Discord

"Discord"
←	L&O, Episode 4.03	→
Production number: 69012 First aired: 6 October 1993
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Written By Michael S. Chernuchin Directed By Ed Sherin

Plot

A student charges a rock star with rape, but he claims that she consented to sex.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet (credit only)

Recurring cast

• Cynthia Harris as Professor Adele Diamond
• Tanya Berezin as Judge Rosalyn Lenz
• Fred J. Scollay as Judge Andrew Barsky
• Kurt Knudson as Arraignment Judge Ari Waxman

Guest cast

• Lucy Deakins as Julia Wood
• Sebastian Roché as Clarence "C Square" Carmichael
• Avi Hoffman as Teddy Wayne
• Meighan Dobson as Marti Daniels
• Karron Graves as Patti
• Laury Marker as Dr. Wells
• Alex Wipf as Michael Wood
• Diane DiLascio as Sharon
• Amy Korb as Tina McCartney
• Ted Blumberg as Bobby Feinberg
• Boris McGiver as Desk Clerk
• Chris Ceraso as Manager
• Karen Byers as Sheila Pierson
• J. Grant Albrecht as Boyd
• Sam Fontana as Manning
• Joe Bacino as Shelby
• Lew Resseguie as Bartender
• Jim Siatkowski as Trial Court Clerk
• George Hosmer as Court Clerk
• William Pitts as Jury Foreman

References

• Cole Porter
• Rolling Stone
• Barry Manilow
• One Fifth
• Gary Bergman
• Los Angeles
• Ann Margret
• Bad character evidence
• Similar act evidence
• Andy

Quotes

“	So you go up to this guy's hotel room? In my grandmother's day, it was etchings.	”
–Anita Van Buren to Sheila Pierson

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“	"Shut your eyes and want it to be over?" That girl was raped.	”
–Anita Van Buren

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[Briscoe and Logan catch C-Square]

Briscoe: Clarence Carmichael?

C-Square: Okay, you got me. I shot the sheriff. But the deputy, I swear, that was some other dude.

Logan: [slaps the cuffs on C-Square] I just love rock and roll.

Briscoe: Clarence Carmichael, you're under arrest for the rape of Julia Wood. You have the right to remain silent.

C-Square: Yeah, you have the right to kiss my ass.

Manager: Just keep quiet, Clarence. This is harassment. False arrest. You'll hear from our lawyers.

Briscoe: Oh, no. Not the lawyers. I'm scared. You scared, Mike?

Logan: I'm shakin' in my blue suede shoes.

Background information and notes

• Lieutenant Van Buren strongly affirmed the victim's credibility in reporting a rape, but she was much more doubtful in the later episode "Good Girl", when a suspect argued self-defense against rape for a murder. Van Buren's hunches would still prove to be accurate.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Bradfield College Campus 210 East 8th Street Tuesday, June 8	Apartment of Sheila Pierson 550 East 76th Street Wednesday, June 9	27th Precinct Interrogation Room Thursday, June 10

4	5	6	7
Apartment of Sharon Carmichael 301 Central Park West Friday, June 11	Alexander's Bar & Grill 320 West 46th Thursday, June 17	Supreme Court Trial Part 54 Monday, August 30	Supreme Court Trial Part 54 Thursday, September 2

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