"Law & Order" Return (2000)

Director:

Stephen Wertimer

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Aaron Zelman (writer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

15 November 2000 (Season 11, Episode 5)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

When a suspected murderer tries to seek shelter in Israel, the DA's office faces the difficult task of extraditing and trying him in New York while also satisfying the Jewish community. |

Plot Keywords:

Police | Evidence | Investigation | Detective | District Attorney

Cast

Jerry Orbach	...	Detective Lennie Briscoe
Jesse L. Martin	...	Detective Ed Green
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston	...	Jack McCoy
Angie Harmon	...	A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
Dianne Wiest	...	D.A. Nora Lewin
Evan Handler	...	Eli Becker
Bruce Altman	...	Brad Feldman
Sam Schacht	...	Nathan Becker
Joe Maruzzo	...	Sal Bonafiglio
David Wike	...	Frank
Bruce Ornstein	...	Lev Berenson
Lynne Charnay	...	Rose Caplan
Rick D. Wasserman	...	David Caplan (as Rick Wasserman)
Laurie Heineman	...	Sylvia Becker
Danny Maseng	...	Consulate General for Israel (as Don T. Maseng)
Matthew Dixon	...	Eddie Novello
Antone Pagan	...	Ronnie Ortega
Kevin Rennard	...	Toreador
Alicia Brockwell	...	Sugar
Sol Frieder	...	Rabbi #1
Morris S. Friedman	...	Rabbi #2 (as Rabbi M. Friedman)
Robert Levine	...	Rabbi #3
Joel Leffert	...	Jerry Belichek
Elizabeth Martin	...	Store Manager
Robert Alexander Owens	...	Hal Bates
Lucille Rivin	...	Passport Worker
Patrick Frederic	...	Locksmith
Robert Harte	...	Student #1
Gerry Rosenthal	...	Student #2
Johnny Lancaster	...	Student #3
Phyllis Bash	...	Judge Jensen
Brian Dykstra	...	CSU Officer
E. Patrick Corbett	...	Bartender
Floyd Resnick	...	Sergeant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steven Zirnkilton	...	Narrator (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Wertimer		(as Steve Wertimer)

Writing credits
Dick Wolf		(creator)
Aaron Zelman		(writer)

Produced by
William M. Finkelstein	....	executive producer
William N. Fordes	....	producer
Arthur W. Forney	....	co-executive producer
Lewis Gould	....	producer (as Lewis H. Gould)
Jeffrey L. Hayes	....	co-executive producer (as Jeffrey Hayes)
Kati Johnston	....	producer
Gary Karr	....	producer
Lynn Mamet	....	producer
Kathy McCormick	....	co-executive producer
Kathy O'Connell	....	associate producer
Arthur Penn	....	executive producer
Barry Schindel	....	supervising producer
Richard Sweren	....	co-executive producer
Dick Wolf	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Mike Post

Cinematography by
Constantine Makris

Film Editing by
David Siegel		(as David J. Siegel)

Casting by
Suzanne Ryan

Production Design by
Robert Thayer

Art Direction by
C.J. Simpson

Set Decoration by
Edward Briggs

Costume Design by
Jennifer von Mayrhauser

Makeup Department
Sandy DeBlasio	....	hair supervisor
Patricia Regan	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Kati Johnston	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stacey Beneville	....	second assistant director
Mary Rae Thewlis	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Tom Conway	....	set dresser (as Eoghan Conway)
Julie Dubrow	....	assistant props
Daniel Fisher	....	stand-by set dresser
John Grimolizzi	....	construction coordinator
Candis Heiland	....	assistant property master
T.J. Horan	....	set dresser
Thomas Hudson Reeve	....	set dresser
Linda Skipper	....	scenic charge
Ron Stone	....	property master
John W. Farraday	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jeffrey Kaplan	....	supervising sound editor
Jeff Pullman	....	sound mixer
Robert Taz Larrea	....	boom operator
Karl Wasserman	....	sound utility

Stunts
Jery Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Eli Aronoff	....	assistant camera
Jessica Burstein	....	still photographer
Jeremy Hill	....	best boy
William Klayer	....	gaffer
Carl Peterson	....	key grip
Peter Reniers	....	camera operator
Jeremy Schroeder	....	best boy grip
Steven Search	....	assistant camera
Miles Strassner	....	dolly grip
Michael 'Rodi' Rodia	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Fleet Emerson	....	extras casting
Sylvia Fay	....	extras casting
Claire Traeger	....	casting associate
Ali Merhi	....	extras casting director (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leslie Bernstein	....	assistant costume designer
Michael Fisher	....	wardrobe assistant
Anne Steinbauer	....	key wardrobe

