"Law & Order" Sideshow (1999)

Director:

Edwin Sherin

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Rene Balcer (writer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

17 February 1999 (Season 9, Episode 14)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

The death of a government official in New York leads Jack McCoy to cross swords with the Independent Counsel in Washington, as he tries to keep the identity of a key witness secret. |

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
George Hearn	...	Independent Counsel William Dell
Meg Gibson	...	Faye Wellington
T. Scott Cunningham
Julie Nathanson	...	Katherine Rainer
Adam Grupper	...	Ned Burks
Kathleen Widdoes	...	Judge Childers
John Dossett	...	Frank Wellington
Pamela Payton-Wright	...	Vivian McBride
Richard Belzer	...	Det. John Munch

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Sam Waterston's character, Jack McCoy's full name is John James McCoy. He gives his full name in the episode Sideshow in order to have it placed on a grand jury subpoena.

Quotes:

Det. John Munch: [Briscoe and Munch are canvassing a lesbian bar for witnesses] Look at all these women - they're all gorgeous.
Det. Lennie Briscoe: And happy. If they ever invent artificial sperm and a machine that opens jars, we're out of business.