The Collar

"The Collar"
←	L&O, Episode 12.11	→
Production number: E2214 First aired: 9 January 2002
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By Richard Sweren Directed By Matthew Penn

Summary

A priest who is given information by a murder suspect in the suspect's apartment refuses to tell the police what he knows.

Plot

plot

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
• Elisabeth Röhm as A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn
• Dianne Wiest as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin

Recurring cast

• Dick Latessa as Bishop Durning
• Andrea Navedo as Detective Ana Cordova
• Shaun Powell as CSU Tech Barrett

Guest cast

• John Dossett as Father Evans
• Agustin Rodriguez as Angel Cabrera
• Peter Maloney as Father Paul
• Joanna Going as Defense Attorney Dana Bauer
• Kent Broadhurst as Defense Attorney Mansfield
• Bill Cwikowski as Allan Boswell
• Jeffrey Joseph as Detective Ronald Murphy
• Merritt Nelson as Nicole Boswell
• Matt Unger as Tim Boswell
• Stephen Berger as Judge Nathaniel Berger
• Anthony Ruiz as Joseph Serrano
• Barbara Caruso as Administrator
• Cesar Leonardo as Freddie Ortega
• Patrick Garner as Ballistics Technician
• John Di Benedetto as Caretaker
• Marta Vidal as Carmen Cabrera
• Gerald Bunsen as Danny
• Sam Gold as David Cole
• Ava-Maria Carnevale as Woman
• Jeremy Nagel as Boy #1
• David Newer as Sergeant
• Michael Balin as Foreman
• Rebecca Roe as Paralegal
• Dionne Audain as District Attorney (uncredited)

References

• 31st Precinct
• Father Grady (victim)
• Sammie Landrum

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Don Bosco Catholic School 73 East 34th Street Thursday, November 2	Apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Allan Boswell 112 East 18th Street Thursday, November 2	Archdiocese of New York 478 Madison Avenue Friday, November 3

4	5	6
Serrano's Gas Station 392 East 10th Street Tuesday, November 7	Apartment of Carmen Cabrera 595 West 176th Street Tuesday, November 14	31st Precinct Tuesday, November 14

7	8	9	10
Downstate Correctional Facility Wednesday, November 22	Chambers of Judge Nathaniel Berger Thursday, November 30	Rikers Island Correctional Facility Monday, December 4	Supreme Court Motion Hearing Tuesday, December 19

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