Music Department
Libby Pedersen	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Bill Curry Jr.	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Cynthia Balfour	....	script supervisor
Crista Barrasso	....	location coordinator
Wendy Battles	....	executive story editor
Elizabeth Carlton Chase	....	coordinator of production: Studios USA (as Elizabeth Carlton)
Bridget Clark	....	location manager
Park Dietz	....	technical advisor (as Dr. Park Dietz)
Paul Manilla	....	production accountant
Lydia Mayberry	....	assistant: Dick Wolf (as Lydia Mayberry Friedman)
Gene Ritchings	....	production coordinator
Cheryl D. Sims	....	payroll accountant
Michael Struk	....	technical advisor
Matt Witten	....	story editor
Anthony Azzara	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nancy Miller
David Streever		written by
Dick Wolf		creator

Produced by
Morgan Gendel	....	co-producer (1995-1996)
Peter Giuliano	....	producer (2004-2006)

Makeup Department
Kevin-James Bennett	....	makeup artist
Joseph Farulla	....	makeup artist (seasons 11-15)
Linda Grimes	....	makeup assistant department head (2 episodes)
Evan Campbell	....	sculptor (uncredited)

Production Management
E. Monique Floyd	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nate Grubb	....	dga trainee
Erin Haigh	....	dga trainee (as Erin Joy Haigh)
Laurie Jackson	....	dga trainee
Johanna Jensen	....	second assistant director (pilot and multiple episodes)
Daniel Lowe	....	dga trainee
Meghan Myszkowski	....	dga trainee
Dominick Scarola	....	dga trainee (season 10)
Rosadel Varela	....	dga trainee
Jennifer Wilkinson	....	dga trainee

Art Department
JoAnn Atwood	....	set dresser
Anthony Baldasare	....	set dresser (season 1)
Craig Binkley	....	property master (special triology- 3 episodes)
Heather Brown	....	art department coordinator
Robert Currie	....	props
Justin Elterman	....	graphic designer
Laurie Friedman	....	art consultant
Steven Gamiello	....	props (1994-1996)
Gregory Hill	....	assistant art director (2002-2004)
Nicholas Lundy	....	assistant art director
Kara Torney	....	art department coordinator (as Kara Zeigon)

Sound Department
Peter Bergren	....	sound effects editor (seasons 1 and 2)
David A. Cohen	....	sound editor (1991-1992 season)
Norval D. Crutcher III	....	dialogue editor (1994-1995)
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer (various episodes)
Lee Dragu	....	sound editor
Diana Flores	....	adr mixer
Michael Gollom	....	sound editor
Mark Kamps	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Kamps	....	sound post-production
Jeff Kushner	....	dialogue editor
Brian Miksis	....	sound mixer (multiple episodes)
Robb Navrides	....	sound editor
Gary Parker	....	boom operator (multiple episodes 1997-)
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist (1999 and 2000)
Michael Primmer	....	additional boom operator
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Craig T. Rosevear	....	foley editor
Mike Schmidt	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Evan Campbell	....	special effects sculptor
Steve Wolf	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Lloyd Lee Barnett	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Roy T. Anderson	....	stunt double (2004)
Bob Colletti	....	stunts
Peter Epstein	....	stunts
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts (1994)
Mam Smith	....	stunts
Shawnna Thibodeau	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
James Boniece	....	best boy
James Boniece	....	grip
Xiomara Comrie	....	assistant camera
Glenn Fishel	....	grip (2005-2006)
Susan Gabbay	....	second assistant camera (1996-1997)
Daniel Galiardi	....	assistant camera
Wesley Hodges	....	second assistant camera
Amy Albano Jachyra	....	second assistant camera
Jendra Jarnagin	....	additional electrician
Eric M. Klein	....	grip
Saiyiu. Li	....	camera trainee
Jason Micallef	....	electrician
Anna Novick	....	grip
Christopher Piazza	....	camera trainee
Colin Rich	....	assistant camera trainee
Oden Roberts	....	assistant camera
Darren Ryan	....	24 frame video operator
Abe Schrager	....	camera operator: second unit
Jamie Silverstein	....	camera operator
Mike Sime	....	video operator
Jonas Steadman	....	additional focus puller: "a" camera (2001)
Tom Vulliez	....	additional grip
Pamela Weese	....	electrician

