Mammon

"Mammon"
←	L&O, Episode 15.12	→
Production number: E5316 First aired: 5 January 2005
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Written By William N. Fordes & Douglas Stark Directed By Jace Alexander

Plot

Suspects in a wealthy man's murder are his young widow and a contractor with whom she was romantically involved.

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
• Elisabeth Röhm as A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
• Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch

Guest cast

• John Cariani as Julian Beck
• Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
• John Benjamin Hickey as Aaron Solomon
• Martin Kildare as John Snell
• Andrea Roth as Marley Emerson
• Lorca Simons as Jesse Fink
• Doug Stender as Arraignment Judge Joseph Flint
• Daniel Sunjata as Kenny Tremont
• Tracie Thoms as Linda Ziman
• Stephen O'Neil Martin as Mr. Emerson (uncredited)
• Jama Williamson as Tina
• Tim Miller as Court Clerk
• Liza Colón-Zayas as Luisa
• Anthony Grasso as Alarm Specialist
• Gary Cowling as Shoe Store Owner
• Alexis Delarosa as Thug in Court / Thug in Holding Cell (uncredited)

References

• Massachusetts
• 9/11

Quotes

Background information and notes

This is the second episode that seems ripped from the headlines of the Ted Ammon murder; the first was season 13's "Hitman." The earlier episode was created prior to Ammon's widow's death and her lover's conviction for Ted's murder.

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