Brazil (29 Mar. 2010)

When an environmental scientist, Dr. Oscar Silva, is poisoned during a global warming symposium, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard initially suspect competitors from Dr. Silva's field... See full summary »

Director:

Jean de Segonzac

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator), Keith Eisner (teleplay),

Stars:

Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy Sisto	...	Detective Cyrus Lupo
Anthony Anderson	...	Detective Kevin Bernard
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Linus Roache	...	Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter
Alana De La Garza	...	A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
Sam Waterston	...	Jack McCoy
Tony Hale	...	Phillip Shoemaker
Michael Tucker	...	Nelson Lehman
Julie Boyd	...	Sharon Lehman
Michele Pawk	...	Attorney Marks
Reed Birney	...	Dr. Everett Brown
Cindy Katz	...	Family Court Judge
Leslie Hendrix	...	Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
Stephen Henderson	...	Judge Marc Kramer (as Stephen McKinley Henderson)
Mark Nelson	...	Symposium Organizer

Storyline

When an environmental scientist, Dr. Oscar Silva, is poisoned during a global warming symposium, Detectives Cyrus Lupo and Kevin Bernard initially suspect competitors from Dr. Silva's field of study. It is soon discovered that Dr. Silva is involved in a messy custody battle with his wife's ex-husband, Phillip Shoemaker and the focus of the investigation quickly shifts to the victim's family. Meanwhile, the case becomes personal for Cutter as it stirs up unpleasant memories from his own past.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolf Films, Universal Media Studios (UMS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The date of the allocution hearing is listed as Monday, March 20th. Since they already established the previous week contained Monday March 15th, Wednesday March 17th and Friday March 19th, the allocution should have been Monday, March 22nd.

User Reviews

Too many headlines in this one

This series loves to say its stories are "ripped from the headlines." That's usually fine if you rip one headline at a time. But this episode goes for everything but the kitchen sink. We start with the Climategate scandal (the e-mails exposing the global warming fraud), then we jump to the story of the father's whose child was taken to Brazil by his wife (they couldn't even be bothered to change the country) and then a little later comes the New York version of Balloon Boy. All of this might still be okay if the overall story was satisfying, but this one ends with a examination of a witness that is totally ludicrous. The man on the stand would have to be a complete imbecile to have made the statements he makes. At the end of the episode, Cutter comments it was "not a good day." Well, he got that right.