Driven

"Driven"
←	L&O, Episode 18.05	→
Production number: 18009 First aired: 23 January 2008
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo Directed By Alan Taylor

Plot

Lupo and Green investigate the murders of a white teen boy and a black girl in a delicate, racially charged case that soon envelops two brothers and a local boy's father.

Cast

Main cast

• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Linus Roache as Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter
• Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
• Sam Waterston as D.A. Jack McCoy

Recurring cast

• Peter Francis James as Judge John Laramie
• Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Joe Forbrich as Detective Joe Cormack
• Ned Eisenberg as James Granick

Guest cast

• Ally Walker as Gretchen Steel
• Kevin Carroll as Ray Manning
• Tristan Wilds as Will Manning
• Jeremy Allen White as Andy Steel
• Charles Parnell as Jonas Durning
• Alan Campbell as Nolan Steel
• Terry Kinney as Clifford Chester
• Jennifer Roszell as Alice Kendall
• Miles Chandler as Josh Steel
• Vanessa Aspillaga as Detective Carla Sanchez
• James Lloyd Reynolds as Josh Kendall
• Esau Pritchett as Sergeant Turley
• Kathleen Garrett as Judge Susan Moretti
• Nedrah Banks as Mary Anderson
• Elliot Korte as David Kendall
• Breyha Morgan as Tanya Anderson
• Janett Martinez as Christina
• Joseph A. Halsey as Uniform
• Benton Greene as Derek
• George T. Odom as Louis
• L.B. Williams as Al
• Torsten N. Hillhouse as Mark
• Darian Dauchan as Man in Gallery

References

• Earl Monroe - who wore number 10 for the Baltimore Bullets
• Barack Obama

Quotes

“	We the Jury think this terrible event never would have occurred without both defendants causing it and we recommend they should get the exact same sentence.	”
–Jury Foreman

Jack McCoy: When's the last time we offered a plea bargains here?

Michael Cutter: My summation's ready. I can win this.

Jack McCoy: Famous last words. Even said them myself a few times. Two guilty pleas solves a lot of problems... Justice doesn't only happen in the court room. There's too much on the line here to go all in. Make a deal.

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Home of John & Alice Kendall 309 West 107th Street Tuesday, October 2	Crestpoint Prep 355 Riverside Drive Wednesday, October 3	Horizon Community Center 167 Duke Ellington Blvd. Thursday, October 4

4	5	6
Home of Ray & Will Manning 228 West 105th Street Friday, October 5	Supreme Court Grand Jury Room Monday, November 5	Crestpoint Prep 355 Riverside Drive Monday, November 5

7	8	9
Supreme Court Trial Part 43 Thursday, November 15	Supreme Court Trial Part 43 Wednesday, November 16	Supreme Court Trial Part 43 Wednesday, November 16

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