Casting Department
Jennifer Euston	....	casting assistant (1997)
Todd Feldman	....	background casting associate
Wendy M. Roberts	....	casting associate
Jennifer Sabel	....	extras casting associate (season 15)
Kristian Sorge	....	extras casting associate (season 15)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sonya M. Andonov	....	set costumer
Danajean Church	....	key wardrobe
Maria E. Kenny	....	assistant costume designer
Frankie Ritacco	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Trey Coscia	....	post-production assistant
Charlotte Grau	....	colorist
Benjamin Rapoport	....	assistant editor (1990-1993)

Music Department
Timothy Andrew Edwards	....	promo music
John Henry Kreitler	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Marc Abbott	....	production assistant (1999)
Brian Amyot	....	production assistant
Joseph Aquino	....	location assistant (season 15)
Chris Arena	....	production assistant
David H. Barash	....	location coordinator
John Ian Briody	....	production assistant
Heather Brown	....	production secretary
Lauren Butler	....	production office assistant
Salvatore Carino	....	assistant production auditor
Eddy Collyns	....	assistant location manager
Audrey Davis	....	publicist (2003)
Valerie Desjardins	....	script supervisor
Chuck Dudley	....	production assistant
Guy Efrat	....	location assistant
Guy Efrat	....	location scout
Vadim Epstein	....	production assistant
John Fedynich	....	location scout
James Feldman	....	production assistant
Krista Fico	....	set production assistant
Jesse Fox Chaney	....	additional production assistant (as Jesse Chaney)
Anouk Frösch	....	assistant: Elisabeth Rohm
Michael Fucci	....	assistant location manager
Joe Gagnepain	....	production assistant
Betty Green	....	title designer
Rico Green	....	office executive assistant
David Gross	....	production assistant
David K. Huang	....	production assistant (2004)
Beth Humphreys	....	legal supervisor
Sebastian Iervolino	....	production assistant
Stacey Kelly	....	production assistant
Eric Kench	....	additional production assistant
Gene Kraft	....	title designer
Richard Lippin	....	publicist (2004)
Paul Mancini	....	production assistant
Linda Marshall-Smith	....	assistant location manager (1990-1992, 1995)
Katie Massa Kennedy	....	caption editor (as Katie Massa)
Kate McCallum	....	development assistant (as Kate Rubin)
Kerry McCrohan	....	production assistant
Bryan Meyers	....	key set production assistant
Karla Nappi	....	production secretary
Raymond L. Negron	....	key production assistant (as Ray Negron)
Leon Ortiz-Gil Jr.	....	production assistant (1992 -1997)
Joan Preston	....	utility stand-in
B. Reeves	....	additional production assistant
Justin Reid	....	production assistant
Colin Rich	....	production assistant
Matt Richardson	....	accounting assistant
Tim Saccardo	....	assistant to executive producer
Maurice Sessoms	....	production assistant
Caryn Shuken	....	location liaison
Josh Silfen	....	production assistant
Billy Smith	....	location assistant
Shawn Sweeney	....	assistant location manager
Willie Toubman	....	production assistant
Sean Tufts	....	production assistant
Lynda Van Damm	....	production controller
Eva Vedock	....	craft service (2000)
David Von Roehm	....	stand-in
Michael C. Watkins	....	production assistant (1995-1997)
Adrian Wattenmaker	....	production assistant (1999-2001)
John W. Wayland	....	location assistant (2000-2001)
Justin Weinberger	....	production assistant
Laura Wheeler	....	production assistant
Sandra M. White	....	production assistant (1998-2001)
David Wittlin	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Wolf Films
• Studios USA Television

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2000) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Runtime:

60 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Wolf Films

Possible spoilers for TWO episodes (11.5 and 13.11)

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I think Midnight Raider is confusing this episode of Law & Order with one that aired in season 13 (episode 11, "Chosen"). While each episode deals with a Jewish suspect and makes specific focus on Isreal, the subplots and issues surrounding each case are very different.

"Return" revolves around a murder-for-hire suspect claiming the right of return to Isreal in order to avoid being arrested and prosecuted in Manhattan and McCoy's efforts extradite, while "Chosen" deals with the robbery and murder of a bookie whose money is sent to the Isreali cause, a motive the defense lawyer is certain will play well to a jury he packed with Jewish citizens (which neither McCoy nor Southerlyn realized until it was too late).

Both are typical McCoy going to the extreme to make his case.