Sundown

"Sundown"
←	L&O, Episode 10.09	→
Production number: E1107 First aired: 15 December 1999
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Teleplay By Krista Vernoff Story By Krista Vernoff & William N. Fordes Directed By Jace Alexander

Plot

A patient is found beaten to death in a hospital lounge -- and the resulting case involves infidelity, Alzheimer's disease and a ladies' man.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• 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

Recurring cast

• Glynnis O'Connor as Defense Attorney Anne Paulsen
• David Little as Defense Attorney Mitch Weiss
• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
• Josh Pais as Assistant M.E. Borak
• Barbara Spiegel as Judge Harriet Doremus
• Mark Kenneth Smaltz as Judge William Koehler

Guest cast

• Missy Yager as Lisa Hallenbeck
• Bradley White as Michael Hallenbeck
• Mark Pinter as Raymond Quinn
• Donna Mitchell as Clinic Nurse
• Kathryn Hays as Gloria Blumberg
• George Martin as William Hallenbeck
• John Newton as Judge Andrew Barsky
• Jason Weinberg as Vic Fazdi
• Maureen Moore as Clara Wynnick
• Jonathan Fried as Ken Fortunada
• Nina Mann as Frances Sawyer
• Bernie Passeltiner as Bernard Silver
• Aysha Quinn as Agnes Maye
• Alysia Reiner as Gretchen Stewart
• Jen Albano as Patsy Shurtleff
• Richard Donelly as Donald Brody
• Elizabeth Flax as C. Tierney
• Annie Rose Murray as Christine Porter
• Andrea Gabriel as Melanie Tolson
• Matt Ames as Defense Attorney Rumer

References

• Alzheimer's disease

Quotes

• Lennie Briscoe: Guy's juggling at least three lady friends. Must be putting something extra in his tank.
• Ed Green: Jealous?

• Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: Right now, I've got to get a javelin out of somebody's chest.
• Lennie Briscoe: What made you go into this line of work?
• Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: Free javelins.

• Ed Green: What's that on your phone? Brains?
• Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: It's egg salad, maybe.
• Ed Green: You got another phone?

• Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers: The injuries look worse than they were.
• Lennie Briscoe: What looks worse than dead?

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4
Apartment of Vic Fazioli 1438 St. Nicholas Avenue Monday, October 26	Wan Damm Alzheimer's Center Roosevelt Island Monday, November 2	Apartment of Clara Wynnick 261 West 75th Street Thursday, November 5	Van Damm Alzheimer's Center Roosevelt Island Thursday, November 12

5	6	7
Apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Hallenbeck 642 East 87th Street Tuesday, November 17	Arraignment Hearing Bellevue Prison Ward Monday, November 23	Supreme Court Motion Hearing Monday, December 21

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