The Brotherhood

"The Brotherhood"
←	L&O, Episode 15.03	→
Production number: E5304 First aired: 29 September 2004
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Teleplay By Alfredo Barrios, Jr. Story By Wendy Battles & Alfredo Barrios, Jr. Directed By Jean de Segonzac

Plot

The detectives investigate a corrections officer who is accused of killing a member of a prison gang.

Cast

Main cast

• Dennis Farina as Detective Joe Fontana
• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Elisabeth Röhm as A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
• Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch

Recurring cast

• Giancarlo Esposito as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Selenis Leyva as Detective Mariluz Rivera
• Mark Kenneth Smaltz as Judge William Koehler
• Richard Hirschfeld as M.E. Brody

Guest cast

• Gary Basaraba as Officer John Worley
• Chance Kelly as Kyle Marsden
• Vincent Laresca as Feo Ruiz
• Daniel von Bargen as Supt. Cooper
• Stephen Beach as Bob Palmer
• Candice Bergen as Judge Amanda Anderlee
• Matt Landers as Lieutenant Snyder
• Alyssa Bresnahan as Michelle Jones
• Chuck Ardezzone as Frank Sweeny
• Marco Verna as Vince Riley
• Laurie Williams as Ruth
• Cornell Womack as Parole Officer
• Mark Kachersky as Garage Owner
• Lisa Barnes as Dina Worley
• Brud Fogarty as Uniform Cop Jordan
• Frank Bello as Jimmy the Rocker
• Stephanie Kurtzuba as Wife
• Christopher Shand as Sean Worley
• Gabe Doran as Corrections Officer
• Eddie Marrero as Court Officer Sergent
• Kevin Scullin as Arraignment Court Clerk
• Ellen Barber as Jury Foreperson
• Jamel Scott as Crime Scene Onlooker (uncredited)
• Sonny Vellozzi as Onlooker (uncredited)

References

• Sing Sing

Quotes

M.E. Rodgers: Based on his stomach contents his last meal was pizza... pepperoni.

Fontana: Well there's two things every con wants the minute they get out. The second one is a pizza.

M.E. Rodgers: (chuckles) Huh, really? What's the first?

Background information and notes

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

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New York State Division of Parole Tuesday, August 12	Mimoun Garage 1106 Avenue C Wednesday, August 13	Sing Sing Correctional Facility Wednesday, August 13

4	5	6	7
Home of John Worley Haverstraw, New York Thursday, August 14	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Wednesday, September 3	Chambers of Judge Amanda Anderlee Wednesday, September 3	Supreme Court Trial Part 87 Wednesday, October 1

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