Bling

"Bling"
←	L&O, Episode 17.18	→
Production number: 17018 First aired: 6 April 2007
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Written By Matt McGough Directed By Karen Gaviola

Plot

A female rapper is murdered and the suspect list is a long one, but the detectives are unsure if her death was connected to her music or just a random attack. When the suspect list is narrowed down, Rubirosa convinces McCoy to take a closer look into which one is lying.

Cast

Main cast

• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• Milena Govich as Detective Nina Cassady
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
• Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch

Recurring cast

• Peter McRobbie as Judge Walter Bradley
• Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Mark Kenneth Smaltz as Judge William Koehler

Guest cast

• Nicky Katt as Isaac Krantz
• Neal Huff as Steven Smith
• Thaddeus Daniels as Attorney Matthews
• Ato Essandoh as Andre Blair
• Gareth Saxe as Davis Dedecker
• Royce Johnson as Ricky Bonner
• Areshia McFarlin as Roxy Black
• Tari Signor as Dr. Erica Rubin
• Michael Thomas Holmes as Jay Landsberg
• Joey Auzenne as Don Bissell
• Wolé Parks as Thomas Ryland
• Sara Kathryn Bakker as Gwen Krantz
• Greg Zittel as Judge Barton Davies
• Cedric Sanders as Derek
• Bill Coelius as Mike
• Will Triplett as Mike
• Brandon Reilly as Seth
• Sean Oliver as Court Clerk
• Steve Hamm as Uniform #1
• Quinton Aaron as Bodyguard (uncredited)
• Osas Ighodaro as Model (uncredited)
• La Rivers as Receptionist (uncredited)

References

• Charles Bronson
• P Diddy
• Al Green
• Clarice James (victim)
• Jay Z
• South Africa
• The Temptations

Quotes

Nina Cassady (about Sweet Clarisse): Too violent for me. Sex, guns and a nasty mouth.

Ed Green (holding up Sweet Clarisse's necklace): Wow, that's a whole lotta bling to leave behind. What do you think that goes for?

Nina Cassady: Our combined salaries.

Jack McCoy (about Andre Blair): Some people don't change.

Connie Rubirosa: Or maybe he's just had bad luck with authorities in the past.

Jack McCoy: Which he's glamorized the hell out of on countless albums. I'm looking at the evidence, Connie. That's it, just the evidence.

Andre Blair (about his violent music): That's music. Make-believe, fantasy, not real life.

Jack McCoy: Unfortunately, sometimes they merge.

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Groove Track Recording Studio Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Wednesday, February 15	Time of Death Records 209 Lexington Avenue Wednesday, February 15	City Women's Medical Center 516 West 28th Street Wednesday, February 15

4	5	6
Home of Isaac Krantz 1090 Park Avenue Thursday, February 16	Ike & Co. Jewelers 14 East 46th Street Tuesday, February 21	Supreme Court Alocution Hearing Friday, February 24

7	8
Supreme Court Trial Part 33 Monday, April 3	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Friday, April 7

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