Embedded (19 Nov. 2003)

A reporter, just back from Iraq, is shot in the back by a military-issue handgun. Did he put soldiers' lives at risk with his reporting, and was the shooting payback for it?

Director:

Edwin Sherin

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Craig Turk

Stars:

Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jerry Orbach	...	Detective Lennie Briscoe
Jesse L. Martin	...	Detective Ed Green
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston	...	Jack McCoy
Elisabeth Röhm	...	A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	D.A. Arthur Branch
Nick Chinlund	...	Frank Elliott
Michael Medeiros	...	Defense Attorney Stewart Griffin
Robert Hogan	...	Judge Hugo Bright
Keith Nobbs	...	Sgt. George Meacham
Bess Wohl	...	Gia Whitchurch
Conan McCarty	...	Lt. Colonel Doug Denton
Jonno Roberts	...	Barry Boyd
Thomas Schall	...	Ted Lester
Chris McKinney	...	Mac

Storyline

Detectives Lennie Briscoe and Ed Green investigate the shooting of a television journalist, Frank Elliott, who was attacked outside a New York restaurant. They quickly determine that Elliott was shot by an army-issued weapon and they quickly identify a suspect. Elliott is an arrogant blow-hard who had only just returned from an assignment in Iraq where he was embedded with an army unit. Some men in the unit feel he gave away their position leading to the death of several men. Jack McCoy is determined not to let the publicity-seeking Elliott report on the trial but before he can go to trial himself, Elliott is arrested for treason.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 November 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Network Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Loosely based on Geraldo Rivera's embedment for Fox News during the Afghanistan/Iraq War.

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Goofs

Sgt. Meacham is an infantry soldier, yet doesn't wear the distinctive blue infantry shoulder cord, or the blue infantry discs behind the round branch insignia on his lapels.

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