| "Expert" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 8.12 | → |
| Production number: K2518 First aired: 21 January 1998 | ||
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| Written By I.C. Rapoport & David Shore Directed By Lewis Gould | ||
Plot[]
A shooting attack in a restroom leaves detectives trying to determine who was the intended target.
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[]
- Joanna Merlin as Defense Attorney Deirdre Powell
- Ben Hammer as Judge Herman Mooney
- J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
- Christine Farrell as Ballistics Technician Arlene Shrier
Guest cast[]
- Stephen Pearlman as Dr. Leon Mayer
- Vera Farmiga as Lindsay Carson
- Matthew Sussman as Arthur Rigg's Attorney
- Judy Kuhn as Beth Prentiss
- Paul D'Ambrosio as Mike Thompson
- Sam Catlin as Maitre D'
- Mary Elaine Monti as Jennifer Solvan
- Matt Loney as Larry Newman
- Tracy Dillon as Jennifer
- Natalie Picoe as Gayle Landis
- Lisa Altomare as Marilyn
- Michael Devries as Darren Phillips
- Fred Burrell as Arthur Rigg
- Tracy Sallows as Carol Garner
- Richard Hughes as Dr. Gillick
- Jennifer Courtney as Karen Yellin
- Jack Koenig as Defense Attorney Hal Patterson
- Adam Busch as Mark
- Ron Faber as Pepitone
- Angie Levrone as Cheri
- Armand Dahan as Pretzel Vendor
- Andrew Van Dusen as Andy
- John Camire as Paul
- Jim Sterling as Uniform Policeman
References[]
- Atlanta
- Attica Prison
- Los Angeles, California
- Florida
- Chicago, Illinois
- Pittsburgh
- Seattle, Washington
Quotes[]
- Rey Curtis: Sounds to me like a hit.
- Lennie Briscoe: And a miss.
- Anita Van Buren: Worley. Didn't he crush his girlfriend against a wall with a car?
- Rey Curtis: Yeah. A '54 Studebaker. Mayer was the hired gun to convince the jury that Worley's a mental defect.
- Lennie Briscoe: I'm convinced. The guy purposely messed up a vintage automobile.
- Anita Van Buren: So Mayer was shot by an antique car collector?
| “ | Relax, we're not the pretzel police. Let me have an extra salty. | ” |
–Lennie Briscoe to a pretzel vendor | ||
- Leon Mayer: The disorder manifests itself very specifically through irrational violence brought on by emotional catalyst, accompanied by memory loss, lack of affect and remorse.
- Emil Skoda: If that's all it takes to duck a murder charge, we're all out of business.
- Jack McCoy: Doctors, the question is very simple. At the time she fired the gun, did Lindsay Carson appreciate the consequences of her actions and did she know it was wrong?
- Emil Skoda: Yes.
- Leon Mayer: No.
- Jamie Ross: Terrific.
| “ | We say she's cold-blooded, they say she was in a trance. Tomato, to-mah-to. | ” |
–Jamie Ross | ||
- Adam Schiff: The whole world says her father's a murderer, one guy tells her he's sick. She heard what she wanted to hear.
- Jamie Ross: We all do.
- Jack McCoy: Yeah, but we don't all pay forty thousand dollars to hear it.
- Lindsay Carson: I've answered enough questions, I'm leaving and I'm taking this with me.
- Anita Van Buren: I'm afraid that's not possible.
- Lindsay Carson: I'm not leaving without them.
- Anita Van Buren: You're not leaving. Please put them down, you're under arrest for murder and attempted murder.
Background information and notes[]
Episode scene cards[]
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Great White Way |
Hudson Terrace |
Apartment Of |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Attica Prison |
Yellow Shutters Motel |
Supreme Court |
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Office Of |
| Previous episode: "Under the Influence" |
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