Family Values (L&O)

"Family Values"
←	L&O, Episode 5.04	→
Production number: 69401 First aired: 12 October 1994
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Written By William N. Fordes & René Balcer Directed By Constantine Makris

Plot

After a woman's murder, the detectives question both her first and second husbands---and her daughter.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Josh Pais as Assistant Medical Examiner Borak
• Larry Sherman as Judge Colin Fraser

Guest cast

• Marc Coppola as Steve Martell
• Sarah Paulson as Maggie Conner
• Thomas Kopache as Defense Attorney Boden
• Victor Raider-Wexler as Defense Attorney Wheeler
• Anna Kathryn Holbrook as Christine Whitburn
• Robert Ari as Richard Kahn
• Will Lyman as Victor Conner
• Cynthia Hayden as Ms. Vincent
• Bill Cwikowski as Painter
• E. Katherine Kerr as Sally Markham
• Teresa Yenque as Theresa Aguilar
• Mary Beth Peil as Dr. Emma Hiltz
• Tracy Lee Bell as Liza
• Edward D. Murphy as Mike Quinn
• Erol Landis as Tom Stenberg
• Mark Kenneth Smaltz as Kurtz
• John Ventimiglia as Gaydos
• Joey Dedio as Dwyer
• Stephen Shellen as Zanetti
• Jerome Preston Bates as Crime Scene Unit Technician
• Brian David Fisher as Himself (uncredited)

References

• Switzerland

Background information and notes

• This episode is based on the Amy Fisher (aka the "Long Island Lolita") case.

Episode Scene Cards

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Gramercy Park Monday, July 29	Trafalgar School 836 Fifth Avenue Thursday, August 1	Office of Executive Assistant D.A. McCoy Thursday, August 22

4	5
Bennett Square Houses 465 West 186th Street Wednesday, March 8	Supreme Court Part 62 Tuesday, October 2

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