In the Wee Small Hours (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

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"In the Wee Small Hours"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 6 and 7 (overall #95 & 96)
Directed by Jean de Segonzac
Written by Dick Wolf (creator)
René Balcer (developer and story)
Stephanie Sengupta (story and teleplay)
Production code 05006/7
Original air date November 6, 2005
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"In the Wee Small Hours" is a fifth season double episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. It was originally presented as a two-hour telemovie, but was subsequently divided to air as two one-hour episodes, being listed as "In the Wee Small Hours, Part I" and "In the Wee Small Hours, Part II."

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[edit] Plot summary

The son of a New York City judge becomes a suspect in the disappearance of a female high school student during a field trip. After her body is found and an earlier disappearance is connected to this one, both the son and the judge are targeted in the police's rape and murder investigation.

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Vincent D'Onofrio Det. Robert Goren
Kathryn Erbe Det. Alexandra Eames
Chris Noth Det. Mike Logan
Annabella Sciorra Det. Carolyn Barek
Jamey Sheridan Capt. James Deakins
Courtney B. Vance   A.D.A. Ron Carver

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  • "In the Wee Small Hours" is the only episode until the second episode of the ninth season in which all four detective characters (Goren, Eames, Logan, Barek) appear and work together.
  • The mother of an African American girl, whose disappearance is also tied to the same suspect, observes what has become known as Missing White Woman Syndrome: "I know how it is with you people [TV news]. If she's white, put her in the spotlight. If she's black, put her in the back."

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  • The episode title is a reference to both the time the murder (and other crimes) were committed, as well as to Frank Sinatra's album In the Wee Small Hours. Goren, Logan, and two of the suspects are Sinatra buffs. In one scene, Logan interprets a piece of evidence in the context of Sinatra's work, while in the squadroom, Goren interprets a similar piece of evidence exactly the same way. Logan walks in just as Goren is giving an explanation to Eames and finishes his sentence.

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