Dead Man’s Hand

"Cruise To Nowhere" synopsis :: When the body of a former school chancellor is fished out of the Hudson River, Detectives Goren (Vincent D’Onofrio) and Eames (Kathryn Erbe) find out that he was a high roller on a casino boat off the New York coast. They soon zero in on Joey (guest star Lou Taylor Pucci), a talented but arrogant young gambler who was owed $500,000 by the victim. But the police also cannot ignore the dead man’s resentful brother-in-law Phil, (guest star John Pankow) when they discover that he not only raised Joey, but taught him poker and intentionally placed him on the ship on the fateful night.

20-year-old actor Lou Taylor Pucci (The Chumscrubber, Thumbsucker) plays young gambler Joey Frost in an episode of Law & Order :: Criminal Intent that filmed in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.  A dead man’s hand is played out when a high-rolling gambler is fished out of water in Law & Order :: Criminal Intent episode "Cruise To Nowhere", which airs Sunday, April 30 on NBC @ 9PM ET/PT on NBC.  More pictures in the gallery!