"Innocence" | ||
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← | L&O, Episode 20.16 | → |
Production number: 20016 First aired: 15 March 2010 | ||
Written By Richard Sweren & Julie Martin Directed By Fred Berner |
Plot[]
Detectives Lupo and Bernard detain a man who is tried and found guilty of killing a gay man as a hate crime. Shortly after, one of Cutter's former law professors, Emily Ryan (Amy Madigan) steps in with The Innocence Collective, determined to prove his innocence and reverse the verdict. Cutter soon discovers that Emily's overeager student assistant, Lisa Klein (Anna Chlumsky), may have crossed the line to get a testimony in her client's favor. Before long, personal relationships are threatened as the integrity of the entire trial is called into question. As a defense on for her client, Emily Ryan uses the status of EADA Cutter's law license to say that her client, among others, deserve new trials; Cutter races to figure out a way to keep a mistrial from occurring and letting the defendant walk away from a brutal hate crime.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo
- Anthony Anderson as Detective Kevin Bernard
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Linus Roache as Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter
- Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
- Sam Waterston as D.A. Jack McCoy
Recurring cast[]
Guest cast[]
- Amy Madigan as Professor Emily Ryan
- Anna Chlumsky as Lisa Klein
- Cheyenne Jackson as Jon Sorrentino
- David Wilson Barnes as Defense Attorney Gilman
- Robin Lord Taylor as Cedric Stuber
- Zach Grenier as Judge Cormac Braden
- Sebastian Sozzi as Rodrigo Diaz
- Alyssa Bresnahan as Moira Stuber
- Mark H. Dold as Ted Wilson
- Natalie Thomas as Jenna Smythe
- Kathy Searle as Sylvia Corgan
- Stephi Lineburg as Stella
- Colby Chambers as Barry Aldman
- Charles Gould as Blogger
- Lawrence Ballard as ESU Officer
- Alexandra Zabriskie as Jury Foreman
Quotes[]
Mike Cutter: So, when can we expect the records?
Professor Emily Ryan: Oh, you still have a few more hoops you're going to have to jump through.
Mike Cutter: Well, we're fully prepared for your motion to quash our subpoena.
Professor Emily Ryan: Didn't I teach you about blowback, Mike? Sometimes you open up a door that you think is safe and an inferno comes roaring out. Just remember this was your call.
References[]
Background information and notes[]
- Goof: In the original second episode scene card February is misspelled "Febraury," but it seems to have been corrected in reruns.
- Michael Cutter references The Matthew Sheppard Act which was signed into law on October 22nd, 2009, only a few months before this episode aired.
Episode scene cards[]
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Supreme Court |
Realty Office of |
Office of |
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Supreme Court |
Tequila Chito's |
Innocence Coalition |
7 | 8 |
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Supreme Court |
Chambers of |
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