Coma

"Coma"
←	L&O, Episode 5.02	→
Production number: 69406 First aired: 28 September 1994
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Written By Ed Zuckerman Directed By Jace Alexander

Plot

A comedy club owner comes under suspicion of shooting his wife, now comatose with a bullet in her head, after it is discovered that he was abusive and she was about to divorce him.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Larry Miller as Michael Dobson
• Donald Corren as Medill
• John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
• Kitty Mei-Mei Chen as Judge Elizabeth Yee
• David Rosenbaum as Judge Alan Berman
• Kurt Knudson as Judge Ari Waxman
• Robert Coffin as Court Clerk

Guest cast

• Debra Monk as Kathleen O'Brien
• John Cunningham as Defense Attorney Max Weston
• Heather Gottlieb as Susannah
• Frank Girardeau as Fred Harding
• Erik Jensen as Joey Springfield
• Terry Layman as Dr. George Fishman
• David Pittu as Walsh
• Jayden Lund as Grimly
• Ed Jupp Jr. as Fernald
• Brittany Slattery as Jessica Dobson
• Bill Cohen as Sandler
• Sidney Armus as Judge Walther
• Phil Parolisi as Robin Wenner
• Lee Summers as Dr. David Monroe
• Raúl Dávila as Camacho
• Glenn Herman as Jerome 'Hamster' Hawkins
• Robb Pruitt as Comedian
• Joe Gonzalez as Montero
• Michael C. Mahon as Will Carter
• Joanna Heimbold as Melody Carter
• Beth Emelson as Nurse
• Brian Connors as Uniform Policeman
• Kim Cea as Strip Club Bartender (uncredited)

References

• Connecticut
• Massachusetts

Quotes

Briscoe: Hey, if I open an account over there, I get free checking and a toaster.

Logan: A two slice or a four slice?

Briscoe: Four slice. And if I deposit 50 grand, I get a VCR.

Logan: Hey, if you deposit 50 grand, I'm calling Internal Affairs.

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Kincaid: Sandra Dobson died on the operating table.

McCoy: ... And?

Kincaid: They got the bullet. It doesn't match Dobson's gun.

McCoy: Claire? Amend the indictment. Murder Two.

Background information and notes

• The plot in this episode would be revisited in the Season 6 episode "Encore".

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Apartment Of Michael & Sandra Dobson 754 Greene Street Tuesday, June 21	Manhattan Weekly Reader 201 Bank Street Wednesday, June 22	Supreme Court Arraignment Part 5 Friday, July 15

4	5	6
Apartment Of Kathleen O'Brien 1969 Riverside Drive Thursday, July 21	Supreme Court Custody Hearing Monday, August 1	Manhattan General Hospital Neurosurgery Department Thursday, August 4

7	8	9
Supreme Court Motion Calendar Wednesday, August 17	Supreme Court Trial Part 74 Monday, September 12	Supreme Court Trial Part 74 Wednesday, September 21

Previous episode: "Second Opinion"

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