Executioner

"Executioner"
←	L&O, Episode 18.09	→
Production number: 18012 First aired: 20 February 2008
	th of 456 produced in L&O
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Written By Richard Sweren & Gina Gionfriddo Directed By Constantine Makris

Plot

A doctor attending a convention is murdered in his hotel room, and detectives discover he made a large cash withdrawal shortly before his death. Upon further investigation, Lupo and Green begin to suspect the man was not the killer's intended target.

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

• Joe Forbrich as Detective Joe Cormack

Guest cast

• Michael Rooker as Jamie Yost
• Maggie Siff as Defense Attorney Mahaffey
• Neal Huff as Defense Attorney Weller
• Scott Sowers as Samuel "Sam" Temple
• Gordon MacDonald as Judge Donald Paulsen
• Ben Livingston as Dr. George Highgrove
• James Rebhorn as Dr. Horace Garrison
• Colleen Clinton as Linda
• Jenn Harris as Mandy Garrison
• Roderick Hill as Shane Hartigan
• Pamela Stewart as Janis Burns
• Alan Zweibel as Dr. Mark Burns
• Sarah Clements as Eileen
• J. Robert Spencer as Lieutenant Mason
• Nico Evers-Swindell as Eric
• Kat Garson as Rachel
• Lee Cobb as Mike Colazzo
• Tana Sarntinoranont as Assistant M.E. Wong
• Elliot Mayer as Road Warrior
• Jonathan Green as Lionel Hartigan

Quotes

Cutter: I'm not making a deal just because you feel sorry for the guy...

Rubirosa: Mike, we might lose.

Cutter: I'll take that risk.

Rubirosa: Even if we do win do you really think [Judge] Paulsen is going to max him out? Or is this just about you and the death penalty?

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4
Cybernetti Café 217 West 52nd Street Saturday, November 10	The Wallis Hotel 763 7th Avenue Monday, November 12	Way Forwars Halfway House White Plains, New York Monday, November 12	State Police Barracks Milton Head, South Carolina Wednesday, November 14

5	6	7	8
Vector Valves Charleston, South Carolina Wednesday, November 14	The Inn At Cardinal Court Hilton Head, South Carolina Wednesday, November 14	Office of Warden Sam Temple S.C. Correctional Facility Monday, November 26	Supreme Court Trial Part 14 Monday, December 17

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