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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 Julian Beck
• Jason Kolotouros as Defense Attorney Derek Greer
• David Lipman as Judge Morris Torledsky

Guest cast

• Jan Maxwell as Judge Ruth Alexander
• Sean Cullen as Eugene "Gene" Marchetti
• Erick Avari as Divorce Attorney Ravi Patel
• William Bogert as Divorce Attorney Alvin Hartmann
• Amy de Lucia as Terri Collins
• Dion Graham as Ron Hamilton
• Zena Grey as Lena Marchetti
• Sophie Hayden as Karen O'Farrell
• Nicole Orth-Pallavicini as Jane Evans
• William Paulson as Divorce Attorney Raoul Welch
• Michael Rupert as Darryl Prior
• Diane Tyler as Tamara Fein
• Greg Wood as James Markle
• Kirsten Sans as CSU Technician
• Keith Kirk as Forensics Technician
• Paul Albe as Door Man
• Nicoye Banks as David
• Frank Bonsangue as Clerk
• Sal Mistretta as Bureaucrat

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

Background information and notes

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