Cragen Is Indicted - Law & Order

Cragen is found out to be involved in a corruption plot in NYPD.

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Season 1, Episode 22. Cragen is implicated in an internal police scandal, and Stone reluctantly prosecutes him on bribery and corruption charges.

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[bentencho]

This is why Cragen never got promoted from Captain. I think he mentioned it before on SVU how he is the longest serving Captain in the NYPD. While he stuck to his principles, he made lots and lots of enemies.

[MaherDaaloul]

What the judge says at the end is so powerful! "We often say that public officials are not above the LAW, but that's not enough, they serve the LAW! If they don't respect it, who will?

[GoololeBoi]

Cragen is the OG of the Law and Order franchise, as well as Detective Mike Logan.

[chriscooper]

The pain that Cragen shows is all the more terrible because he knows his deception has to be two-fold: make the conspirators believe he's descended to their level, then to show that was a lie. And at least one of them was someone he thought of a true friend, a comrade he entrusted with his life.

[savannahgreyx]

Who’s watching 2020, I can’t get over how young Cragen looks

[billyalarie]

i can't get over the fact that, while he does look considerably younger here (obviously).... he still looks old. HE'S 40 YEARS OLD HERE

[FIREBRAND]

Looks like Captain Cragen has been decorated with the Meritorious Police Duty medal and two awards of the Excellent Police Duty medal

[onewayturtles]

Man, payphones. Those were the days.

[rickb.]

Bucket List: Watch EVERY Law and Order episode from start to finish..every single one...from pilot to end...

[QueerlyBeloved]

The look that old man gave Cragen, I think he KNEW he was being lied to and had no other way forward.

[Panwere]

This is where, IMHO, where the rout of the numerous attempts to destroy the SVU unit started. They tried to get rid of Cragen back then, and thought putting him in charge of the SVU would burn him out or some such. The final attempt was the multiple part season 13 finale - season 14 premiere when they tried to frame him for a hooker's murder and shut down the entire SVU unit. That was one of Dick Wolf's finest long game plots..and it shouldn't have surprised anyone how it ended up with Stabler leaving.. and now repeated attempts to force Benson out either.

[J.Artan]

It’s crazy how good this looks when it premiered a month before i was born.

[KOHF]

That look alone at 5:40 should have won that actor an Emmy.

[awesomesauce]

I swear the svu team is the reason he lost all his hair in the end 😂

[veecambo]

Krazy how this was the actual Law and order before SVU. The guy wolf is a genius

[GhostDrummer]

7:06 “The swimming pool Max. You were wondering about it? Marge paid for it.”

Ah, Lethal Weapon 4 inspiration. Now I gotta go watch those again.

[JULYXXIV]

This could explain why he was never promoted to Deputy Inspector...

[marcguerra]

Dan Florek is a great actor. I can’t ever imagine Law & Order SVU without him leading his team. It’ll be a sad day when, and if, he leaves.

[alysiamerdavid-wasser]

Wow. I almost forgot this one. I gotta say: I liked Florek a lot better as Cragen on SVU. His character was more fleshed out, and all of those years sober made him so admirable to me, especially* after the stuff he saw working THAT job. He didn't take any bs from his --Stabler-- squad bc he wasn't afraid of labels or a need to be macho. In the ep. with Abraham, everyone is ordered to see a shrink, & when Elliott is found unfit, he tells him so. When Cragen's investigated And ACTUALLY indicted (sn 14?) & jailed, he rolls with it. He understands the maxim that 'there are no justified resentments' and it made him a great leader.

[Aluhcav]

6:28 - 6:41That sums up everything, for anyone that holds any kind of office public or private.