Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Christopher Meloni | ... | Detective Elliot Stabler | |
Mariska Hargitay | ... | Olivia Benson | |
Richard Belzer | ... | John Munch | |
Diane Neal | ... | Casey Novak | |
Ice-T | ... | Odafin Tutuola | |
BD Wong | ... | Dr. George Huang (as B.D. Wong) | |
Tamara Tunie | ... | Dr. Melinda Warner (credit only) | |
Dann Florek | ... | Donald Cragen | |
Marcia Gay Harden | ... | Star Morrison / FBI Agent Dana Lewis | |
J.C. MacKenzie | ... | Brian Ackerman | |
Joe Grifasi | ... | Hashi Horowitz | |
John Rubinstein | ... | Judge Schuyler | |
Joel Marsh Garland | ... | Brannon Lee Redding | |
Cody Kasch | ... | Kyle Ackerman | |
Myk Watford | ... | Mark Whitlock |
A sniper shooting into a school yard from a nearby roof kills one student, wounds others and leaves the rifle behind. The rifle is linked to a gun store owned by the head of a Neo-Nazi organization. Detective Munch is shot during the sniper's trial. Written by DAC4
I'm not sure that I've ever actually watched a TV episode in first-runs that was advertised with those words, but my goodness are they ever applicable to this episode. Its last five minutes instantly added probably three stars to what was already a pretty good episode. 8/10 becomes 11/10.
Now, of course, the way the episode gets there is dependent on a few patented "Law & Order" contrivances that'll bug you a little if you think about them too much, but if you're any kind of a fan of the franchise, you've long since learned not to - I know I have! I didn't mark spoilers, so I won't give any, but if you happen upon this episode in syndication, don't you dare turn away from it. This IMDb pages gives a specific enough synopsis to identify the episode, so in the interests of spoilerlessness (isn't it fun to make up words?) I won't even go that far here. Just don't miss the last five minutes.