Bogeyman

"Bogeyman"
←	L&O, Episode 18.15	→
Production number: 180-- First aired: 30 April 2008
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Teleplay By Richard Sweren Story By Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo Directed By Tim Hunter

Plot

A novelist's apparent suicide changes to a murder investigation. The suspects include a cult and her husband. Cutter's case is jeopardized by the defense attorney's indirect juror tampering tactics of scaring the jurors.

Cast

Main cast

• Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo
• Anthony Anderson as Detective Kevin Bernard
• 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

Guest cast

• Nicki Aycox as Kate Westwood
• Daniel London as Bradley Cameron
• Michael Stuhlbarg as Timothy Pace
• Peter Francis James as Judge John Laramie
• Guenia Lemos as Jenny Lupo
• Kristin Griffith as Dr. Martha Landry
• Bill Irwin as Ellison Conway
• Caroline Strong as Amy Tolberg
• Emily Dorsch as Sofia Cameron
• Barbara Gulan as Judge Carol Coughlin
• Marlon Morrison as Officer Garbus
• Jennifer Mercein as Laura Silver
• Brian Dykstra as Skip Elroy
• Christopher Burns as Bill
• Jeff Edgerton as Rick
• Debargo Sanyal as Atul
• Ray Wills as Peyser
• Bronwen Coleman as Gretchen
• Zuleyma Guevara as Angela
• Jose Febus as First Juror
• Tiffani Barbour as Third Juror
• Ericka Kreutz as Receptionist
• Jason Furlani as Sergeant
• Rose Gonzalez as Court Reporter
• Michael Markham as Clerk
• Laurence Gates as Newspaper Reporter #1
• Jeff Grossman as Newspaper Reporter #2

References

• Systemotics

Quotes

"He killed his own wife? Just to frame Systemotics?"
"A man who can throw himself off a balcony is capable of anything."

- Jack McCoy and Michael Cutter

"Dr. Landry, you're under arrest."
"Arrest? For what?"
"Let's start with steaming a kid like a hotdog and work from there."

- Cyrus Lupo and Dr. Landry

"How did I get through life without reading this?"
"Well, I couldn't get through it without aspirin."

- Anita Van Buren and Cyrus Lupo

"When your car is skidding out of control, steer into the skid."

- Jack McCoy

"I'm not sure that was by the book. Convinced him you were in Systemotics."
"Well with all that I've achieved, what makes you so sure that I'm not?"

- Connie Rubirossa and Michael Cutter

Background information and notes

• Special billing was given to Bill Irwin in this episode.
• Anthony Anderson joins the show in the contract role of Detective Kevin Bernard, after guest-starring in the previous episode. This would be the series' last main cast change until the season 21 revival in 2022.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4
Offices of Carterell Publishing 263 West 40th Street Tuesday, January 8	Hudson General Hospital 578 Williams Street Tuesday, January 8	Recruiting Center of Systemotics 59 Duane Street Wednesday, January 9	Hudson General Hospital 578 Williams Street Thursday, January 10

5	6	7	8
Apartment of Kate Westwood 111 Nassau Street Friday, January 11	Home of Norma Silver 572 East 72nd Street Friday, January 11	Main Offices of Systemotics 111 Broadway Monday, January 14	Loft Studio of Bradley Cameron 750 Stanton Street Monday, January 14

9	10	11
Supreme Court Motion Hearing Thursday, January 31	Supreme Court Trail Part 43 Thursday, February 21	Chambers of Judge John Laramie Tuesday, February 26

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