"Law & Order" Patriot (2002)

Director:

David Platt

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
William N. Fordes (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

22 May 2002 (Season 12, Episode 24)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

A Desert Storm veteran who fancies himself a soldier on the War on Terror is charged with murdering an Arab man. The case becomes more complicated when evidence after the fact suggests that the victim may have indeed been a terrorist.

Plot Keywords:

Attorney | Detective | Police | District Attorney | Evidence

Cast

Jerry Orbach	...	Detective Lennie Briscoe
Jesse L. Martin	...	Detective Ed Green
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston	...	Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
Elisabeth Röhm	...	A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
Dianne Wiest	...	D.A. Nora Lewin
Leo Burmester	...	Lester Hastings
Terry Serpico	...	Frank Miller
Chris Bauer	...	Sergeant in Wheelchair
Jordan Gelber
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
David Aaron Baker	...	Adam Teague
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raul Aranas	...	Landlord
Mike Benitez	...	Clerk
Ed Bogdanowicz	...	ESU Team Leader
John Cariani	...	CSU Julian Beck
T.V. Carpio	...	Laundry Lady
Charlotte Colavin	...	Judge Lisa Pongracic
Robert Colston	...	Tenant #2
Eisa Davis	...	A.D.A.
Brian Donahue	...	Uniform Cop #1
Christopher Durham	...	Major R. Drifka
Matt Fischel	...	Department Staffer
Edward Hajj	...	Imam (as Edward A. Haji)
Bill Hoag	...	Fire Marshall
Scott Johnsen	...	Boss
Marc Damon Johnson	...	Mr. Jamison
Fran Lebowitz	...	Judge Janice Goldberg
Stephen Payne	...	Gerald Platt
Elisa Pugliese	...	Secretary
Peter Elliot Rabin	...	Foreman
Ron Lee Savin	...	Tenant #1
David Shumbris	...	Officer #1
M. Douglas Silverstein	...	Court Clerk
Tony Travis	...	Superintendent
Mark Elliot Wilson	...	FBI Agent

Company:

NBC Universal Television

Goofs:

Continuity: There is an explosion in a tenement building. The police identify the location as "9 Broome Street", but later on, the building is said to be "225 Stanton" (by the address on the checkbook of the victim).

Quotes:

Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy: [during his courtroom closing statements] How much of ourselves as a country are we willing to surrender to terrorism?

Movie Connections:

Featured in Law & Order: Profile - Jesse L. Martin (2004) (V)