In the Wee Small Hours (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
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| Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 6 and 7 (overall #95 & 96) |
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| Written by | Dick Wolf (creator) René Balcer (developer and story) Stephanie Sengupta (story and teleplay) |
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| Directed by | Jean de Segonzac | ||||||
| Guest stars | Colm Meaney Matt O'Leary Lucinda Jenney Geneva Carr Kathleen McNenny Jake Weary Billy Lush Fred Dalton Thompson |
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| Production no. | 05006/7 | ||||||
| Original airdate | November 06, 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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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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- "In the Wee Small Hours" is the only episode to date in which all four detective characters (Goren, Eames, Logan, Barek) appear and work together.
- This episode was most likely inspired by the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
- 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 foul deeds) were committed, as well as to Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours album. 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 the exact same way. Logan walks in just as Goren is giving an explanation to Eames and finishes his sentence.
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- Gone, a Law & Order: SVU episode similarly based on the Natalee Holloway disappearance.
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