Folk Hero

"Folk Hero"
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Production number: 24016 First aired (US): 20 March 2025 First aired (CAN): 20 March 2025 First aired (AUS): 21 March 2025
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Written By Rick Eid & Scott Gold Directed By Carlos Bernard

Summary

When a murder suspect becomes an underground hero, Brady seeks help from a former colleague to track down a culprit who seems to be in multiple locations. Baxter, Price, and Maroun disagree on the best way forward when public interest heightens.

Plot

plot

Cast

Main cast

• Reid Scott as Detective Vincent Riley
• Mehcad Brooks as Detective Jalen Shaw (credit only)
• Maura Tierney as Lieutenant Jessica Brady
• Hugh Dancy as E.A.D.A. Nolan Price
• Odelya Halevi as A.D.A. Samantha Maroun
• Tony Goldwyn as D.A. Nicholas Baxter

Recurring cast

• Connie Shi as Detective Violet Yee

Guest cast

• Michael Stewart Allen as Jerry Waldman
• Juliana Dever as Joy Andrews
• Laird Mackintosh as Logan Andrews
• Benito Martinez as Judge William Moscatello
• Jesse Metcalfe as Sergeant Danny DeLuca
• Ty Molbak as Ethan Weller
• Laila Robins as Attorney Megan Stratton
• Henry Stram as Jordan Weiss
• Franco Gonzalez as Detective Edgar Martinez
• Audra Hans as Judge Heather Campbell
• Danielle Troiano as Molly Doyle
• Michelle Sohn as Katherine Waldman
• Robin Hopkins as Tourist
• Staci Dickerson as Executive One
• Marlon Xavier as Clerk
• Michael Quinlan as Insurance CEO One
• James Michael Reilly as Insurance CEO Two
• Peter O'Hara as Insurance CEO Three
• Aquile Teague as Hipster
• Leslie Williams as Arraignment Court Clerk
• Carmine Mastrokostas as Faux Guman One
• Sean Church-Gonzalez as Faux Guman Two
• Enrique Miguel as Faux Gunman Three
• Eileen Weisinger as Pedestrian
• Keisha T. Fraser as Jury Foreperson

References

references

Quotes

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Background Information and Notes

• Jalen Shaw does not appear in this episode, making this the first episode of the second run of Law & Order where a main character was absent in an episode.
• This episode concluded abruptly just before the final verdict was given, making it the second time this has happened in the Law & Order franchise. The first occurrence of this was in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit sixth season episode "Doubt", which aired 21 years ago.

Episode scene cards

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