| "D-Girl" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 7.15 | → |
| Production number: K1119 First aired: 13 March 1997 | ||
| Written By Ed Zuckerman, Gardner Stern & René Balcer Directed By Ed Sherin & Constantine Makris | ||
Detectives Briscoe and Curtis travel to Los Angeles after the body of a movie studio executive is found without her head, hands, and feet. (Part One of Three)
Plot
Plot
Cast
Main cast
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Carey Lowell as A.D.A. Jamie Ross
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff (credit only)
Recurring cast
- Keith Szarabajka as Defense Attorney Neil Gorton
- Lauren Graham as Lisa Lundquist
- Scott Cohen as Eddie Newman
- Jeffrey D. Sams as Evan Grant
- Paul Hecht as Dr. Dan Duvall
- Michael Harney as Lieutenant Stu Miller
- Michael Zaslow as Ben Hollings
- Mark Joy as LA Detective Dunlevy
- Janeane Garofalo as Greta Heiss
- John Newton as Judge Eric Caffey
- Norma Fire as Judge Pamela Jensen
- Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
- John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
- Caralyn Gorel as Katie Gorton
- Robert Dolan as CSU Technician
Guest cast
- Dick Latessa as Defense Attorney Mitchell Klein
- Scott Rabinowitz as Dr. Alan Levine
- Harrison Young as Gus
- Rainer Grant as Marlowe Powers
- John Kudan as Jerome
- Gary Evans as Uniform Policeman Richie
- Don Creech as Carl Thurston
- Marla Rubinoff as Shane Perry
- Brian McQuillan as Luke Richmond
- Susan Cella as Maria Rago
- Maria Bellantoni as Carmela Rago
- Ken Forman as Bartender
- Rene Bluestone as Stacy Rudman
- Gene Ruffini as Bum
- Jo Twiss as Neighbor
- Gregg Dubner as Newscaster
- Benjamin J. Cain, Jr. as Court Clerk
- Robert Culp as Himself (uncredited)
References
Heidi Ellison; Deborah Curtis; Olivia Curtis; Andrea Brown; Mattawin Studios; New Paltz; Derek Morrow; A Tale of Two Yogis; Broken Street; KNBC; Ronald Dobell; Los Angeles, California; Islip; December 5th,
Quotes
- Greta Heiss: Who told you she had breast implants?
- Lennie Briscoe: We're the police. We know everything.
Background information and notes
- Title: D-Girl. The "D" stands for "development." In the world of filmmaking, a development girl is someone who occupies a low rung on the power ladder. Her job would be to perform low-level tasks like reading scripts.
- Guest stars Lauren Graham and Scott Cohen reunited years later on Gilmore Girls. Graham was the star of the long-running series, and Cohen had a recurring role in seasons 1 & 2 as her daughter's teacher - who later became her ultimately jilted fiance.
- This episode (along with "Turnaround " and "Showtime") is part of a trilogy which has strongly been ripped from the headline of the notorious, controversial and highly publicized O.J. Simpson murder case. Locations, characters and other aspects loosely resembles those which came to denote the affair. Recurring and main cast members whom have been set to resemble figures of the real case include:
- Eddie Newman: based off of O.J. Simpson.
- Heidi Ellison: based off of Nicole Brown Simpson.
- Stu Miller: based off of Mark Furhman.
- Neil Gorton: based off of Robert Shapiro.
- Defense attorney Joyner: based off of Johnnie Cochran Jr.
- EADA Jack McCoy: his situation resembles that of prosecutor Christopher Darden. Both took the risk of letting the defendants interact with a piece of evidence, which eventually proved crucial to the trial.
- ADA Jamies Ross: her situation resembles that of prosecutor Marcia Clark, whom was also coping with her children's custody cause during the trial.
- Also, the attempts of the defense team (very similar to the so-called "dream team") at diverting the focus of the trial, by suggesting theories regarding police placing evidence and other conspiracies which sought to frame their client, is reminiscent of the strategy employed by the real life defense team, which eventually brought to Simpson's acquittal.
Episode scene cards
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Office of |
Office of |
Apartment of |
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Dynamics |
Office of |
Mattawin Studios |
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L'Etoile |
Chambers of |
Arraignment Court |
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Parking Garage |
| Previous episode: "Working Mom" |
"D-Girl" Law & Order Season 7 |
Next episode: "Turnaround" |