Divorce

"Divorce"
←	L&O, Episode 8.16	→
Production number: K2520 First aired: 4 March 1998
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Written By Barry M. Schkolnick Directed By Constantine Makris

Plot

The detectives investigate the murder of a psychologist who was involved in helping the Archdiocese arrange annulments.

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

Recurring cast

• Tom O'Rourke as Defense Attorney Peter Behrens
• John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
• DeAnn Mears as Judge Maria Gance
• Jack Ryland as Judge Jay Derrick
• Leslie Nipkow as C.S.U. Technician Linda Jones

Guest cast

• Jill Clayburgh as Sheila Atkins
• Haviland Morris as Molly Kilpatrick
• Adam LeFevre as David Harrigan
• Dennis Predovic as McGiven
• P.J. Brown as Daniel Burke
• John Wojda as Gary Kilpatrick
• Tony Roberts as Paul Redfield
• Michael Warren Powell as Leonard Gardner
• Pat Hodges as Monique Hawkins
• Cliff Battuello as Doug Kaye
• Karen Mason as Brenda Hughes
• Dane Knell as Father O'Brien
• Larry Block as Stan
• Robert Colston as Jeff Tyrell
• Craig Lawlor as Billy Kilpatrick
• Peter Boyden as Brad Chumkin
• Sharon Scruggs as Kathy Jones
• Thomas L. Bolster as Will Lauren
• Cullen Wheeler as Father Marino
• Suzanne Smith as Lisa Belfour
• Victor Verhaeghe as Eric Belfour
• Tony Devon as Uniform Policeman
• Veronica Blackwell as Clerk
• Frankie J. Mosca as Homeless Person (uncredited)

References

• Dr. Linda Burke (victim)
• Pope Adrian VI
• Martin Luther
• Germany
• Holy See
• Vatican City
• Council of Trent
• Bob Cratchit
• Virgin Islands

Quotes

“	Oh, help me! Save me from these Lutheran blasphemers!	”
–Leon Gardner

Mr. Burke: [after Atkins' allocution] You killed my wife to win a divorce case, and you're SORRY?!!

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
St. Anne's Hospital 191 Second Avenue Wednesday, November 20	Law Office Of Sheila Atkins 44 West 61st Street Monday, December 2	Rikers Island Rose M. Singer Wing Tuesday, December 17

4	5	6
New York Bar Association Ethics Committee 42 West 44th Street Friday, December 20	Le Madri 168 West 18th Street Thursday, January 8	Supreme Court Plea Hearing Monday, February 9

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