Caviar Emptor

"Caviar Emptor"
←	L&O, Episode 14.23	→
Production number: E4321 First aired: 12 May 2004
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Written By Roz Weinman Directed By Richard Dobbs

Plot

The day after his marriage to a much younger woman, a caviar entrepreneur is found dead and the suspects include his bride and his daughter from his first marriage.

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

• J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
• Jeffrey DeMunn as Professor Norman Rothenberg
• Elizabeth Norment as Judge Arlene Brewer
• Tanya Berezin as Judge Janine Pate
• Bob Sorenson as M.E. Steve Kurt
• Leslie Crocker Snyder as Arraignment Judge Rebecca Logan

Guest cast

• Sakina Jaffrey as Roya Koutal
• Maz Jobrani as Asher Koutal
• Firdous Bamji as Ben Soleimani
• Marjan Neshat as Yasmin Soleimani
• Frank Converse as Stable Manager
• Thom Christopher as Alferandi Dilmanian
• Ted Sod as Bijan
• John Thomas as Hooshang
• Deirdre Madigan as Patrika
• Jonathan Hammond as Attorney Jacob Jedda
• Lizzy Cooper Davis as Kelly
• Abraham Alvarez as Rabbi Sassum
• Dana Smith Croll as Lindy Frome
• Musashi Alexander as Agent Ricky Luna
• Kirsten Sans as Assistant M.E.
• Ana Andric as Housekeeper
• Tim Miller as Court Clerk
• Laura Michelle Smith as Jury Forewoman

References

• Iran
• Paris Hilton
• The Silence of the Lambs

Background information and notes

• This episode's title is a play on the Latin phrase caveat emptor, which means "let the buyer beware."

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Home of Judge Arlene Brewer 247 East 68th Street Sunday, March 12	Claremont Riding Academy 175 West 89th Street Monday, March 13	Customs Enforcement JFK International Airport Monday, March 13

4	5	6
Metropolitan Correctional Center Tuesday, March 14	Soleimani Townhouse 7 East 83rd Street Thursday, March 16	Temple Beth Torah 1037 Fifth Avenue Wednesday, March 22

7	8	9	10
Supreme Court Arraignment Monday, March 27	Criminal Court Building 100 Centre Street Thursday, March 30	Supreme Court Trial Part 18 Tuesday, May 2	Supreme Court Trial Part 18 Wednesday, May 3

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