Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jerry Orbach | ... | Detective Lennie Briscoe | |
Jesse L. Martin | ... | Detective Ed Green | |
S. Epatha Merkerson | ... | Lieutenant Anita Van Buren | |
Sam Waterston | ... | E.A.D.A. Jack McCoy | |
Elisabeth Röhm | ... | A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn | |
Fred Thompson | ... | D.A. Arthur Branch (as Fred Dalton Thompson) | |
Alexis Dziena | ... | Lena Parkova | |
Michael Boatman | ... | Defence Attorney Dave Seaver | |
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Jonathan Hogan | ... | Dr. Ellis Heinz |
Leslie Hendrix | ... | Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers | |
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Doug Stender | ... | Judge Joseph Flint |
Iris Little Thomas | ... | Trial Judge Barbara Lusky | |
Misha Kuznetsov | ... | Sergei Parkova | |
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Lisa Bostnar | ... | Yolanda Parkova |
Louis Vanaria | ... | Anthony Matteo |
Did a shady doctor irresponsibly prescribe pain-killing drugs to one of his patients, which resulted in her death?
This is one of my favorites for a couple of reasons. It's one of many where L&O gets things wrong for most of the episode. But my favorite scene, and one of the best ever, was when the Doctor was on the stand talking about how and why the victim died and the defendant's lawyer said something about the medical prognosis and the witness asked something like "and what medical school did you graduate from" and the defendant's lawyer responded with "Harvard, and I'm asking the questions here". Absolutely one of the best scenes ever! And after the sister's testimony I'm surprised it even went to the jury. Too many times Jack and company go for the jugular for wrong reasons. And personally I miss Jamie Ross.