The Secret Sharers

"The Secret Sharers"
←	L&O, Episode 1.18	→
Production number: 66221 First aired (US): 12 March 1991 First aired (AUS): 15 November 1993
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By Robert Stuart Nathan Directed By E.W. Swackhamer

Benjamin Stone faces a flashy Texas lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer.

Plot

A notorious criminal is shot and killed in front of an entire church congregation. Witnesses protect the shooter, an admired local teenager. Detectives and prosecutors must deal with the uncooperative witnesses and discover the motive behind the shooting.

Cast

Main cast

• George Dzundza as Sergeant Max Greevey
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
• Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
• Richard Brooks as A.D.A. Paul Robinette
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Lorraine Toussaint as Legal Aid Attorney Shambala Green

Guest cast

• J.D. Cannon as Chet Burton
• Paul Calderon as Father Robert Torres
• Stephen Elliott as Judge Neil Markham
• Miriam Colon as Anna Rivers
• Cordelia González as Anita Urbano
• Diane Kagan as Judge Elaine Durren
• Sully Diaz as Alicia Rivers
• Enrique Munoz as Nicky Guzman
• Hazel Medina as Nurse
• Stephen Mendillo as Harmon
• Jack Hallett as Morton
• Saoul Mamby as Hector Cartagena
• Duke Stroud as Hurley
• Ron Faber as Santmyer
• Ray Gill as Officer Binns
• Anthony Ruiz as Officer Lopez
• Rafael Báez as Nunez
• Adriana Sananes as Julie Reyes
• Sixto Ramos as Angel
• Minerva Scelza as Rosa
• Victor Colicchio as José Urbano
• Paula Garcés as Lucy Rivers
• Susan Browning as Jury Forewoman
• Brian Williams as Assistant District Attorney Dickey
• Sal Trapani as Jail Guard
• Frank Anderson as Bailiff #1
• Joseph Dobish as Bailiff #2
• Daniel Kenney as Forensics Expert
• Blas Hernandez as Herrera
• Giselle Liberatore as Avilo

References

references

Quotes

"We're pleading temporary insanity."
"What, yours or your client's?"

- Shambala Green and Benjamin Stone

"The commandment says, "Thou shalt not kill". It does not say, "Thou shalt not kill only nice people"."

- Benjamin Stone

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Ballistics Lab Thursday,February 7	St. Julian's Church 428 E. 113th Street Tuesday, February 12	Alicia & Lucy Rivers Apt. 5 E. 121st Street Thursday, February 14

4	5	6	7
Manhattan Jail Wednesday, February 20	Supreme Court Arraignment part 40 Thursday, February 21	Chambers of Judge Markham Monday, May 6	Chambers of Judge Markham Wednesday, May 8

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