| "Can I Get a Witness?" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 14.16 | → |
| Production number: E4320 First aired: 25 February 2004 | ||
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| Written By Aaron Zelman Directed By Don Scardino | ||
Plot[]
A boy is murdered in the park in front of two witnesses by a man on a bicycle. When the witnesses are repeatedly threatened and one turns up dead, the case against the murderer begins to unravel.
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[]
- Gerry Becker as Defense Attorney Gerard Wills
- Mark Zimmerman as Judge Nathan Murphy
- Karen Shallo as Arraignment Judge Anna Shiro
- Michael Louis Wells as Legal Aid Attorney Kevin Clemens
- Kate Rigg as Defense Attorney Sally Xiao
- David Little as Judge Michael Schneider
- Joe Gonzalez as Sergeant Martinez
- Jared Miller as Forensic Technician Dino Renzetti
- Anita Flanagan as CSU Technician Emily McDow
Guest cast[]
- Hazelle Goodman as Mrs. Gordon
- Dorian Missick as Ronald Duggan
- April L. Hernandez as Shayna Rosario
- Collins Pennie as Jimmy Gordon
- Chadwick Boseman as Foster Keyes
- Jacques Cowart II as Calvin Rivers
- Dequan Henderson as Cox
- Susan Kelechi Watson as Tanya Ware
- Victoria Haas as Jeanne Hobbs
- Diego López as Eduardo Gomez
- Ben Van Bergen as Mike
- Alberto Vazquez as Roberto Rosario
- Marcus Carl Franklin as Tate
- Yves Michel-Beneche as Jack
- Bruce Ward as Ed Connolly
- Bill Quigley as Court Officer
- John Henry as Jury Foreperson
- Christopher Benson Reed as Uniform Sergeant #2
- Sharifa Laguerre as Jannette Richards
- Keisha Trim as Chantal
- Dominique Deverau as Julie
- Ta'rea Campbell as Young Woman
- Jesse Shafer as Uniform Officer
- Kevin Scullin as Court Clerk
References[]
References
Quotes[]
- Green: Well, we might as well start canvassing the neighborhood.
- Briscoe: See if anybody saw a kid on a bike? That ought to narrow it down.
- Briscoe: We've talked to more felons today than most prison wardens.
- Southerlyn: The police found the gun under the mattress...
- Defense Attorney: In his grandmother's apartment not his.
- Southerlyn: So what, granny did it?
- Briscoe: A couple of years ago, Slug was picked up for armed robbery with a guy named Calvin Jacob Rivers, knocked over a bar.
- Green: Allegedly.
- Van Buren: Let me guess.
- Green: Yep, two dozen witnesses developed amnesia.
- Van Buren: This guy's a walking epidemic.
- Briscoe: He's a public menace.
- Green: It's Keyes' cousin. Homey plays the system like a Stradivarius. Visits Rikers under the table, has his crew intimidate witnesses.
- Briscoe: He's got the whole neighborhood under his thumb.
- Shayna Rosario: Look, I told you nobody threatened me.
- Southerlyn: As soon as you give us a statement, we can arrest Slug.
- Shayna Rosario: Jail won't stop him. You don't think I don't know what happened to Jimmy? As long as I keep my mouth shut, I'll be safe.
- McCoy: Not necessarily. Slug may reach out and try to silence you on the chance that you might testify.
- Shayna Rosario: Yeah, now he might, somebody sees you here. If my father knew you here right now...
- Southerlyn: We're going to protect you.
- Shayna Rosario: Like you protected Jimmy?
Background information and notes[]
- Lennie mentions that a surprising number of men named Bernard visit prison. In real life, Jerry Orbach's middle name was Bernard.
- Goof: Michael Louis Wells is credited as "Matthew Clemens" in this episode and all his other episodes save the season 15 episode In God We Trust, where his first name is given as "Kevin" by ADA Alexandra Borgia.
Episode scene cards[]
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Mike's Bikes |
Apartment of |
Apartment of |
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Supreme Court |
Rikers Island |
Apartment of |
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Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
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