Crossing Lines

"Crossing Lines"
←	L&O, Episode 24.15	→
Production number: 24015 First aired (US): 13 March 2025 First aired (CAN): 13 March 2025 First aired (AUS): 14 March 2025
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Written By Pamela Wechsler & Marley Schneier Directed By Fred Berner

Summary

When an up-and-coming politician is found dead, Shaw and Riley untangle the victim's personal life to identify a suspect. Baxter recuses himself to help Price make the case.

Plot

plot

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

• Connie Shi as Detective Violet Yee
• Gary Perez as Judge Sydney Bolden

Guest cast

• Samantha Soule as Ashley Davenport
• Caroline Pluta as Julia Gallo
• Jackie McCarthy as Rose Gregory
• Richard Michael Hughes as George Powers
• Denise Cormier as Frances Powers
• Maggie Siff as Defense Attorney Kate Norris
• Rotimi Paul as Doug Keller
• Benjamin Eakeley as James Powers
• Agustin M. Rodriguez as Alan Baker
• Katja Sarkish Stewart as Officer Greta Lindstrom
• Eric Clinton as Doorman
• Anthony Mena Robles as Delivery Bike Messenger
• David Corlew as Reporter One
• Joseph DePietro as Reporter Two
• Liz Days as Jury Foreperson

References

• People v. Smart
• James Powers (victim)
• New York Tribune

Quotes

quotes

Background Information and Notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Home of George and Frances Powers 789 W 83rd Street Friday, January 10	Jasmine's Gentlemen's Club 719 E 29th Street Friday, January 10	Apartment of Julia Gallo 947 Greenwich Street Saturday, January 11

4	5	6
Supreme Court Trial Part 14 Tuesday, March 11	Supreme Court Trial Part 14 Tuesday, March 11	Supreme Court Trial Part 14 Wednesday, March 12

Previous episode: "A Price to Pay"

"Crossing Lines" Law & Order Season 24

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