Three Men and Adena [SEP] series
Three Men and Adena
"Three Men and Adena" is the fifth episode of the of the American police drama television series "". It originally aired on NBC in the United States on March 3, 1993. The episode was written by executive producer Tom Fontana and directed by Martin Campbell. In the episode, Pembleton and Bayliss have a 12-hour limit to elicit a confession from Risley Tucker for the murder of 11-year-old Adena Watson. The episode takes place almost entirely within the confines of the police interrogation room with
the ten best episodes of the series. "Sun" writer David Zurawik said Fontana's playwriting background was deeply infused in the episode, which he called a "landmark hour" that it "put (three men) and a few sticks of battle-scarred, municipal-green furniture and somehow managed to show us the human soul and the heart of darkness". Additionally, "Three Men and Adena" was among a 1999 Court TV marathon of the top 15 "Homicide" episodes, as voted on by 20,000