Absentia

"Absentia"
←	L&O, Episode 13.13	→
Production number: E3314 First aired: 12 February 2003
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Written By Eric Overmyer Directed By Martha Mitchell & Darnell Martin

Plot

A robbery in a jewelry store leaves the owner dead and a witness injured. After the missing witness fails to appear in court, he is linked to a 20-year-old murder case.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Elisabeth Röhm as A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
• Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch

Recurring cast

• David Chandler as Defense Attorney Marvin Silverman
• Jordan Charney as Judge Donald Karan
• Lauren Klein as Judge Carla Solomon
• David Lipman as Arraignment Judge Morris Torledsky
• Norma Fire as Judge Pamela Jensen
• William C. Mitchell as Judge J. Connolly

Guest cast

• Mandy Patinkin as Levi March/Glenn Fordyce
• Peter Appel as Kraków
• Andrew McCarthy as Defense Attorney Finnerty
• Christina Rouner as Anne-Marie Gautreaux
• Jean Brassard as Detective Rene Laberc
• John Tormey as Detective Will Ashman
• Shannon Burkett as Carla Baker
• Tracy Sallows as Rosalie Carmody
• Sara Surrey as Jeanette Gautreaux
• Gene Farber as Eddie Travandze
• Polly Adams as Attorney Gabrielle Simone
• Jenny Deller as Marina Travandze
• Tyrone Mitchell Henderson as Tim Yeats
• Sophina Brown as Dina
• James Ryan as Robby
• J. Bernard Calloway as Corrections Officer
• Lou Carbonneau as Crime Technician
• L.B. Williams as Foreman
• Frank Bonsangue as Court Clerk

References

• Davis v. Alaska
• Crosby v. United States
• Canada
• Abby Sherman
• Lorena Bobbitt
• KGB
• Georgia (country)
• Ukraine
• Russia
• Russian Mob
• CIA
• FBI
• John F. Kennedy
• John Lennon
• Mark David Chapman

Quotes

(About Eddie Travandzes)

Briscoe: Says here he's from Georgia.

Green: So his "foreign accent" was Southern?

Briscoe: No. Georgia... as in former Soviet Union. You know, Russia.

Background information and notes

• Goofs:
  • Lauren Klein is credited as "Judge Carla Soloman", but her other appearances have her listed as "Carla Solomon", likely misspelled in this episode.
  • This episode aired on February 12, 2003. The days and dates on the episode scene cards do not correspond to any calendar.

Episode scene cards

1	2
Gem Pawnbrokers 378 Hudson Street Tuesday, November 20	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Friday, November 23

3	4	5
Supreme Court Trial Part 59 Wednesday, December 26	Supreme Court Trial Part 59 Friday, December 28	City of Montreal Police Service Quebec, Canada Thursday, January 4

6	7	8
Café Renoir 460 Rue Drolet Quebec, Canada Friday, January 5	Supreme Court Trial Part 73 Tuesday, February 5	Supreme Court Trial Part 73 Wednesday, February 6

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