| "Remains of the Day" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 17.11 | → |
| Production number: 170 First aired: 5 January 2007 | ||
| Teleplay By David Wilcox Story By David Wilcox & Shya Ribowsky Directed By Constantine Makris | ||
Plot[]
After Michael Jones dies in his mother's hospital room with no immediate explanation, his mother Ashley accuses her former husband's adult children, Miles and Hillary Foster, who are fighting her for control of their deceased father's substantial fortune. The autopsy rules out the Fosters, and points Green and Cassady in the direction of illegally harvested donor bones, which Jones had received in a transplant eighteen months prior. McCoy and Rubirosa struggle to prosecute the case after it becomes clear that the only way they will get the evidence they need is to test another young man, Jason Carter, who received bone grafts from the same woman whose bones were given to Michael Jones to repair his legs.
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
- Michael Boatman as Defense Attorney Dave Seaver
- Fran Lebowitz as Arraignment Judge Janice Goldberg
- Paula Leggett Chase as Judge Dorothy Parnell
- Sam Guncler as Judge Duncan Harvey
Guest cast[]
- Ben Bass as Dr. Adam Vaughn
- Dan Bakkedahl as Tony Bicks
- Kate Hodge as Defense Attorney Prescott
- Eric D. Hill, Jr. as Jason Carter
- Mariel Hemingway as Ashley Jones
- Amina Robinson as Nurse Valerie Miller
- Trish McCall as Tanya Carter
- Felicity Jones as Louise Heath
- Chinasa Ogbuagu as Defense Attorney Cecelia Jeffs
- Felecia M. Bell as Dr. Maggie Havens
- Alex Emanuel as Frank Simon
- Christian Rummel as Marco Penzler
- James Riordan as Miles Foster
- Sam Osheroff as Damon Baker
- Aaron Fili as Dr. George Amiri
- Brooks Hornsby as Natasha Clayton
- Eliza Foss as Alexis Kendall
- Tom Hammond as Thom Kendall
- Laura E. Johnston as Nurse Garland
- Frances Turner as Nurse Byrd
- John Stanisci as Arraignment Court Clerk
- Kilty Reidy as Foreperson
- Sherman Alpert as Lawyer (uncredited)
References[]
- The 1985 Winston v. Lee case.
Quotes[]
Green: He got cancer from bone grafts?
M.E. Rodgers: You got it. You're looking at first-class surgery with third-rate donor material.
Cassady: How'd that happen?
M.E. Rodgers: It shouldn't have. The bones should have been screened and sterilized. No way this came from a legitimate tissue bank.
Green: Are we talking about black market body parts?
M.E. Rodgers: I typed the cells in the tumor, even called in a neuropath consultant for confirmation. This young man died of ovarian cancer.
- Rubirosa: Do you really think we're going to get a subpoena for medical records?
- McCoy: Half the judges on the roster have had hip replacements. Given the issue, I don't think we'll have a problem.
Background information and notes[]
Episode scene cards[]
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Apartment of |
Apartment of |
Morningside |
Bicks Funeral Home |
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Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
| Previous episode: "Corner Office" |
"Remains of the Day" Law & Order Season 17 |
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