First episode where DA Bureau Chief Elizabeth Donnelly transitions to Judge Elizabeth Donnelly.
Loosely based on the much-publicized case of Terry Schiavo.
Veronica Cartwright and Tina Holmes also played a mother-daughter pair in Dog Day Afternoons (2006).
Dean Cain and Christopher Meloni have both been in Superman related material Cain played the title character in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and was also Kara Danvers adopted father on CW Supergirl (2015), and Meloni was in Man of Steel (2013).
DA Arthur Branch (Fred Thompson ) appeared in eleven episodes of SVU: Fallacy (2003), Manic (2003), Loss (2003), Serendipity (2003), Abomination (2003), Shaken (2003), Night (2005), Goliath (2005), Starved (2005), Rockabye (2005), Gone (2006). His final appearance in the series was in February 2006. Sadly, the actor died on November 1, 2015.