Melting Pot

"Melting Pot"
←	L&O, Episode 17.15	→
Production number: 17015 First aired: 16 February 2007
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Written By Richard Sweren Directed By Jean de Segonzac

Plot

After an actress is found dead in her apartment, Green and Cassady attempt to prove that her death was not a suicide.

Cast

Main cast

• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• Milena Govich as Detective Nina Cassady
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
• Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch

Recurring cast

• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• John Cariani as C.S.U. Technician Julian Beck
• Jason Kolotouros as Defense Attorney Derek Greer
• Rufus Collins as Judge Winston Delahunt
• Melissa Maxwell as Arraignment Judge Arlene Jones
• Lizzy Davis as Assistant M.E. Carla Birch

Guest cast

• Adam Trese as Carl Easton
• Reza Salazar as Julio Rodriguez
• Sanjit De Silva as Ali Mohammed
• Sean Mahan as Jonas Faulkner
• Cara Buono as Defense Attorney Shannon
• Anthony Mangano as Sal Garcetti
• Heather Kenzie as Diana Rawlings
• Romi Dias as Heather Sanchez
• Lisa Velten as Vanessa
• Ann Hu as Tina Lee
• Heidi Armbruster as Lisa Michaels
• Rick Gifford as Mark
• Joe Hickey as Defense Attorney Vincent Oscar
• Laurence Lowry as Super
• Sixto Ramos as Carlos
• Hannah Freiman as Amanda
• Jeremy Allen White as Jeremy
• Jorge Pupo as Pastor
• Joseph Amato as Uni
• Damon DiMarco as Clerk
• Peter Conboy as Court Officer (uncredited)

References

• Fire Under the Veil
• Erin Garret
• Julia Roberts
• Marilyn Monroe

Quotes

(After McCoy reported Easton Construction to immigration to get Julio Rodriguez to testify against Carl Easton.)

Connie Rubirosa: Ali had his [green] card pulled for tampering with Erin's movie. He's on his way to Pakistan and Julio to Colombia.

Jack McCoy: And Easton Construction filed with the Attorney General's office for dissolution.

Connie Rubirosa: You're a one-man border patrol, Jack.

Jack McCoy: You give me way too much credit.

Connie Rubirosa: I don't think so. You cleaned house.

Jack McCoy: Not really. You're forgetting [murder victim] Erin Garrett had a Jamaican nanny.

Background information and notes

• This episode was inspired by the case of actress-director (and one-time L&O guest star) Adrienne Shelly, who was killed by a young Ecuadorean construction worker who then tried to make her death look like a suicide.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Home of Erin & Jones Faulkner 239 Broome Street Tuesday, February 7	Home of Diana Rawlings Saratoga Springs, NY Wednesday, February 8	Offices of the Noho Film Festival 313 East 4th Street Wednesday, February 8

4	5	6
Office of Easton Construction 158 Hudson Street Thursday, February 9	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Wednesday, February 15	Supreme Court Motion Hearing Friday, February 17

7	8	9	10
Easton Construction Job Site 207 Allen Street Friday, February 17	Chambers of Judge Winston Delahunt Monday, February 20	Office of Easton Construction 158 Hudson Street Monday, February 20	Supreme Court Grand Jury Room Wednesday, February 22

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