High & Low

"High & Low"
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Production number: E1122 First aired: 17 May 2000
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Teleplay By Gerry Conway Story By Gerry Conway & William N. Fordes Directed By Richard Dobbs

Plot

The death of a college student found raped and strangled in her dorm room leads to a case involving strip clubs and insider trading.

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
• Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Helmar Augustus Cooper as Judge Lawrence McNeil
• Bob Dishy as Defense Attorney Lawrence "Larry" Weaver

Guest cast

• Lee Bryant as Patricia Harris
• David Butler as Captain Duff
• Bill Christ as Vincent Steinberg
• Deborah Cresswell as Paula Dunbar
• Geoffrey Ewing as Detective Moss
• Suzanne Fletcher as Doris Cavanaugh
• Charles E. Gerber as Mark Berry
• Ryan Homchick as Jay Hurley
• Antoinette LaVecchia as Detective Barnes
• James Lurie as Dr. Dennis Colthorp
• Mark Nelson as Julius Reinhard
• Bill Raymond as Barry Cavanaugh
• Coleen Sexton as Elizabeth Torrino
• Adrienne Shelly as Wendy Alston
• Stephen Spinella as Andy Polone
• Peter Van Wagner as Jim Harris
• Elisabeth Waterston as Penny Rollins
• Michael Weaver as Brad Hurley
• Kevin Sibley as Arraignment Clerk
• Frank Senger as Horace
• Kevin Nagle as Stu
• Fay Ann Lee as Wendy Alston's Attorney
• Ronobir Lahiri as Ely
• Lori Tan Chinn as SEC Investigator
• Mary Ashton as Eve
• William H. Burns as Nassau County Cop
• Unknown as Paula

References

• Santa Monica, California
• Leslie Cavanaugh (victim)
• Andy García
• Hudson University
• Terre Haute, Indiana
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Taiwan
• Utah

Quotes

“	Fake boobs, fake job. Our victim had another side to her.	”
–Ed Green about the victim

“	Surf Nazis on ecstasy. They ought to put that on a local-drive in.	”
–Lennie Briscoe

Background information and notes

• Actress Elisabeth Waterston is the real life daughter of actor Sam Waterston. In this episode, she shares no scenes with him. She would later play his on-screen daughter, Rebecca McCoy, in the episode "Open Wounds".

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Foster & Wallace Investments, INC. 162 Broadway Wednesday, February 10	Residence Hall Hudson University Wednesday, February 10	Office Of Dr. Dennis Colthorp 894 Lexington Avenue Friday, February 12

4	5	6
Bare Necessities Long Beach Nassau County Wednesday,February 17	17th Precinct Nassau County Friday, February 19	Securities & Exchange Commission 7 World Trade Center Tuesday, February 23

7	8	9
Apartment Of Wendy Alston 261 West 73rd Street Thursday, March 4	17th Precinct Nassau County Friday, February 19	Supreme Court Trial Part 37 Friday, May 14

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