Sonata for Solo Organ

"Sonata for Solo Organ"
←	L&O, Episode 1.21	→
Production number: 66226 First aired (US): 2 April 1991 First aired (AUS): 6 December 1993
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Teleplay By Joe Morgenstern & Michael S. Chernuchin Story By Joe Morgenstern & Michael Duggan Directed By Fred Gerber

Plot

Stone and Robinette prosecute a surgeon and the wealthy father of a transplant patient for illegally obtaining a kidney.

Cast

Main cast

• George Dzundza as Sergeant Max Greevey
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
• Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
• Richard Brooks as A.D.A. Paul Robinette
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Bill Moor as Defense Attorney Bill Patton
• Tanya Berezin as Arraignment Judge Rosalyn Lenz
• Fred J. Scollay as Judge Warren Pursley

Guest cast

• Paul Roebling as Dr. James Reberty
• Deborah Hedwall as Ellen Hale
• Dominic Chianese as Dan Rubell
• Chuck Cooper as Drew MacDaniel
• Lonny Price as Dr. Lieber
• Randy Graff as Dr. Martha Kershan
• Fritz Weaver as Philip Woodleigh
• Ralph Byers as Judge Barsky
• Ann Dowd as Teresa Franz
• Kayla Black as Nurse Davis
• Jennifer Van Dyck as Joanna Woodleigh
• Zach Grenier as Lemish
• Leslie Lyles as Reberty's Ex-Wife
• Kevin O'Morrison as Judge Hollis Brennan
• Peter McRobbie as Manager
• Roger Robinson as Dr. Ames
• Rose Arrick as Mrs. Birnbaum
• John MacKay as Nevins
• Olga Merediz as Rosaria Mendez
• Brian Burke as Hospital Clerk
• Marcella Lowery as Nurse
• Jonathan Teague Cook as Bum
• Joe Pentangelo as Curran
• Nick Muglia as Schull
• Gareth Williams as Technician
• John Santamaria as Bailiff

References

References

Quotes

"People talk about feeling violated when some punk breaks into their apartment and steals a TV set. I felt raped."

- Drew McDaniel

"The public must understand that the Organ Transplant Network is the one true democracy. One of the few instances where money doesn’t talk. At all."

- O.T.N. Executive

"If you prosecute him, he’ll die. I know he will. And for what? Mr. MacDaniel is going to be a very wealthy man."
"With only one kidney."
"Just like I have, Mr. Stone. The hope is we’ll both live long and happy lives."
"Please believe me, I’m glad you’re healthy again. I know how close to death you were. But, Ms. Woodleigh, do you really think your father would have acted any differently, if you had needed a heart instead of a kidney?"

- Joanna Woodleigh and Benjamin Stone

"It’s easier to bust out of Attica then to leave a hospital without paying."

- Max Greevey

"Whoa! Talk about getting your pocket picked!"

- Mike Logan

"Grand theft kidney. Terrific."

- Donald Cragen

"What's it going to take to make you happy, Stone?"
"The Mets in the Series, peace on Earth, and Dr. Reberty in Dannemora."

- Reberty's Attorney

Background information and notes

• This episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "Sacrifice".
• Goof: Kevin O'Morrison is credited as "Judge Boyark" but his nameplate states his name is "Hollis Brennan".
• Other episodes in the Law & Order franchise that deal with organ donation are the SVU episodes "Parts" and "Dare" and the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Ex Stasis".

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4	5
Amsterdam Hospital 2196 1st Avenue Wednesday, March 4	Office of Dr. James Reberty Friday, March 6	Offices of Mr. Philip Woodleigh Park Ave. & 73rd Street Wednesday, March 11	Office of the Organ Transplant Network Thursday, March 12	Office of Dr. Martha Kershan Thursday, March 12

6	7	8	9	10
Elaine Hale's Apartment 92 W.80th Street Thursday, March 12	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Monday, April 8	The Woodleigh Foundation Thursday, April 11	Supreme Court Trial Part 23 Wednesday, August 21	Office of Assistant District Attorney Ben Stone Wednesday, August 21

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