The Fire This Time

"The Fire This Time"
←	L&O, Episode 12.08	→
Production number: E2205 First aired: 21 November 2001
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Written By David Black Directed By David Platt

Plot

The investigation of an arson case that turned fatal leads to charges against environmental activists.

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

• Charlotte Colavin as Judge Lisa Pongracic

Guest cast

• Andrea Anders as Emily Hoyt
• Michael Leydon Campbell as Eric Shollar
• Dimitri Christy as William Thrall
• Jeff Edgerton as Kent Quigley
• Erin Gann as Paul Rochet
• Alana Jerins as Diane Loftus
• Martin Kildare as Mark Kellner
• Bruce Kirkpatrick as Colin Shaw
• Evan Neumann as Noah Stadler
• Michael Lee Patterson as Harry Frost
• Angela Pietropinto as Phyllis Malone
• Kate Skinner as Carol Ley
• David Raymond Wagner as Evan Pabst
• Anthony Spina as Super
• John Sutherland as Clark Mohr
• P.J. Morrison as Uniform Policeman
• Angel Desai as Ellen
• Tom Bower as Whitten
• Alex Endeshaw as Gas Station Attendant

References

• Alaska
• Utah
• Seattle, Washington

Quotes

Paul Rochet: I don't regret anything I've done, Mr. McCoy. I hope you never have cause to regret anything you do.

Jack McCoy: Letting that guy walk out the door's a start.

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

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Kellner Real Estate 325 West 23rd Street Monday, May 1	Apartment Of Melanie Fried 38 Horatio Street Monday, May 1	Apartment Of Eric Shollar 312 First Avenue Tuesday, May 2

4	5	6
Apartment Of Kent Quigley 557 West 204th Street Wednesday, May 3	Autoco Service Station Mount Eden, The Bronx Wednesday, May 3	Community Board 518 West 72nd Street Wednesday, May 10

7	8	9
Supreme Court Trial Part 47 Tuesday, June 13	Canal Street Coffee 268 Canal Street Friday, June 16	Supreme Court Trial Part 47 Wednesday, June 21

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