| "License to Kill" | ||
|---|---|---|
| ← | L&O, Episode 15.17 | → |
| Production number: E5322 First aired: 23 February 2005 | ||
| Written By Stuart Feldman & Richard Sweren Directed By Constantine Makris | ||
Plot[]
A self-styled vigilante slams his car into another car, driving it into a building and causing several deaths. Prosecution becomes complicated, however, when it's revealed that the other driver was a serial murderer who'd kidnapped the son of one of his victims.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Dennis Farina as Detective Joe Fontana
- Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
- Annie Parisse as A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
Recurring cast[]
- Pippa Pearthree as Judge Esther Morrow
Guest cast[]
- Matt Fischel as Judge Paul Fillmore
- Richard Furlong as Detective Murphy
- Julia Gibson as Selma Flanagan
- Michael Hyatt as Defense Attorney Julia Shinnear
- Patrick McCartney as Sergeant Leonetti
- Stephen Park as Dr. Park
- Susan Pellegrino as Judge Jeanette Donaldson
- Mike Pniewski as Randall Stoller
- Jacob Smith as Tommy Flanagan
- M'el Dowd as Mrs. Haiduk
- Matthew Stocke as Officer Jude Rhodes
- Michelle Rios as Woman
- David Sajadi as Uniform
- Mason Pettit as ConEd Guy
- Jennifer Morris as Claire
- Dominic Inzana as Thruway Clerk
- Eddie Martinez as Luis
- Mark Vincent Barlow as Paralegal
- Robert Beitzel as Attendant
- Paul Borghese as Clerk
- Torben Brooks as Trooper
- Nicole Callender as Marisol
- Rafael Clements as Reporter #1
- Kerrianne Spellman Cort as Reporter #2
- Angelina Cruz as Performer
- Stracy Diaz as Dari
- John Sierros as P.J. Grant
- Jacquie Ullendorf as Jury Foreperson
References[]
Thomas Flanagan; Stoney Anderson; Jason Anderson; Amy Maas; John Wyatt; Ulster County; Nanuet; New York State Thruway Authority; Kingston; Antler Creek Park; Route 302; Taconic State Parkway; Palisades Parkway; Bear Bryant;
Quotes[]
Quotes
Background information and notes[]
- This episode is based on a shooting spree in northern Wisconsin, on November 21, 2004. Chai Vang, a Hmong hunter on a hunting trip, was trespassing on a private land. He was confronted by local hunters, and a dispute escalated into a deadly rampage. Vang shot eight people, six fatally, and is currently serving six life sentences.
- Another aspect of the episode's plot also seems to be based on the death of Carl Robert Brown on August 20, 1982. On that day, Brown committed a mass shooting at a Miami, Florida, welding shop, killing eight and wounding three before bicycling away from the scene. Two bystanders pursued him in a car, shot him with a legally-owned gun, and ran him over, killing him.
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