World's Fair (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
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"World's Fair" is a sixth season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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and Wheeler
investigate the murder of a young Pakistani-American female college student, found slain in front of the Unisphere
, which sparks racial violence between her family and that of her Italian-American boyfriend. During the investigation, Logan and Wheeler learn the victim had a passionate, wholehearted relationship with her boyfriend, as she was pregnant with their child and wanted to marry him. Unfortunately, her parents had already planned an arranged marriage
for ethnic reasons, the boyfriend's mother denigrated her family origins and did not want her son being forced into a marriage with someone from overseas. At first, the detectives question the man she was secretly dating, as well as both his and the victim's disapproving relatives, until they find a cultural and psychological component that is crucial to putting a bulletproof case together, as the case could go beyond race and become a matter of family honor.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
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Plot summary
In this episode, Detectives LoganMike Logan (Law & Order)
Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:...
and Wheeler
Megan Wheeler
Det. Megan Ann Wheeler is a fictional character portrayed by Julianne Nicholson on the NBC-USA Network series Law & Order: Criminal Intent...
investigate the murder of a young Pakistani-American female college student, found slain in front of the Unisphere
Unisphere
The Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. Located in Flushing Meadows – Corona Park in the borough of Queens, New York City, the Unisphere is one of the borough's most iconic and enduring symbols....
, which sparks racial violence between her family and that of her Italian-American boyfriend. During the investigation, Logan and Wheeler learn the victim had a passionate, wholehearted relationship with her boyfriend, as she was pregnant with their child and wanted to marry him. Unfortunately, her parents had already planned an arranged marriage
Arranged marriage
An arranged marriage is a practice in which someone other than the couple getting married makes the selection of the persons to be wed, meanwhile curtailing or avoiding the process of courtship. Such marriages had deep roots in royal and aristocratic families around the world...
for ethnic reasons, the boyfriend's mother denigrated her family origins and did not want her son being forced into a marriage with someone from overseas. At first, the detectives question the man she was secretly dating, as well as both his and the victim's disapproving relatives, until they find a cultural and psychological component that is crucial to putting a bulletproof case together, as the case could go beyond race and become a matter of family honor.
Cast
| Chris Noth Chris Noth Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been... |
Det. Mike Logan Mike Logan (Law & Order) Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:... |
| Julianne Nicholson Julianne Nicholson Julianne Nicholson is an American actress. She is known for having played Det. Megan Wheeler on Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Early life:... |
Det. Megan Wheeler Megan Wheeler Det. Megan Ann Wheeler is a fictional character portrayed by Julianne Nicholson on the NBC-USA Network series Law & Order: Criminal Intent... |
| Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologist, and novelist of Armenian descent.-Personal life:Bogosian, an Armenian-American, was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, the son of Edwina, a hairdresser and instructor, and Henry Bogosian, an accountant. After graduating from Oberlin College,... |
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