"Law & Order" Cherished (1998)

Director:

Edwin Sherin

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Kathy McCormick (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

23 September 1998 (Season 9, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

New assistant D.A. Abbie Carmichael aggressively pursues an infant's death, and helps uncover a conspiracy involving a Russian adoption agency, gravely ill children, and an unethical doctor. |

Plot Keywords:

Attorney | Detective | Police | District Attorney | Evidence

Cast

Jerry Orbach	...	Detective Lennie Briscoe
Benjamin Bratt	...	Detective Rey Curtis
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston	...	Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
Angie Harmon	...	A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
Steven Hill	...	D.A. Adam Schiff
Joe Grifasi	...	James Linde
Jeanne Ruskin	...	Connerys' Attorney
Graham Winton	...	Mr. Waring
Spencer Breslin	...	Nicholas Waring
Lisa Bostnar	...	Elizabeth Waring
Monique Fowler	...	Megan Connery
Edward Conery	...	Edward Connery
Victor Steinbach	...	Dr. Andre Kostov
Tom Stechschulte	...	Judge Harold Rockwell

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Abby Carmichael transferred from "Special Narcotics" where she worked for four years, and had a 95% conviction rate.

Quotes:

Abbie Carmichael: This report says the child was 2 and a half years old, Marian was 13 months. They autopsied the wrong kid, send it back.
ADA Jack McCoy: Why don't you take yourself down and get acquainted with the medical examiner?
[cut to]
Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: It's the same kid, bone age doesn't lie.