Bodies

"Bodies"
←	L&O, Episode 14.01	→
Production number: E4302 First aired: 24 September 2003
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Teleplay By William N. Fordes Story By William N. Fordes & Michael S. Chernuchin Directed By Constantine Makris

Plot

McCoy prosecutes a serial killer's defense attorney in an effort to uncover where the killer's victims' bodies are stored.

Legal aid attorney Tim Schwimmer is arrested for aiding and abetting a felon, as he knows where - and actually went to see - the bodies of the murdered young girls. This information is "leaked" to the newspaper and the entire community is outraged at Schwimmer.

McCoy and Southerlyn have differing views as to this legal strategy.

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

• Mimi Lieber as Legal Aid Attorney Wendy Weiss
• Jordan Charney as Judge Donald Karan
• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Susan Floyd as Defense Attorney Jessica Sheets
• Connie Winston as Judge Shirley Taylor
• Barbara Spiegel as Arraignment Judge Harriet Doremus
• Richard Hirschfeld as Assistant M.E. Brody

Guest cast

• Alexander Chaplin as Legal Aid Attorney Tim Schwimmer
• Ritchie Coster as Mark Bruner
• Vanessa Liguori as Julie
• Jill Dalton as Megan Goddard
• Stephanie Berry as Evelyn Quilty
• Katherine Leask as Ruth Galan
• Anderson Matthews as David Galan
• Thomas McCarthy as Lambert
• Michael Ryan Segal as Kurt Lemond
• Thom Sesma as Detective Ed Goldstein
• Michael Jannetta as Natowzki
• Stefanie Nava as Katie Corwin
• Adam Arian as Ari Mehlman
• Dean Wareham as Ken Cramer
• Frank Pando as Chris
• Adam Sietz as Alex
• Sam Marks as Uniform Cop
• Lou Sones as Court Clerk
• Melissa Gallagher as Woman
• John Forde as Dispatcher
• Kathy Danzer as Jury Foreperson

References

• St. Joseph's Academy
• Bobo's Bar
• New York Ciy Taxi & Limousine
• Greek Isle Cafe
• Attorney–client privilege
• F. Lee Bailey
• Albert DeSalvo
• Boston Strangler
• New York Daily News
• New York Post
• New York Times
• Poster child
• Mandatory appeal
• Rikers Island
• Gouda

Quotes

• Brunner: "Want some cheese?"..."It's Gouda."

• Ed Green: (reading a lawyer his rights) You have the right to an attorney.
• Lennie Briscoe: I think he knows that part, Ed.

Background information and notes

• Goof: This episode aired September 24, 2003. However, the episode scene cards days and dates correspond to a 2002 calendar.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4
St. Joseph's Academy 128 East 53rd Street Monday, June 24	Bobo's Bar 248 Eighth Avenue Monday, June 24	Apartment of Mrs. Evelyn Quilty 832 Amsterdam Avenue Wednesday, June 26	New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission Wednesday, June 26

5	6	7
Apartment of Mark Bruner 563 West 43rd Street Wednesday, June 26	27th Precinct Wednesday, June 26	Chambers of Judge Donald Karan Monday, July 1

8	9	10
Greek Isles Cafe 339 Canal Street Monday, July 1	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Tuesday, July 9	Supreme Court Trial Part 78 Thursday, September 17

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