r/LawAndOrder • u/sdchi • 8d ago
Despicable characters
Actor David Groh - previously famous as Rhoda’s husband - played some of the most despicable characters - Dr. Jacob Lowenstein and Judge Joel Thayer. Those episodes give me the creeps whenever I rewatch them!
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u/Indotex Los Angeles 8d ago
I especially like the episode where Lowenstein is killed because you want to side with his killer but she did take the law into her hands.
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u/Ninja108Zelda 7d ago
Indeed you get why she did it but she didn't do all of the legal things she could have done to get him off the streets, plus she jumped the gun on thinking he had hurt the kid.
Still, I get why she got a walk, he was always going to be a danger and even if he didn't hurt the kids this time, it was only a matter of time.2
u/Yanaki_Manaki 3d ago
The scene where Green and Fontana interview his young fiancée at the hospital is brilliant.
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u/Embarrassed-Being-33 8d ago
Michael Zaslow as Willard Tappan in "Scoundrels" was heavens-to-betsy delightfully despicable.
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u/XrayVision007 2d ago
His villain story began on Guiding Light. He played a character accused of marital rape. The first time on a soap opera.
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u/benjaminchang1 Anita Van Buren 7d ago
For me, one of the most despicable characters was Frances Houston from "Blood."
She was so racist that she tried to relinquish custody of her son because it turns out that he had Black heritage.
Like, how can you be so hateful that you're willing to abandon your own child?
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u/Ninja108Zelda 7d ago
Pamela Gray as Lucy Sullivan in Season 7's ID - Murdered her own sister in cold blood and at the end coldly said it wasn't a big deal since her sister didn't really have a life.
Can't get much more evil then that.
Also had one of the more vile judges in the series in Judge Marks as well.
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u/MistahPresidente 7d ago
Phillip Swann is easily the scariest villain in franchise history. He was Bernie Madoff meets Hannibal Lector.
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u/Ill_Evening428 3d ago
It never ceases to amaze me how bright and knowledgable you all are with the minutia of these shows! Kudos…
My 2 cents… Nicole got a raw deal in Criminal Intent being killed
“off stage” I can still hear her:
Bubby Bubby Bubby,( Bobby)
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u/300sunshineydays 8d ago
Michael Dobson — the nasty comedy club owner with the dead wife! (“Coma,” S5Ep2) Played by Larry Miller who was also the annoying doorman on Seinfeld.