Guardian (L&O)

"Guardian"
←	L&O, Episode 5.11	→
Production number: 69404 First aired: 11 January 1995
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Teleplay By René Balcer & William N. Fordes Story By René Balcer & Brad Markowitz Directed By Christopher Misiano

Plot

After the body of a young female junkie is identified as the daughter of a wealthy family, Briscoe and Logan try to find out who left her to die in the yard of a day-care center.

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

• Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Francine Beers as Judge Janis Silver
• C. Arthur Smith as Court Clerk
• Adam S. Bristol as Finkel (uncredited)

Guest cast

• Jon Cypher as Jerome Kamen
• Gerry Bamman as Dean Pollard
• Joan MacIntosh as Mrs. Blanchard
• Dallas Roberts as Matthew Blanchard
• Peter McRobbie as Herbert Fowler
• Holter Graham as Erik Hanson
• José E. Serrano as Judge Luis Rodriguez
• Edward Seamon as Ernest Hobs
• Eva Lowe as Patricia Oster
• Edward James Hyland as Stan Shatenstein
• Sandra Daley as Susie Rayber
• Isiah Whitlock, Jr. as Antony White
• Kira Arné Verica as Teena Varga
• Burke Pearson as Frank Moskov
• Nicholas J. Giangiulio as Ferelli
• Elizabeth Van Dyke as Lenore
• Christina Denzinger as Sydelle
• Brian Burke as Little Man
• Jermaine Chambers as Pappi
• Saoul Mamby as Enrico Sariego
• Raquel Mondin as Heather
• Ken Land as Carl Bishop
• Gia Galeano as Police Clerk
• Phil Nee as Harry Woo
• Daniel Guggenheim as CSU Technician Silver
• Marc Plastrik as Uniform Policeman

References

• ACLU
• Kathleen Blanchard (victim)
• Ken Blanchard
• People v. Galak
• People v. Bryant
• Social Security Act of 1972

Quotes

Erik Hanson: Seen her maybe a couple of times since we busted up three months ago. We were going pretty hot, then she went crazy with the junk. I had to cut her loose.

Lennie Briscoe: Yeah, right, because you're high on life.

Erik Hanson: So I light a up a bowl on the weekends, big deal. She was fixing up maybe four or five times a day.

Background information and notes

Episode Scene Cards

1	2	3
Sunshine Terrace Rehabilitation 657 E. Houston Street Tuesday, November 27	Office Of Jerome Kamen 230 Madison Avenue Wednesday, November 28	Apartment Of Joseph & Marilyn Cassini 745 West 81st Street Tuesday, December 12

4	5	6
Chambers Of Luis Rodriguez Thursday, February 4	Stark Guaranty & Thrift 620 Madison Avenue Monday, February 15	Supreme Court Trial Part 39 Wednesday, March 24

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