Dr. Melinda Warner is a medical examiner in the New York City Police Department. After working as a doctor in the United States Air Force to pay for medical school and serving two tours during the Gulf War, Warner left the army to take care of her daughter, and became an AME for the NYPD. ("Blast") In 2000, having reached the rank of ME, she was assigned to the 16th Precinct, as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers had begun to work for Major Case in addition to Homicide, and these two units took up much of her time. ("Noncompliance")
Over the years, Warner has become an integral part of the Manhattan Special Victims Unit, and her personal skills have contributed to the unit's high success rate in closing cases.
She was shot by Sophie Gerard, a troubled and grieving mother, during a standoff inside the morgue in the episode "Shattered". Neal Baer, producer from the show confirmed on his twitter account that she survived. [1] She is later seen back on the job and when Stabler and Bensen question her ruling a death as a homicide she says "I was shot in the lung, not the head." Turns out she was right, just not in the way she believed.
Trivia
- During her time in the Air Force, Warner received training in the use of firearms. ("Blast")
- According to Detective Elliot Stabler, Warner hates cold weather and always sends her assistants to crime scenes on cold days. ("Mean")
- Warner is the only ME in the whole of the Law & Order franchise to appear in the opening credits of her series.
- Warner's daughter was born in 1991.
- In "Blast", Warner was personally involved in a case by informing parents that their kidnapped daughter had leukemia. Later on, she shot the perpetrator in the leg, preventing him from committing suicide by cop.
 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Main Characters
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Senior Detectives: Elliot Stabler • John Munch • Odafin Tutuola • Olivia Benson • Amanda Rollins Junior Detectives: Olivia Benson • Monique Jeffries • Odafin Tutuola • Chester Lake • Amanda Rollins • Nick Amaro • Dominick Carisi, Jr. • Katriona Tamin • Joe Velasco • Grace Muncy Squad Supervisors: John Munch • Olivia Benson • Odafin Tutuola Commanding Officers: Donald Cragen • Olivia Benson • Christian Garland Assistant District Attorneys: Alexandra Cabot • Casey Novak • Kim Greylek • Rafael Barba • Peter Stone • Dominick Carisi, Jr. Others: Melinda Warner • George Huang | |
Appearances: Season 2-6 Recurring Cast
Season Two:
1st Appearance : Episode 6 Noncompliance
2nd Appearance : Episode 9 Pixies
3rd Appearance: Episode 11 Abuse
4th Appearance: Episode 12 Secrets
5th Appearance: Episode 20 Pique
6th Appearance: Episode 21 Season Finale Scourge
Season Three:
1st Appearance : Episode 1 Repression
2nd Appearance: Episode 3 Stolen
3rd Appearance: Episode 4 Rooftop
4th Appearance: Episode 5 Tangled
5th Appearance : Episode 6 Redemption
6th Appearance : Episode 9 Care
7th Appearance : Episode 10 Ridicule
8th Appearance: Episode 11 Monogamy
9th Appearance : Episode 14 Counterfeit
10th Appearance : Episode 21 Denial
11th Appearance : Episode 23 Silence Season Finale
Season 4:
1st Appearance : Episode 1 Chameleon
2nd Appearance : Episode 3 Vulnerable
3rd Appearance : Episode 4 Lust
4th Appearance: Episode 6 Angels
5th Appearance: Episode 7 Dolls
6th Appearance: Episode 9 Juvenile
7th Appearance: Episode 10 Resilience
8th Appearance : Episode 13 Rotten
9th Appearance : Episode 14 Mercy
10th Appearance: Episode 16 Tortured
11th Appearance: Episode 17 Priviledge
12th Appearance: Episode 18 Desperate
13th Appearance: Episode 19 Appearances
14th Appearance: Episode 20 Dominance
15th Appearance: Episode 22 Futility
16th Appearance: Episode 23 Grief
17th Appearance: Episode 24 Perfect
18th Appearance: Episode 25 Soulless Season Finale
Season Five:
1st Appearance: Episode 4 Loss
2nd Appearance: Episode 5 Serendipity
3rd Appearance: Episode 10 Shaken
4th Appearance: Episode 11 Escape
5th Appearance: Episode 12 Brotherhood
6th Appearance: Episode 13 Hate
7th Appearance: Episode 14 Ritual
8th Appearance: Episode 15 Families
9th Appearance: Episode 18 Careless
10th Appearance: Episode 19 Sick
11th Appearance: Episode 20 Lowdown
12th Appearance: Episode 21 Criminal
13th Appearance: Episode 22 Painless
14th Appearance: Episode 23 Bound
15th Appearance: Episode 24 Poison
Season 6:
1st Appearance: Episode 1 Birthright
2nd Appearance: Episode 4 Scavenger
3rd Appearance: Episode 6 Conscience
4th Appearance: Episode 7 Charisma
5th Appearance: Episode 8 Doubt
6th Appearance: Episode 9 Weak
7th Appearance: Episode 10 Haunted
8th Appearance: Episode 12 Identify
9th Appearance: Episode 14 Game
10th Appearance: Episode 15 Hooked
11th Appearance: Episode 19 Intoxicated
12th Appearance: Episode 20 Night
13th Appearance: Episode 22 Parts
14th Appearance: Episode 23 Goliath Season Finale
Season Seven Moved to Main Cast season 7-12.
1st Appearance: Episode 2 Design
2nd Appearance: Episode 5 Strain
3rd Appearance: Episode 7 Name
4th Appearance: Episode 8 Starved
5th Appearance: Episode 9 Rockabye
6th Appearance: Episode 10 Storm
7th Appearance: Episode 12 Infected
8th Appearance: Episode 13 Balst
9th Appearance: Episode 14 Taboo
10th Appearance: Episode 15 Manipulated
11th Appearance: Episode 16 Gone
12th Appearance: Episode 18 Venom
13th Appearance: Episode 19 Fault
14th Appearance: Episode 20 Fat
15th Appearance: Episode 21 Web
16th Appearance: Episode 22 Influence Season Finale
Season Eight:
1st Appearance: Episode 1 Informed
2nd Appearance: Episode 2 Clock
3rd Appearance: Episode 3 Recall
4th Appearance: Episode 4 Uncle
5th Appearance: Episode 5 Confrontation
6th Appearance: Episode 7 Underbully
7th Appearance: Episode 8 Cage
8th Appearance: Episode 9 Choreographed
9th Appearance: Episode 10 Scheherazade
10th Appearance: Episode