they got THIS time. Hooo boy
Spoilers
The guy who was flying through the window like a bird was mass murderer John Wyatt who kidnapped Tommy. Some guy named Stroller chased them after seeing the hostage. Dumbass causes the crash by blocking Wyatt on the road. Tommy died of his injuries. Stroller was going to get manslaughter for his actions but the public see him as a hero and he goes free.
The End
“All she asked for was some equal”
This is why L&O is missed.
The waitress is lucky as she moved it happened
Nice
What happened in this epsiode?
How'd this end?
I want the rest.
How did the guy who was sent flying through the glass by the car only break an arm?!
Also... Spoilers for the episode?
The dead guy is a murderer who kidnapped the kid, the other driver was trying to help the kid and caused him to crash. He was taken to court for manslaughter but was found innocent.
@@clawsoncentral4291 TYVM I will be able to sleep tonight.
The guy who was sent flying is the man that died .
@@ashoikieramsay8282 Yeah and the boy who was sent to the hospital died as well.
@@clawsoncentral4291 Is that so? I assumed it was a guy in the restaurant being hit because the windshield wasn't broken.
I remember how infuriating this episode’s ending was.
What happened?
@@Aurasoul. so the guy who crashed the truck into the cafe had killed a bunch of people in the woods while they were hunting and kidnapped a teen. Then, a Good Samaritan followed and chased him through the city which caused the crash, and killed the shooter and the teen. He was found not guilty by the jury, even though he did the exact wrong thing by chasing the shooter and not pulling over and alerting authorities at any time throughout the chase. McCoy literally calls him out on this during cross, and even when the Good Samaritan said he hadn’t harmed anyone in the woods, McCoy counters with the fact that he did in fact kill the innocent kidnapped teen, making him no better than the shooter.
@@FourEyesFive Wait, don’t states have Shield Laws for Good Samaritans?
@@RLucas3000 this wasnt a Good Samaraitan, he willingly ignored every possible chance to alert authorities to not only the murders the suspect had caused, he chased the suspect through new york and caused a crash that killed two people and significant property damage and other injuries.
@@FourEyesFive He didn't kill anyone since it was the individual driving the vehicle who killed several individuals. The only thing he should had done was stay at the crash scene and explain what had happen.
Isn't the cameraman dead
The cameraman never dies
LOL
He usually works on airline-crash videos, always survives the crashes.
Must have had some time off, to work on an L&O episode.
LOVE THIS SHOW BUT look how he is handling that hunting rifle totally unsafe and improper.
A blue Tiyada? What kind of car is that..?
"Toyota". It's the Chicago accent in Dennis Farina's voice.
Season & episode?
Why take movie name from license to kill from 1989
So if it wasn't Tommy, who was it?
The guy who unfortunately killed Tom
John Wyatt and who also unfortunately kidnapped the kid tommy and also unf as a result facillitated multiple deaths as a result.
@@matthewforsyth284 Thank you.
2:59 I can sympathies ... with her I mean :D :D :D
Good morning Tom
ived watch all the episode on tv why era all episode ended so soon without knowing what really happen
same as the cow
Wrong person and i feel so misunderstand
Soooo, this y Joe ain’t in the Flash🙈
Seeing these old episodes just makes it even more obvious how terrible the writing is in the current incarnation of the show.
I know this neighborhood.
Does Pickerel lake say it all
I’m just here for the comments that will repeat the dialog verbatim.