Mother's Milk

"Mother's Milk"
←	L&O, Episode 10.12	→
Production number: E1110 First aired: 9 February 2000
	th of 456 produced in L&O
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Written By Lynn Mamet & Barry Schindel Directed By Richard Dobbs

Plot

Bloodstains in an apartment that belonged to a young couple with a baby leads to the separated parents, each of whom claims that the other has the infant.

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
• Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Susan Blommaert as Judge Rebecca Steinman
• Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Liz Larsen as CSU Technician Jessica Reed
• Donna Murphy as Defense Attorney Carla Tyrell

Guest cast

• Mimi Bensinger as Mrs. Chazen
• Lee Brock as Ms. Strickland
• Louis Cantarini as Joe Pintozzi
• Tessa Ghylin as Amy Beltran
• Linda Halaska as Pauline Weitz
• John Lantz as Gil Steffano
• Denise Lute as Marie Steffano
• Austin Lysy as Mitch Palichek
• Robert Montano as Father Ramon Aguerro
• Peggy Roeder as Helen Beltran
• Peter Smith as Chris Dauber
• Yvonne Warden as Mrs. Watkins
• Michael C. Williams as Jimmy Beltran
• Edward D. Murphy as Prospective Male Juror
• William Hill as Jimmy Beltran's Attorney
• Guy Boyd as Mr. Beltran

Quotes

Schiff: (after the Beltrans are sentenced) Talk about a throwaway child.

McCoy: A 6-week-old baby starves to death in full view of his parents. That's no accident.

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Green: How many of these have you done?

Briscoe: Stakeouts?

Green: No, dead babies.

Briscoe: We don't know for sure the baby's dead.

Green: Right.

Briscoe: To answer your question, too many.

Green: This is my first.

Briscoe: That's too many.

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(about Jimmy)

Father Aguerro: Sometimes he came and stood near the confessional. I was hoping he'd come in, but you can't make someone confess.

Briscoe: Wanna bet?

Background information and notes

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