Crime Story/The Hearings

The Hearings
Season 2, Episode 19
Airdate	April 5, 1988
Written by	Ken Solarz
Directed by	Mimi Leder
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Crime Story — Season Two

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The Hearings is the nineteenth episode of the second season of Crime Story, and the forty-first episode overall.

Starring: Dennis Farina (Lt. Mike Torello), Anthony Denison (Ray Luca), Bill Smitrovich (Sgt. Danny Krychek), John Santucci (Pauli Taglia), Steve Ryan (Det. Nate Grossman), Bill Campbell (Det. Joey Indelli), Paul Butler (Det. Walter Clemmons)

and Starring: Stephen Lang (David Abrams)

Guest Stars: Guy Boyd (Senator Baxter), Victor Slezak (Senator Deming), Anthony Pellicano (Senator Warner), Jann Wenner (Hallahan), Ismael "East" Carlo (Jorge Santerro), Richard Zobel (Lt. Col. Milton Dance), Michael Jeter (Senator Gaspari)

Featuring: Al Timmesch (Senator Carnahan)

Uncredited Actors in Archive Footage: Jon Polito (Phil Bartoli), David Caruso (Johnny O'Donnell), Joseph Wiseman (Manny Weisbord), Charlotte Lewis (Mai Lin), Michael Chung (Mr. Chin), Ted Levine (Frank Holman), Michael DeLorenzo (Roberto) Tom Signorelli (Joe Krinsky)

Plot Overview

A hearing is set in Washington to determine whether government is colluding with organized crime, and among the participants are Torello and the Task Force and Luca and his cohorts. Those testifying include Torello, who testifies about various acts of violence committed by Luca; Jorge Santerro, who insists that he never met Luca and that Torello and the team beat him to get him to testify, even removing his shirt to show his wounds (to the anger of Torello and the amusement of Luca); Pauli Taglia, who relates that Torello 'used his head for a softball'; Attorney David Abrams, who relates information about Torello's history with Luca and also delivers damaging information that disqualifies one of the Senators on the panel; Lt. Colonel Milton Dance, who tells just what the relationship is between Luca and the government; Walter Clemmons, who speaks in favor of Torello, as does the next witness, Joey Indelli; and Ray Luca, who's as flip as usual. Torello and Krychek get Dance alone and persuade him to testify again, giving a more 'accurate' testimony about Luca. The hearing is abruptly cut short due to a military emergency in Vietnam, and everyone exits the courtroom, including Luca and Pauli, who wind up with Santerro on a plane to Mexico.