100 Centre Street  Series 1 (Jan-Apr 2001)



100 Centre Street  is a creation of Sidney Lumet depicting the realiities of the American legal system.  It cast was brilliant and included Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.



The show takes its name for the street address in Manhattan of the New York City Criminal Court and the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Criminal Term, for New York County. Yes, the spelling is the British form "Centre" as emblazoned on the current signage.







The show aired in the United States on the A&E Network cable television channel from 2001 to 2002. Some called it a more gritty and accurate version of Law & Order, although unlike Law & Order, 100 Centre Street  focused more on the personal lives of its characters.



Episodes focused on the friendship between Judge Rifkind, a liberal Jew, and Judge Sims, a conservative lesbian African American, as well as the romance between Bobby and Cynthia, Ramon's infidelity to his wife Cassandra, J.J.'s potentially corrupt mob ties, Fatima's drug addiction, Rebecca Rifkind's estrangement from her father, and Spiegelman and Byrnes' political scheming.



• Link on IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260596







Main Cast



• Alan Arkin as Judge Joe Rifkind

• Val Avery as Sal Gentile

• Bobby Cannavale as ADA Jeremiah "J.J." Jellinek

• Joel de la Fuente as ADA Peter Davies

• Paula Devicq as ADA/private attorney Cynthia Bennington

• Manny Perez as Legal Aid attorney Ramon Rodriguez

• LaTanya Richardson as Judge Atallah Sims

• Joseph Lyle Taylor as ADA/PI Bobby Esposito

• Michole Briana White as Legal Aid attorney Fatima Kelly





Episode List





S1, Ep1 Bobby & Cynthia (15 Jan 2001)

The media harasses Judge Joe Rifkind and a higher judge for the shooting of a rookie police officer who was killed by a young criminal the judge set free. To make amends, Judge Rifkind pays a visit to the father of the rookie police officer who also happens to be one of his former police partners.





S1, Ep2 Queenie and Joe (22 Jan 2001)

Judge Joe Rifkind, a liberal judge whose nickname is "Let-Em-Go-Joe," releases a petty offender who jumped a subway turnstile. The decision starts a chain of events that end a rookie cop's life, and possibly the judge's career. Standing by Rifkind are his wife, Sarah, and his friend and colleague, Judge Attallah Sims.





S1, Ep3 And Justice for Some (29 Jan 2001)

A teenager is cajoled by a friend to rob a convenience store for kicks, but when the friend pulls a gun on the store's owner, everything takes a turn for the worst. Once arrested, the friend claims he wasn't the one with the gun, and the innocent teen is charged with robbery in the first degree.





S1, Ep4 My Brother's Keeper (05 Feb 2001)

Bobby and Cynthia's relationship intensifies, but Bobby's career still hangs in the balance as a detective tries to identify and then get information from his hospitalized brother, Frank. Frank has come out of a coma after a drug-related mugging and beating. The detective wants to know who erased a conviction on Frank's drug arrest record.





S1, Ep5 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (05 Feb 2001)

Cynthia sees how the other half lives when a former maid's daughter and childhood playmate, Amanda, appears in night court. Amanda suffers from a bipolar disorder and currently doesn't have her medication and is living on the streets.





S1, Ep6 Hostage (12 Feb 2001)

Everyone must play along when a Vietnamese man tries to obtain justice for the murder of his parents by American soldiers in the Vietnam War. Judge Sims' courtroom is televised live for the country as Bobby prosecutes and Ramon defends the soldiers who have been forced to come to the court either in person or by telephone.





S1, Ep7 Things Change (19 Feb 2001)

A woman is arrested after her five-year-old daughter who suffers from cerebral palsy is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The child is severely underweight and small for her age. The woman has three other children, all by different fathers, who also appear to have been neglected. They are put in foster care while their mother awaits trial.





S1, Ep8 Lady Paris (26 Feb 2001)

Judge Rifkind, who's still being berated in the New York press for going easy on an offender who shot a rookie cop, recommends that Ramon get a taste of what the streets are really like by riding around with other police officers in a patrol car. Ramon complies and meets a prostitute named Paris who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.





S1, Ep9 A Shot in the Dark (26 Feb 2001)

District Attorney Spiegelman singles Bobby out to do pre-trial work for a highly publicized case involving a white cop who shot a black man in the back while arresting him. Bobby is given an assistant with a chip on his shoulder, Milton Hong, who thinks the case should have been his. Bobby re-interviews Hong's witnesses and by gaining their trust, gleans more information from them.





S1, Ep10 Joe Must Go (12 Mar 2001)

When the mayor's lead in the upcoming primary begins to wane, the press sites Judge Rifkind's ordeal as one of the Mayor's problems. The mayor puts in motion a plan to have Rifkind removed from the bench. In the ADA's office, maintenance removes Bobby's computer so it can be evaluated for misconduct.





S1, Ep11 The Bug (19 Mar 2001)

Shortly after a phone worker reports that he found a "bug" on a phone line, the man is arrested on drug charges. He claims that he's being framed by a federal agency to protect an illegal wiretap. His defending attorney, Ramon, believes him and uses it as his defence before Judge Rifkind.





S1, Ep12 Domestic Abuses (26 Mar 2001)

Judge Rifkind seriously considers teaching law school when he revisits his love and appreciation for American law. Cassandra gives Ramon an ultimatum: either he can be a good husband and father, or he can be single. His decision becomes complicated when a former girlfriend makes him an offer that could jump-start more than his career.





S1, Ep13 Let's Make a Night of It (02 Apr 2001)

Justice takes a side step when a popular football player is brought into night court for beating up a female groupie. Cynthia attempts to prosecute, but the victim is unwilling to talk and the presiding judge is a fan of the player. Television executives offer Judge Sims her own show.



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