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"Scrambled"
L&O, Episode 9.06
Production number: E0208
First aired: 11 November 1998
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McCoy Scrambled
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[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

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Background information and notes[]

  • The plot of this episode involves a first wife, Arlene Galvin, trying to prevent a second wife, Coral Galvin, from using frozen embryos from the first marriage to gain a share of the deceased husband's estate through dispensing the money meant for the child. A similar plot occurs in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "December Solstice" when Charmaine Briggs tries to get pregnant to get a share of her older husband's estate.
    • Though not mentioned by name in this episode, Coral Galvin mentions a procedure to extract sperm from a dead person. In "December Solstice", the procedure is named electroejaculation and it used by Charmaine Briggs on her husband, Walter Briggs.
      • Electroejaculation is also used by April Troost to steal sperm in the SVU episode "Design".

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3 4

Apartment of
Harold Tucker
11 East 14th Street
Tuesday, August 26

Apartment of
Mr. & Mrs. Lasky
245 West End Avenue
Thursday, September 4

Office of
Executive Assistant
D.A. Jack McCoy
Thursday, October 2

Supreme Court
Motion Hearing
Wednesday, October 8

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Supreme Court
Trial Part 47
Monday, December 8

Chambers of
Judge Esther Morrow
Tuesday, December 16

Apartment of
Mr. & Mrs. Lasky
245 West End Avenue
Wednesday, December 17

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