| "Floater" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 14.07 | → |
| Production number: E4307 First aired: 12 November 2003 | ||
| Written By Eric Overmyer Directed By Richard Dobbs | ||
Plot[]
Briscoe and Green follow the trail leading from a murdered court clerk into the courthouse, where McCoy and Southerlyn find evidence of judicial corruption. The judge, Ruth Alexander, is a former student of Arthur Branch's and it makes it hard for him to believe it. McCoy and Southerlyn get proof including witnesses who turn on the judge in order to get plea deals and McCoy approaches the judge. Judge Alexander, in tears, confesses to her crimes, revealing that her own divorce basically ruined her, with basically all of the money she makes going to her husband ($95,000) and her barely having enough to live on. Judge Alexander explains that after her divorce she believed that she should get paid for having to listen to rich people whine about their problems, but the clerk discovered it, and the judge tried to convince her not to tell, but she didn't and Judge Alexander killed her to protect her secret.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Elisabeth Röhm as A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
Recurring cast[]
- Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
- John Cariani as C.S.U. Technician Julian Beck
- Jason Kolotouros as Defense Attorney Derek Greer
- David Lipman as Arraignment Judge Morris Torledsky
Guest cast[]
- Jan Maxwell as Judge Ruth Alexander
- Sean Cullen as Eugene "Gene" Marchetti
- Erick Avari as Divorce Attorney Ravi Patel
- Zena Grey as Lena Marchetti
- William Bogert as Divorce Attorney Alvin Hartmann
- Dion Graham as Ron Hamilton
- Greg Wood as James Markle
- Sophie Hayden as Karen O'Farrell
- William Paulson as Divorce Attorney Raoul Welch
- Amy de Lucia as Terri Collins
- Nicole Orth-Pallavicini as Jane Evans
- Michael Rupert as Darryl Prior
- Diane Tyler as Tamara Fein
- Adrienne D. Williams as Linda Fairborn
- Paul Albe as Door Man
- Greg Thornton as Chet
- Nicoye Banks as David
- Keith Kirk as Forensics Technician
- Kirsten Sans as CSU Technician
- Frank Bonsangue as Clerk
References[]
References
Quotes[]
Opening scenes [A man fishing just pulled a body to the surface.]
- Fisherman- Gezz What the?
- Bystander- That ain't no sturgeon.
Background information and notes[]
- Ravi Batra, an Indian-American economic scholar, sued Wolf Entertainment for libel due to Erick Avari's portrayal of Ravi Patel being starkly similar to Batra in real life, down to their identical first names. The lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount.[1]
Episode scene cards[]
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Footnotes[]
| Previous episode: "Identity" |
"Floater" Law & Order Season 14 |
Next episode: "Embedded" |