| "Fallout" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 17.19 | → |
| Production number: 17019 First aired: 27 April 2007 | ||
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| Written By Sonny Postiglione Directed By Constantine Makris | ||
Plot[]
Green and Cassady get mixed up with the Russian consulate after Peter Rostov dies of ricin poisoning. Their investigation leads them first to his work, where they learn he spent a great deal of time traveling back and forth between Russia, and secondly to his brother, Karl. It isn't long before they link the Rostov brothers to an illegal prostitution ring trafficking in young Russian women. McCoy is faced with trying to get the remaining Rostov brother to testify so he can prosecute Nikolas Brezin, the father of one of the trafficked girls. They eventually learn that the girl is not dead as believed but was saved by the driver, Alex, who was ordered to kill her. Things don't seem to be going well until they realize that the father was waiting at the club before Rostov arrived and therefore knew where to find him. They question the driver who held the daughter captive after rescuing her. He reveals that although he was afraid of the Rostovs, he could have told the father that Nadia was still alive, but did not because the father never asked. In addition, he claims Brezin was the one who sold Nadia to Rostov. When confronted with this information, the father breaks down in tears and explains that he was a Moscow police officer after leaving the KGB and when he refused a bribe, Rostov kidnapped both of his daughters to force him to comply. Rostov eventually agreed to return only one of them and made Brezin decide which one. The father chose to save the younger daughter, who was fourteen, and let Rostov take Nadia, since she was older and stronger and would possibly be able to survive. When he thought his daughter got killed, he blamed himself and went for revenge. A sympathetic McCoy offers a deal of ten years in prison, the best he can offer. The man accepts it, despite his lawyer's protests, as long as Nadia never knows the truth.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
- Milena Govich as Detective Nina Cassady
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
Guest cast[]
- Mark Ivanir as Nikolas Brezin
- Daniel Oreskes as Andrei Karpovich
- Eisa Davis as Attorney Danvers
- Michael Aronov as Karl Rostov
- René Ifrah as Alex Chambers
- Matt Pepper as Agent Mark Wilson
- Sayra Player as Renee Rostov
- Margarita Malayeva as Nadia Brezin
- Dylan Chalfy as Stanley Webber
- Jim Iorio as Dr. Bob Kaplan
- Faryn Einhorn as Trisha Summers
- Gabra Zackman as Melissa Biddle
- Jared Miller as TARU Technician Beckway
- Al DeChristo as Judge Gordon Hoffman
- Jamie Schofield as Rebecca McCoy
- Matthew Conlon as Charles Sheehan
- Jennifer Missoni as Anna Sakalov
- Raum-Aron as Joey Rostov
- Shaun Kevlin as Sergeant Jackson
- Michael Kaplan as Peter Rostov
- Lawrence Winslow as Hazmat Technician
- David Ross as Security Guard
- Sean Kenin as Fisk
- Oksana Lada as Woman
- Billie Jean King as Judge Muriel Gilden
- Jane Stiles as Valeri
- Rachel Fowler as EMT Samantha
- Chris LaPanta as EMT Arturo
- Clark Carmichael as Arraignment Court Clerk
- Quinton Aaron as Bouncer (uncredited)
References[]
Quotes[]
- Nina Cassady (to Green): It's all in Russian. Can you make it out?
- Ed Green: I'm actually not fluent. I just know enough to get a date.
- Connie Rubirosa: Something Brezin said on the stand bothered me.
- Jack McCoy: Everything he said bothered me.
- Karl Rostov: Your case is based on what? What some whores say about me? You know, I'm the one who lost a brother.
- Ed Green: Go ahead. Call them whores one more time.
Rubirosa: I've got to say 10 years is harsh. What he was faced with? It's an impossible situation.
McCoy: Nadia might not see it that way.
Rubirosa: You don't think she'd understand?
McCoy: Daughters aren't always so forgiving.
Background information and notes[]
- The last scene shows McCoy at a restaurant in a rare meeting with his daughter Rebecca. She would not appear again until the season 22 episode "Open Wounds" where she would be played by Sam Waterson's real life daughter Elisabeth Waterston.
Episode scene cards[]
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Office of |
Loft of |
Westside Select Realty |
Technical Assistance |
Russian |
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Arraignment Court |
NGO Women's Center |
Supreme Court |
Rikers Island |
| Previous episode: "Bling" |
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Next episode: "Captive" |