| "Catch and Kill" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 24.01 | → |
| Production number: 24001 First aired (US): 3 October 2024 First aired (CAN): 3 October 2024 First aired (AUS): 4 October 2024 | ||
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| Written By Rick Eid & Art Alamo Directed By Eriq La Salle | ||
Summary[]
When a Brooklyn prosecutor is found slain in her apartment, Maroun takes drastic action to convince an eyewitness to come forward. Riley struggles to adjust to the new lieutenant in charge.
Plot[]
When Brooklyn prosecutor Macy Harper is found strangled in her Upper East Side apartment, Detectives Vincent Riley and Jalen Shaw investigate. They discover Harper had been staying at a shelter for abused women and was planning to leave her fiance, wealthy fashion mogul Dylan Phipps. Evidence points to Phipps as the killer, but he has an alibi provided by his friend Kenneth Lane, a conservative news website owner. ADA Samantha Maroun, who knew the victim, pushes hard to prosecute Phipps. The detectives uncover that Lane had been paid to bury videos of Phipps abusing women in the past.
Just as the case seems to be falling into place, Phipps commits suicide in jail. Maroun, devastated by the lack of justice, convinces the team to pursue charges against Lane as an accomplice to the murder. They find an Uber driver who places Lane and Phipps at the crime scene together. However, when the driver recants his testimony, likely due to a bribe, the case against Lane crumbles. Despite Maroun's passionate objections, DA Nicholas Baxter decides to dismiss the charges, citing lack of evidence. The episode ends with Maroun struggling to accept that both Phipps and Lane will escape punishment for Harper's death. She nearly lost her job for trying to contact the uncooperative witness again if Nolan Price hadn't intervened.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Reid Scott as Detective Vincent Riley
- Mehcad Brooks as Detective Jalen Shaw
- Maura Tierney as Lieutenant Jessica Brady
- Hugh Dancy as E.A.D.A. Nolan Price
- Odelya Halevi as A.D.A. Samantha Maroun
- Tony Goldwyn as D.A. Nicholas Baxter
Recurring cast[]
- Jasmin Walker as Defense Attorney Amanda Shea
- Kevyn Morrow as Judge Marty Chen
Guest cast[]
- Bill Barrett as Dylan Phipps
- Ari Blinder as Jeff Sanders
- Sean Michael Gloria as Javier Diaz
- Michael Esper as Kenneth Lane
- Antonia Timbol as Brooklyn A.D.A. Macy Harper
- Allison Walter as Sarah Harper
- Charles Gray as Jimmy Boyd
- Katharine McLeod as Stella Myers
- Drew Moore as Brooklyn D.A. Brian White
- Jessica Minhas as Chandra Virani
- Meredith Handerhan as Judge Emily Hicks
- Adam Thompson as Attorney Frank Cooney
- Diana Lovell as Hotel Manager
- Red Concepcion as Bodega Clerk
- Jamar C.E. Jones as Uni #1
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Quotes[]
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Background Information and Notes[]
- This is the first episode to feature Maura Tierney as Lieutenant Jessica Brady.
- This episode premiered in Australia on the cable service Foxtel hours after premiering in the U.S. and Canada, making it the fastest premiere for a new season in a country outside of the U.S. and Canada.
- In Australia, at the conclusion of this episode, a message appeared on the screen to call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or visit www.1800RESPECT.org.au if the viewer or someone the viewer knows is affected by sexual assault, domestic or family violence or to call Triple Zero in the case of an emergency, due to the episodes content matter.
- This is the third recorded case of a message appearing on screen at the conclusion of an episode in Australia recommending counselling or services related to an episodes content matter, the first being at the conclusion of the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit eleventh season episode "Hardwired" on syndication runs on Channel 9Gem and the second being at the conclusion of the Law & Order: Organized Crime episode second season episode "The Christmas Episode" whenever it airs on the Nine Network or 9Gem.
Episode scene cards[]
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Kelmore Market |
Kurrent/See Newsroom |
The Haydock Hotel |
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Kurrent/See Newsroom |
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| Previous episode: "In Harm's Way" |
"Catch and Kill" Law & Order Season 24 |
Next episode: "The Perfect Man" |