Scrambled

"Scrambled"
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Production number: E0208 First aired: 11 November 1998
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Teleplay By Ed Zuckerman Story By Dick Teresi & Judith Hooper Directed By Martha Mitchell

Plot

The murder of an employee at a fertility clinic leads to a case involving a dead man's first and second wives.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
• 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

Guest cast

• Lewis Arlt as Gerald Grove
• Lisa Eichhorn as Arlene Galvins
• David Garrison as Richard Billings
• Arthur Halpern as Harold Tucker
• Jean Louisa Kelly as Coral Galvins
• Jordan Lage as Dr. Harvey Purcell
• Elizabeth Martin as Mrs. Forrester
• Michael Mastro as Thomas Kravitz
• Laura Moss as Marianne Voullers
• Richard Muenz as Derek Sloan
• Brian O'Neill as Frances Curran
• Daniel Pearce as Dr. Aaron Fine
• Pippa Pearthree as Judge Esther Morrow
• William Prael as William O'Rourke
• Jason Pugatch as CSU Technician Persky
• Ken Strong as Justin Rattner
• Bill Tatum as Michael Lasky
• Ron Nakahara as Mr. Kim
• Barbara Walsh as Mrs. Lasky
• Frank Wood as Dr. Rutland
• William Youmans as Byrne Chaikin
• Stewart J. Zully as Tom Bubitz
• Victor Deeb as Clive
• Denise Wilbanks as Brenda

References

• Sarah Purcell (victim)
• Deborah Curtis
• Cathy Briscoe
• CIA
• Belgium
• United Kingdom
• Hell's Kitchen
• Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber

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