The performance of Theodore Bikel in this show as the father of a kidnapping victim really dominates this one. As it turns out he's a close friend of Adam Schiff and the scenes between Bikel and Steven Hill are really special.
2 uniform officers in a patrol car find Bikel with a trunk full of cash and that certainly is suspicious. It's only then that Bikel admits to Jerry Orbach and Chris Noth that the money is a ransom for his son.
The whole thing is a concocted plot by the son played by Reg Rogers to extort money from Bikel. Ironically Bikel probably indulges him a little too much. As Carolyn McCormick says this is something that does happen in rich families where the kids are indulged too much. Rogers is even wounded by one of his equally spoiled friends just to make the story look good when he's returned. That one was a bit too close.
No matter how much Steven Hill talks to Bikel he can't comprehend what a worthless spoiled piece of trash he's raised. So as Michael Moriarty prosecutes, Bikel won't cooperate.
In the end Bikel really goes off the deep end out of love.
2 uniform officers in a patrol car find Bikel with a trunk full of cash and that certainly is suspicious. It's only then that Bikel admits to Jerry Orbach and Chris Noth that the money is a ransom for his son.
The whole thing is a concocted plot by the son played by Reg Rogers to extort money from Bikel. Ironically Bikel probably indulges him a little too much. As Carolyn McCormick says this is something that does happen in rich families where the kids are indulged too much. Rogers is even wounded by one of his equally spoiled friends just to make the story look good when he's returned. That one was a bit too close.
No matter how much Steven Hill talks to Bikel he can't comprehend what a worthless spoiled piece of trash he's raised. So as Michael Moriarty prosecutes, Bikel won't cooperate.
In the end Bikel really goes off the deep end out of love.
