| "Sylmar" | ||
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| ← | LA, Episode 1.04 | → |
| Production number: 01005 First aired (US): 20 October 2010 First aired (CAN): 20 October 2010 | ||
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| Written By Richard Sweren Directed By Constantine Makris | ||
Summary[]
When two innocent children are killed in an accidental meth lab explosion, Detectives Rex Winters and Tomas "TJ" Jaruszalski track down the dealer's family. The investigation quickly takes a sharp turn when the detectives discover those involved in the explosion are planning something more destructive. As the federal government steps in and attempts to take over the case, DDA Dekker fights to keep the trial in California.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Skeet Ulrich as Detective Rex Winters
- Corey Stoll as Detective Tomas "TJ" Jaruszalski
- Terrence Howard as Deputy D.A. Jonah "Joe" Dekker
- Megan Boone as Deputy D.A. Lauren Stanton
- Rachel Ticotin as Lieutenant Arleen Gonzales
Recurring Cast[]
- Peter Coyote as District Attorney Jerry Hardin
- Clyde Kusatsu as Judge Bradley Rumford
- Conor O'Farrell as Defense Attorney Lane Garfield
- Gerald Webb as Uniformed Sergeant
- Kathleen Bade as Reporter
Guest Cast[]
- Kathleen Rose Perkins as Amy Powell
- Shannon Lucio as Kim Miller
- Tim Guinee as Colonel Richards
- Joshua Close as Kevin Miller
- Kenneth Mitchell as Terry Walker
- Robert Kazinsky as Ronnie Powell
- Dee Wallace as Ellen Powell
- Dohn Norwood as Mr. Tasker
- Gibby Brand as Judge Milton Wallen
- Frank Clem as Mr. Wilson
- Derek Anthony as Bomb Squad Guy
- Kevin Ashworth as Robert Schuler
- Erin Foster as Carmen
- Rodney J. Hobbs as Reporter #1
- Ajgie Kirkland as Inventory Manager Nelson
- Zach Lewis as Captain James Locke
- Bobby Nish as SID Tech Takahashi
- William Norris as Judge Birnbaum
- Shane Roney as Billy Miller
- Herbert Russell as Jack Bryce
- Dan Sachoff as Commentator
- Wendy Schenker as Janice Frost
- Patrick Robert Smith as Burly Suit
- Pamela Wilson as Jury Foreperson
References[]
Background Information and Notes[]
- The song that plays over the car stereo in the opening of the episode is the Dora the Explorer theme song.
- Both actors Skeet Ulrich and guest-star Kenneth Mitchell starred on the TV show Jericho.
- This episode features suspects who are radicalized Muslim white Americans. Other episodes in the Law & Order franchise that also do so include the Law & Order episode "American Jihad" and the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "The Pilgrim".
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"Sylmar" Law & Order: Los Angeles Season 1 |
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