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“ | Do you want me to sound like a minister? It's the fornicators, the adulterers, the sodomites, those who defile God and worship Mammon. Do you want me to sound like everyone else? Go outside and look around! | „ |
~ Hendricks preaching his gospel. |
Daniel Hendricks is the main antagonist of the Law & Order episode "Apocrypha". He is a cult leader who orders one of his followers to bomb a bank that he blames for the death of his brother. He is loosely based on the late serial killer and cult leader Charles Manson.
He was portrayed by Sam Robards.
Biography[]
Early life[]
When Hendricks was in high school, his older brother died of a heroin overdose, and Hendricks grew to hate the "Godless" society he blamed for his family's tragedy. He turned to an apocalyptic version of Christianity, which he proselytized to everyone he met.
His rage and feelings of persecution grew after he was kicked out of the Army and his church, and he founded a cult called the Archerusian Temple, taking in homeless runaway teenagers and brainwashing them with his twisted version of Scripture. He took over their lives, isolating them from their families and forbidding them to have any contact with the outside world. He became a God figure in their lives, and made them his willing slaves.
In "Apocrypha"[]
Hendricks orders one of his followers, Wendy Berman, to blow up a bank suspected of money laundering for a Columbian drug cartel, whom he blames for his brother's addiction; Berman is killed in the bombing. NYPD Homicide Detectives Lennie Briscoe and Mike Logan investigate Hendricks' cult, and arrest him for brainwashing Berman into blowing up the bank.
Executive Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone and Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid prosecute Hendricks for causing the bombing, even as forensic psychiatrist Elizabeth Olivet says that he is mentally ill and not legally responsible for his actions. During the trial, Hendricks claims to be the Messiah, showing his true colors to the jury, even as his rapt followers cheer him on.
Upon being found guilty, Hendricks sticks thumb tacks in his palms to create the illusion of Stigmata. Later that night, his followers commit mass suicide. Hendricks is presumably imprisoned for life for his crimes.
External Links[]
- Daniel Hendricks at the Law & Order Wiki
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