Atonement

"Atonement"
←	L&O, Episode 6.18	→
Production number: K0123 First aired: 10 April 1996
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Written By Morgan Gendel Directed By Martha Mitchell

Plot

Suspects in the case of a missing model include a nightclub owner, a basketball player and a limo driver.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Joanna Merlin as Defense Attorney Deirdre Powell
• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• William Severs as Judge Henry Fillmore

Guest cast

• Michael Imperioli as Johnny Stivers
• Josh Hopkins as Ken Soames
• Mark Zimmerman as Frederick Scannel
• Phil Coccioletti as Rick Kasteler
• Karen Williams as Monica Wickes
• Margo Martindale as Ms. Best
• John Woodson as Detective Henry Jones
• Hal Robinson as Mr. Lasko
• Patti Allison as Mrs. Lasko
• Caprice Benedetti as Amber
• Michaline Babich as Joan
• Angelina Fiordellisi as Zoe Stivers
• Mark Lotito as Nance
• Joseph Lyle Taylor as Brown
• Mick O'Rourke as Gaffers
• Patty Dworkin as Carol
• Andrew Pang as Mr. Nakiyama
• William Paulson as Sampson
• Lionel Pina as Officer Ortega
• John Elsen as Officer Crain
• Joan Bodgen as Mrs. Dubinsky
• Rick Gomez as Ticket Taker
• John Nacco as Mr. Libby
• Chris Walker as CSU Tech Cummings
• David Haugen as Jenner
• Lisa Kron as Warren

References

• Cindy Crawford
• Prague, Czech Republic
• USS Intrepid
• Saudi Arabia
• Sharon Lasko (victim)
• Sophocles
• The Three Stooges

Quotes

Curtis: Swell place for a party.

Briscoe: Yeah, the PPA ought to make R and R facilities like this an item in the next negotiations.

Curtis: Yeah, I'd settle for a raise.

Briscoe: Oh, will you lighten up? Come on, picture this: Detective Rey Curtis on his afternoon break in a jacuzzi with a hooker.

Curtis: Yeah. Picture me lying dead in an alley with my wife standing over me.

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Schiff: This kid falls in love with a girl he has no chance in the world to get.

McCoy: And in a stupid, hopeless attempt to impress her, he shows her a million dollars worth of cocaine.

Schiff: Yeah, I guess etchings don't work anymore.

Kincaid: And as a result he ends up having to kill her.

Schiff: A story for Sophocles.

McCoy: Or Larry, Moe and Curly.

Schiff: Yeah. I always loved those guys.

Background information and notes

• Michael Imperioli makes his first appearance on Law & Order as Johnny Stivers in this episode. He later starred as Nick Falco at the end of season 15, starting with the episode "Publish and Perish".

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Home of Mr. & Mrs. Lasko Astoria, NY Tuesday, February 7	Club Psycho 604 West 20th Street Tuesday, February 7	Sun Photo Agency 435 Madison Avenue Tuesday, February 7

4	5	6
Office of Medical Examiner Monday, February 13	Apartment of Johnny Stivers 32 West 63rd Street Thursday, February 16	Arto's Pizzeria 203 West 83rd Street Tuesday, February 21

7	8	9
Supreme Court Trial Part 43 Thursday, March 28	Metor-Global Travel 64 West 62nd Street Monday, April 10	Organized Crime Control Bureau Wednesday, April 12

10	11
Apartment of Monica Wickes 1280 Second Avenue Thursday, April 13	Office of Executive Assistant D.A. McCoy Friday, April 14

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