100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.[1][2][3][4][5]
| 100 Centre Street | |
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| Genre | Legal drama |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sidney Lumet |
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| Original release | |
| Network | A&E Network |
| Release | January 15, 2001 – March 5, 2002 |
Premise
editThe show takes its name for the Manhattan street address of the New York City Criminal Court and the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Criminal Term, for New York County. The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television channel from 2001 to 2002. Some called it a more gritty and accurate version of Law & Order, although unlike Law & Order, 100 Centre Street focused more on the personal lives of its characters.[6] Episodes focused on the friendship between Judge Rifkind, a liberal Jew, and Judge Sims, a lesbian African American, as well as the romance between Bobby and Cynthia, Ramon's infidelity to his wife Cassandra, J.J.'s potentially corrupt mob ties, Fatima's drug addiction, Rebecca Rifkind's estrangement from her father, and Spiegelman and Byrnes' political scheming.
Main cast
edit- Alan Arkin as Judge Joe Rifkind
- Val Avery as Sal Gentile
- Bobby Cannavale as ADA Jeremiah "J.J." Jellinek
- Joel de la Fuente as ADA Peter Davies
- Paula Devicq as ADA/private attorney Cynthia Bennington
- Manny Pérez as Legal Aid attorney Ramon Rodriguez
- LaTanya Richardson as Judge Atallah Sims
- Joseph Lyle Taylor as ADA/PI Bobby Esposito
- Michole Briana White as Legal Aid attorney Fatima Kelly
- Bill J Vlasnic as Billy, Task Force detective on Jellinek's squad
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2001)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Bobby and Cynthia" | Sidney Lumet | Sidney Lumet | January 15, 2001 | 101 |
| 2 | 2 | "Queenie and Joe" | Sidney Lumet | Sidney Lumet | January 15, 2001 | 102 |
| 3 | 3 | "And Justice for Some" | Jerry London | Siobhan Byrne O'Connor | January 22, 2001 | 112 |
| 4 | 4 | "My Brother's Keeper" | Steven Shill | Sidney Lumet | January 29, 2001 | 103 |
| 5 | 5 | "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" | Jerry London | Steven Schwartz | February 5, 2001 | 104 |
| 6 | 6 | "Hostage" | Jerry London | David Black | February 12, 2001 | 105 |
| 7 | 7 | "Things Change" | Steven Shill | Richard Wesley | February 19, 2001 | 113 |
| 8 | 8 | "Lady Paris" | Sidney Lumet | David Black | February 26, 2001 | 106 |
| 9 | 9 | "A Shot in the Dark" | John O'Connell | Steven Schwartz | March 5, 2001 | 107 |
| 10 | 10 | "Joe Must Go" | Sidney Lumet | James Solomon | March 12, 2001 | 108 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Bug" | Steven Shill | David Black | March 19, 2001 | 109 |
| 12 | 12 | "Domestic Abuses" | Steven Shill | Steven Schwartz | March 26, 2001 | 110 |
| 13 | 13 | "Let's Make a Night of It" | Sidney Lumet | Sidney Lumet | April 2, 2001 | 111 |
Season 2 (2001–02)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Kids: Part 1" | Sidney Lumet | Sidney Lumet | October 8, 2001 | 201 |
| 15 | 2 | "Kids: Part 2" | Sidney Lumet | Rudy Wurlitzer & Sidney Lumet | October 15, 2001 | 202 |
| 16 | 3 | "Love Stories" | Don Scardino | Siobhan Byrne O'Connor | October 22, 2001 | 203 |
| 17 | 4 | "Queenie's Tough" | Steven Shill | Sidney Lumet | October 29, 2001 | 204 |
| 18 | 5 | "The Fix" | Arthur Penn | David Black | November 6, 2001 | 205 |
| 19 | 6 | "Daughters" | Sidney Lumet | Rudy Wurlitzer | November 13, 2001 | 206 |
| 20 | 7 | "Lost Causes" | Steven Shill | Steven Schwartz | November 20, 2001 | 207 |
| 21 | 8 | "Queenie's Running" | Don Scardino | Sidney Lumet | November 27, 2001 | 208 |
| 22 | 9 | "Andromeda and the Monster" | John O'Connell | David Black | December 11, 2001 | 209 |
| 23 | 10 | "Bottlecaps" | Susanna Styron | Susanna Styron | December 18, 2001 | 210 |
| 24 | 11 | "End of the Month" | Don Scardino | Robert Leuci | January 8, 2002 | 211 |
| 25 | 12 | "Give Up or Fight" | Sidney Lumet | Steven Schwartz & Rudy Wurlitzer | January 15, 2002 | 212 |
| 26 | 13 | "Babies" | Sidney Lumet | Rudy Wurlitzer | January 22, 2002 | 213 |
| 27 | 14 | "Zero Tolerance" | Steven Shill | Siobhan Byrne O'Connor | January 29, 2002 | 214 |
| 28 | 15 | "Justice Delayed" | John O'Connell | Steven Schwartz | February 5, 2002 | 215 |
| 29 | 16 | "Hurricane Paul" | Don Scardino | Warren Leight | February 12, 2002 | 216 |
| 30 | 17 | "Fathers" | John O'Connell | Richard Wesley | February 26, 2002 | 217 |
| 31 | 18 | "It's About Love" | Sidney Lumet | Siobhan Byrne O'Connor & Rudy Wurlitzer | March 5, 2002 | 218 |
Guest stars
edit- Sidney Armus as DA Spiegelman
- Dennis Boutsikaris as Executive ADA Gil Byrnes
- Paul Butler as Det. Willard Block
- Sarita Choudhury as ADA Julia Brooks
- Chuck Cooper as Charlie the Bridgeman (bailiff)
- Tawny Cypress as Cassandra Rodriguez
- Margo Martindale as Legal Aid supervisor Michelle Grange
- Phyllis Newman as Sarah Rifkind
- Amy Ryan as Rebecca Rifkind
Notable guest stars
editReferences
edit- ^ Tucker, Ken (November 30, 2001). "Sidney Lumet Moves Front & 'Centre' to Your TV Screen". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ Zurawik, David (January 15, 2001). "A&E delivers riveting drama". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ Speier, Michael (January 14, 2001). "100 Centre Street". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ Welsh, James (February 21, 2002). "A&E cancels '100 Centre Street'". Digital Spy. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ Leonard, John (2001). "Mensch on the Bench". New York Magazine. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
- ^ Villez, Barbara (2012-05-15). "The Treatment of the Law: Between Reality and Imagination in Television Legal Series". TV/Series (1). doi:10.4000/tvseries.1531. ISSN 2266-0909.