| "Hands Free" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 14.17 | → |
| Production number: E4316 First aired: 3 March 2004 | ||
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| Written By Janis Diamond Directed By Gloria Muzio | ||
Plot
Briscoe and Green go searching for a woman who killed and dismembered her boyfriend, and instead find a man who murdered his wife.
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
- Dennis Boutsikaris as Defense Attorney Al Archer
- Susan Blommaert as Judge Rebecca Steinman
- Peter McRobbie as Judge Walter Bradley
- Mark Kenneth Smaltz as Arraignment Judge William Koehler
- Megan Byrne as Myra Camp
- Joe Holt as C.S.U. Technician Richard Hardwick
- Kate Miller as Defense Attorney Madeline Myers
Guest cast
- Henry Stram as Eli Madison
- Victor Anthony as Manuel Esperanza
- Carolyn Craig as Stephanie Vandenberg
- John Di Benedetto as Irv Groener
- Colman Domingo as Defense Attorney Ronald Gumer
- Ronnie Farer as Diane Wharsey
- Patrick Garner as James Stryker
- Barbara Gulan as Claudia Kowalski
- Sonia Manzano as Barbara Benitez
- Kathleen McNenny as Jennifer Shelby
- Dean Nolen as Professor Dan Enright
- Charles Reed as Evan Barry
- Calli Sarkesh as Jack Wilderman
- Millie Tirelli as Jill Kogen
- Christopher Wells as Mark Clark
- Lee R. Sellars as Dr. John Faruzzi
- Nick Taylor as Foreman
- LuLu Roche as Brierly
- Vaneik Echeverria as Manager
- Claudia DiMartino as Jury Foreman #1
- Frank Biancamano as Jimmy
- Reiner Schöne as Marty
References
- Roger Barry (victim)
- Caroline Madison
- Hanson Brackens
- Prescott firm
- Dwayne Evans
- New Mexico
- Narcotics Anonymous
- LeRoy Neiman
- Adam Schiff
Quotes
- Woman: You're in luck. Jen's been here all day. She's on a creative jag.
- Lennie Briscoe: I used to have those, except I called them benders.
- Eli Madison: The police are out to get me!
- Jack McCoy: With three dead bodies, can you blame them?
- Al Archer: Objection!
Background information and notes
- This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the Robert Durst case.
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