5/5/1983 Thursday, 10 pm. 1 hour.

NBC. Season 3 of 7. Episode 56.

Code: HSBB 5/1983

PLOT

Washington and a sleazy accomplice set up a drug buy that goes wrong, leaving the cop facing a shotgun; Furillo and his new wife Joyce try to work out problems they're having with his son. (JB’s plot continued from previous episode.)

CREDITS

Writers: Michael Wagner, David Milch, Karen Hall; Steven Bochco, Anthony Yerkovitch, Jeffrey Lewis.

Director: Thomas Carter.

REGULAR CAST

Daniel J. Travanti as Captain Francis X. Furillo

Michael Conrad as Sgt. Philip Esterhaus

Michael Warren as Officer Robert Hill

Bruce Weitz as Detective Michael Belker

James B. Sikking as Lt. Howard Hunter

Joe Spano as Detective Henry Goldblume

Barbara Bosson as Fay Furillo

Veronica Hamel as Joyce Davenport

GUEST CAST

Dennis Franz as Det. Sal Benedetto

Jonathan Banks as Carl Brown, aka Reggie Orson, etc. with multiple personality disorder.

Marco Rodriguez as Rico

Michael Lerner as Rollie Simone

George Innes as James Willett Frame

Zerondrick Hubbard as Speedboat

David Fresco as Iggy

BAD GUY

T.J. (one persona) is a murderer.

COMMENTS

The JB plot continues from the previous episode.

This is highly recommended-- wonderful acting, in a very intense role. The death scene is heart-wrenching.

COSTUME

Street person grunge, ripped shirt, black high-tops and stubble.

CHARACTER

Carl suffers from multiple personality disorder, and the role contains many different characters. His face goes blank between personalities, and he does some touch, usually to head or face, as new persona arrives. T.J. goes berserk, breaks glass, growling, screaming, as he holds a roomful of cops at bay. Jimmy has lots of attitude, gestures. Carl (the basic personality) is relieved and grateful when others 'killed' before his death. We see Reggie, Franklin Butterbaugh, Jimmy, T.J., Pete, a kid, and Carl; others mentioned, not shown.

Joyce Davenport is his lawyer.

DEATH SCENE

Carl jumps from a window. (Note: suicide is very common in cases of severe multiple personality disorder.) He doesn’t die instantly, and has a chance to be grateful the other personalities are gone before he dies.

LINES

"Come and get him. He should be dead. I want you to kill him." (Other persona about T.J.)

"If you won't kill him, I will, I'll push him out."

"Is T.J. dead?"

"It's so quiet. They're all gone."

SCREEN TIME

2 minutes, 30 seconds. in 3 scenes (first 2 are phone calls); 3rd is 45 minutes in.

WORKED WITH

Dennis Burkley, (episode 55.) (SAN 1/1981; ROW 8/1986)

Charles Haid (WSR 8/1978)

Veronica Hamel (SHO 4/1994)

Kathleen Lloyd, (episode 55) (GC 2/1981)