Betrayal

"Betrayal"
←	L&O, Episode 18.11	→
Production number: 180-- First aired: 5 March 2008
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Written By Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo Directed By Marc Levin

Plot

A psychiatrist who counseled troubled teens is murdered, and the investigation reveals an audio tape that suggests he was intimately involved with his underage patients. This leads the detectives to suspect the man's wife, whom he met when she was his teenaged patient.

Cast

Main cast

• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Linus Roache as Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter
• Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
• Sam Waterston as D.A. Jack McCoy

Recurring cast

• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
• Joe Forbrich as Detective Joe Cormack
• Judith Hawking as Judge Noreen Morrison

Guest cast

• Madeleine Martin as Emma Waxman
• Gibson Frazier as Attorney Whitney
• John Scurti as Judge Anton Vittelli
• John Shea as Dr. Isaac Waxman
• Laura Stepp as June Doherty
• Moira Kelly as Katherine Waxman
• Eric Nelsen as Brandon Doherty
• Nancy Hess as Dr. Lydia Stronach
• John Driver as Dr. Charles Weller
• Fran Brill as Maureen Donovan
• Marsha Dietlein as Dr. Amy Allers
• Dan Da Silva as Barry Doherty
• Dylan Hartigan as Donnie Waxman
• Carson Kleiner as Heather Doherty
• Gaelan Connell as Jackson
• Orlagh Cassidy as Dana
• Remy Zaken as Amanda
• Ronete Levenson as Lexa
• Chadwick Brown as Liam

References

• Japan
• Tom Lupo
• Mike Logan
• New Hampshire
• Virginia Tech shooting

Background information and notes

• The episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "Safe from Harm".
• D.A. McCoy gives A.D.A. Cutter confidential information about Dr. Olivet, who is testifying for the defense. Cutter then uses that information to discredit her on the stand. She admits to having an affair years ago with a patient; a police officer who had lost his partner.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4	5
Home of Dr. Isaac Waxman 291 West 10th Street Thursday, August 2	Union Square Park East 14th Street And Broadway Thursday, August 2	Home of Barry and June Doherty 599 West 91 Street Thursday, August 2	Bellevue Hospital Psychiatric Wing 462 1st Street Friday, August 3	Greenwich Street School 655 Greenwich Street Monday, August 6

6	7	8	9
Home of Maureen Donovan Hanover, New Hampshire Tuesday, August 7	Chambers of Judge Anton Vittelli Wednesday, September 12	Supreme Court Trial Part 49 Monday, October 15	Supreme Court Trial Part 49 Wednesday, October 17

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