Mother's Day

"Mother's Day"
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Production number: E3311 First aired: 8 January 2003
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Written By Janis Diamond Directed By Jace Alexander

Plot

The hit-and-run death of a popular high-school student leaves the detectives suspecting the girl's father was the real target. When evidence reveals that the death was possibly a random killing, they are able to track down their suspect to his apartment. However things get complicated when their killer is murdered, and the person who committed the crime happens to be the victim's mother.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• 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

Recurring cast

• Don Billett as Judge Ed Richter
• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Helmar Augustus Cooper as Judge Lawrence McNeil
• Lynn Cohen as Arraignment Judge Elizabeth Mizener
• Timothy Britten Parker as Forensic Technician Borak
• Sanjiv Jhaveri as Assistant M.E. Roger Migdal

Guest cast

• Ellen McLaughlin as Diane Payton
• Janet Zarish as Caroline Milius
• Charissa Chamorro as Defense Attorney Kay Hartley
• Martin Kildare as Ronald Milius
• Mark Alan Gordon as Dr. David Trask
• Jim Moody as Chuck
• Daniella Alonso as Maddi Donlou
• Karen Goberman as Blair Silverman
• Lucy Martin as Megan Alston
• Deja Kreutzberg as Emily Milius
• Allie Woods, Jr. as Waiter
• Sixto Ramos as Jose Enriques
• Michael Lewis as Forensics Technician Michels
• Joe Capozzi as Uniform Officer Adams
• Joey Donovan Guido as Clerk
• Shavonne Conroy as Foreman
• Marcel Simoneau as Danny Payton (uncredited)

References

• Andrea Yates
• Susan Smith
• Ethan Richards

Background information and notes

• In this episode, Lt. Van Buren mentions having a thirteen-year-old son named Ric, who was diagnosed with scoliosis at age six.
• Goof: This episode aired on January 8, 2003. However, the episode scene cards do not all match up to any calendar. For example, if December 1 was a Monday as stated by its scene card, then December 7 could not be a Friday as its own scene card states.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Rockingham Day School 368 Park Avenue Wednesday, November 14	Schmidt's Bookstore 1437 St. Nicholas Avenue Wednesday, November 14	Apartment Of Diane Payton 237 East 13th Street Wednesday, November 14

4	5	6
Chuck's Discount Gas 116 East 23rd Street Thursday, November 15	Surrogate's Court Monday, December 1	St. Justin's Hospital Rye, New York Friday, December 7

7	8	9
Supreme Court Trial Part 79 Monday, January 3	Supreme Court Trial Part 79 Tuesday, January 4	Supreme Court Trial Part 79 Friday, January 7

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