Series 3: "Door Handle" (March 30, 1995): Not in this episode - although you'd rightly expect it would be, as the girls take the Concorde to New York City for a day. There are some great location shots on the East Side, but no World Trade Center.
Series 3: "The End" (May 11, 1995): In the first few minutes of the series finale (although they did come back with a two-part special, The Last Shout), a quick establishing shot of NYC shows the towers. You would expect to see the twins again in the second-to-last scene, with the great, circling helicopter shot of Patsy on the rooftop (which appears to be somewhere in Midtown), but - as one who has seen all the AbFab episodes countless times, believe me - the towers are not to be seen in that fantastic shot of the city.
A brief glimpse of the WTC is seen during the opening credits of the show, from the second through the eighth (last) seasons.
- JR
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Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions
Where to find the Twin Towers:
I believe it's episode #212, "Manhattan," of this culinary PBS series in which Wolf talks at length about the dining habits of New Yorkers, with the WTC behind him. In truth, I could be wrong about the series itself (Wolf's done a few similar programs, including What We Eat).
In the pre-9/11 opening credits. Beginning with 2001-2002 season, NBC yanked all images of the World Trade Center; since SVU was not released on DVD until 2003, I'm assuming (I don't know, as I haven't watched the DVDs) that the WTC is missing from the DVD versions of the pre-9/11 episodes. I also don't know where the WTC can spotted within individual episodes, or if any WTC shots have been excised from the DVDs.
"The Cold War's over, John. But with no clear enemy to stockpile against, the arms market's flat. But bring down a fully loaded 727 into the middle of New York City and you'll find a dozen tinpot dictators all over the world just clamouring to take responsibility, and begging to be smart-bombed."
- Byers, Sr. Lone Gunmen pilot, March 4, 2001
Excerpted from the now-defunct Lone Gunmen Realm Web site:
The 12D plan is for a small group of government operatives to crash a jetliner into New York City in order to keep tensions high and increase arms sales. Bert is doing what he can and thinks he knows which flight they have targeted. ... The two Byers head for the airport to try to find the explosives in the aircraft. Both board the plane, but cannot find explosives, using hydrocarbon "sniffer" devices.
They realize that the airplane will be remote controlled, just like Bert's car was. Talking by phone to the Gunmen's office, Byers asks Langly and Frohike to hack into the aircraft controls. They do and discover that the plane is programmed to crash into the World Trade Center. Bert enters the cockpit and tries to warn the aircrew, but they don't believe him. Making a lunge, he deactivates the autopilot and the crew realizes that they are not in control. They have 22 minutes before they hit the building. ...
Where to find the Twin Towers:
There are many quick-cut nighttime shots of the WTC as the hijacked plane approaches Manhattan:
LANGLY: Byers. Your flight's going to make an unscheduled stop. In exactly 22 minutes.
(Cut to FROHIKE and LANGLY.)
FROHIKE: Corner of Liberty and Washington, Lower Manhattan.
CUT TO:
(Onboard the aircraft. BYERS and BYERS SNR are trying to keep their voices low.)
BYERS: World Trade Center. (He turns to his father) They're going to crash it into the World Trade Center.
. . .
(A shot of the aircraft from above then from underneath showing the Twin Towers getting closer. Then BYERS. Then the pilot. Then view through flight deck window. Then LANGLY with his head in his hands.)
(LANGLY's computer beeps. The message on screen reads: "ALERT: REMOTE ACCESS DETECTED. Port: 1080 offending IP: 256.65.9.127")
(Then another message: "Manual Override Unlocked")
LANGLY: Oh. B - I - N - G - O.
. . .
(We then cut to view of the Twin Towers approaching quickly, then to flight deck. There's a beep and a green light shows on the control panel.)
CO-PILOT: We've got manual override!
(Scene of aircraft rapidly gaining altitude. Passengers and belongings tumble to the cabin floor. Long scene of aircraft flying up and eventually over the top of the buildings.)
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Matlock
Where to find the Twin Towers:
Episode: "The Investigation: Part 1," February 2, 1988. No other information available. Can you tell us where to find the World Trade Center in this show?
