"Tabloid" | ||
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← | L&O, Episode 8.23 | → |
Production number: K2515 First aired: 13 May 1998 | ||
Teleplay By David Black Story By David Black & Alec Baldwin Directed By Brian Mertes |
Plot[]
Tabloid journalism comes under scrutiny during the investigations into the deaths of a gossip columnist and a celebrity target he pursued.
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
- Carey Lowell as A.D.A. Jamie Ross
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Guest cast[]
- Timothy Carhart as Warren Abbott
- Leslie Watts as Laura Abbott
- LeAnna Croom as Julianne Lowry
- Gerrit Graham as Alan Bruder
- Robin Groves as Judge Joanne Franklin
- Baxter Harris as Abner Parkes
- Joe Mantello as Philip Marco
- David McConeghey as Judge Henry Fisk
- Maeve McGuire as Betty Sanger
- Brian Keeler as Paul Gary Fowler
- Peter McRobbie as Dr. Thomas Neustadt
- John Slattery as Arlen Levitt
- Ellen Tobie as Phyllis Howard
- Robert Zarem as Himself
- John Finnerty as Jury Foreman
- Nell Balaban as Receptionist
- Spiro Malas as Cabbie
- Robert B. Alexander as Doorman
- Stephen Kunken as Process Server
- Andre Canty as UPS Man
- Kelly AuCoin as First Assistant
References[]
- Cathy Briscoe
- Danny Jones
- Neil Gorton
- Katie Gorton
- Margaret Abbott
- Hudson Law School
- Bruder Management
- New York Ledger
- Abbott, Mitchell, & Crowe
Quotes[]
- Julianne Lowry: Look, what he likes me to do, you can't get pregnant from, okay?
- Lennie Briscoe: ...Okay.
“ | The public still remembers a mangled car in a Paris tunnel. | ” |
–Adam Schiff |
Background information and notes[]
- Adam Schiff's reference to "a mangled car in a Paris tunnel" refers to the fatal accident involving Diana, Princess of Wales in August 1997.
Previous episode: "Damaged" |
"Tabloid" Law & Order Season 8 |
Next episode: "Monster" |