Slave (L&O)

"Slave"
←	L&O, Episode 6.19	→
Production number: K0122 First aired: 21 April 1996
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By René Balcer & Elaine Loeser Directed By Jace Alexander

Plot

A woman is shot while sleeping, and the investigation leads the police to a boy whose crack-addicted mother has entrusted him to a dealer's care.

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
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
• John Fiore as Detective Tony Profaci
• Christine Farrell as Forensic Technician Arlene Shrier
• David Rosenbaum as Arraignment Judge Alan Berman

Guest cast

• Karen Young as Cassie Rickman
• Patrick Breen as Andrew Gellis
• Welker White as Marla Rubinoff
• Tom Signorelli as Mr. Merrick
• Adam Zolotin as Lonnie Rickman
• Agustin as Roscoe "Ross" Morales
• George Gore II as Clayton Doyle
• Ron Cephas Jones as Frank Doyle
• Kim Staunton as Luanne Doyle
• Kerry O'Malley as Leslie Merrick
• Peter Marx as Wheeler
• Neil Pepe as Jamie Brinker
• Willis Burks II as Monty
• Stephen Berger as Judge Robin Ingles
• Gibby Brand as Judge Walter Crackhan
• Lucy Martin as Judge Taryn Brent
• Mateo Gómez as Mr. Garcia
• Brandon Segarra as Eddie Garcia
• Oscar A. Colon as Reyes
• Aasif Mandvi as Technician
• Marco Greco as Skeeze
• Julianne Hoffenberg as CSU Technician
• Frank Guy as Court Clerk
• Mark Stephen Pannes as Jury Foreman

Quotes

Schiff: Didn't you say that's where he belongs?

McCoy: That must have been some other arrogant, moralistic son of a bitch.----

Curtis: This kid stands on his own two feet.

Briscoe: This kid changed his own diapers too.

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“	You call it police brutality, we call it resisting arrest.	”
–Anita Van Buren

Background information and notes

• The episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "Deal".

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4
Ballistics Laboratory One Police Plaza Tuesday, February 21	Apartment of Cassis Rickman 636 Ninth Street Wednesday, February 22	Apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Doyle 124 Avenue B Friday, February 24	27th Precinct Tactical Room Monday, February 27

5	6	7	8
Supreme Court Arraignment Part 9 Wednesday, March 1	Supreme Court Motion Hearing Wednesday, March 15	Supreme Court Trial Part 52 Tuesday, April 11	Family Court 58 Lafayette Street Tuesday, April 25

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