Deceit

"Deceit"
←	L&O, Episode 6.17	→
Production number: K0118 First aired: 27 March 1996
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Written By René Balcer & Eddie Feldmann Directed By Vince Misiano

Plot

Following a lawyer's murder, Briscoe and Curtis try to locate the victim's girlfriend.

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
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Tom O'Rourke as Defense Attorney Peter Behrens
• Emilio Del Pozo as Judge John Sierra
• Bernard Grant as Judge Irwin Reisman
• Gia Galeano as Detective Gia

Guest cast

• Peter Riegert as Jerold Dixon
• Robert Sella as Tony Conneca
• Mary Beth Hurt as Sela Dixon
• Peter Ratray as Charles Hanna
• Vince Viverito as Mannie Lane
• Stephen C. Bradbury as Jim Nelson
• Rebecca Hollen as Joyce Brandman
• Karen Fineman as Jackie Ruggiero
• Jamie Jones as Kate Lindsay
• Victoria Stern as Jane Crellenstien
• Stephen Peabody as Tack Burbank
• Jace Alexander as Larry Philbert
• Lianna Pai as Dena Kobata
• Jen Jones as Mrs. Small
• Ed Jupp Jr. as Marvin Jacobs
• Randy Frazier as Super
• Nick Corley as Florist
• Joe Napoleone as Polygraph Examiner
• Georgina Corbo as Rosetta Salva
• Pedro Garrido as George Ramos
• Matt Higgins as Surveillance Techie
• Tico Wells as First Uniform Policeman
• Paul Albe as Assistant Medical Examiner
• Robert Joseph Coffin as Court Clerk

References

• Australia
• Anita Bryant
• Audrey Hepburn
• Liza Minnelli
• United States Marine Corps
• Elliott Wells (victim)

Quotes

Briscoe: You're a drag queen.

Conneca: A female impersonator. I dress up for work just like you do, detective.

Briscoe: Yeah, only I don't have to tuck in so much.

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Worhtern, Dixon & Kraus 127 Liberty Monday, February 6	Wraytec Security 41 Varick Wednesday, February 8	Markham & Kessler 121 east 47th street Friday, February 10

4	5	6
Shuster Consolidated World Financial Center Tuesday, February 14	Apartment of Jerold Dixon 123 Fifth Avenue Tuesday, February 14	Framburg Room 201 Vandam Street Monday, February 20

7	8	9	10
Chambers of Judge Irwin Reisman Wednesday, March 7	University Club 333 vanderbilt avenue thursday, march 8	Supreme Court Arraignment Part 4 Friday, March 17	Grand Jury Room Wednesday, April 5

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"Deceit" Law & Order Season 6

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