Bend the Knee

"Bend the Knee"
←	L&O, Episode 25.05	→
Production number: 25005 First aired (US): 23 October 2025 First aired (CAN): 23 October 2025 First aired (AUS): 24 October 2025
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Written By Scott Gold Directed By Michael Smith

Summary

A law partner with prominent government clients is murdered. Baxter must consider making political concessions for the case to be a success.

Plot

plot

Cast

Main cast

• Reid Scott as Detective Vincent Riley
• Maura Tierney as Lieutenant Jessica Brady
• Hugh Dancy as E.A.D.A. Nolan Price
• Odelya Halevi as A.D.A. Samantha Maroun (credit only)
• Tony Goldwyn as D.A. Nicholas Baxter

Guest cast

• Tom Coiner as Robbie Chilton
• Pauline Egan as Bridget Chimenti
• Adam Henry Garcia as Eddie Lopez
• Hill Harper as Defense Attorney Eric Ferguson
• Ashlei Hazell as Emma Kotek
• Joshua Malina as Kevin Bradley
• Afsheen Misaghi as Nasser Al Qassimi
• Toby Leonard Moore as Jack Drell
• Mhari Sandoval as Judge Mabel Brown
• Trent Stone as Roger Wallace
• Michael David Turner as Jared Anechiarico
• Kevin Craig West as Federal Judge August West
• E.J. Zimmerman as Camilla Lamm
• Jessie Hooker-Bailey as Uni

References

• United Arab Emirates
• Louis Trammell
• Donald Trump

Quotes

quotes

Background Information and Notes

Episode scene cards

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Apartment Building of Robbie Chilton 766 West 15th Street Saturday, July 5	Elmhurst Star News 81-99 St. James Ave Saturday, July 5	Home of Roger Wallace 672 Greenwich Street Saturday, July 5

4	5
Federal Court Trial Part 11 Monday, July 7	Tavern on Reade 985 Reade Street Wednesday, October 22

Previous episode: "Two and Twenty"

"Bend the Knee" Law & Order Season 25

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