Trophy (L&O)

"Trophy"
←	L&O, Episode 6.12	→
Production number: K0114 First aired: 31 January 1996
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Teleplay By Jeremy R. Littman Story By Jeremy R. Littman & Ed Zuckerman Directed By Martha Mitchell

Plot

The search for what appears to be a copycat serial killer results in complications for McCoy, who tackled the original case.

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
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• John Ramsey as Judge Walter Schreiber
• Gia Galeano as Detective Gia

Guest cast

• Laila Robins as Attorney Diana Hawthorne
• David Garrison as Defense Attorney Gerald Fox
• Isiah Whitlock, Jr. as Simon Brooks
• Heath Lamberts as Forensic Handwriting Expert
• Jerome Preston Bates as Ernie Bigelow
• Stephanie Berry as Estelle Walters
• José Ramón Rosario as Detective Monfredo
• Conan McCarty as Defense Attorney Ethan Floyd
• Kent Broadhurst as Harry Kingston
• George T. Odom as Egan
• Reggie Montgomery as Leon Monroe
• Nan-Lyn Nelson as Elaine Monroe
• Peewee Love as Carlos
• Carlo Alban as Damien
• Michael Alexander Jackson as Felix
• Mimi Michaels as Vanessa Carey
• Mala Danziger as Mrs. Carey
• Wesley Rice as Andrew Dillard
• Jeanna Garcia as Rhonda
• Larry Attile as Williams
• Christopher Cantwell as Garrity
• Joe Pentangelo as CSU Phillips
• Lisa Kron as CSU Warner
• Paul Rice as Secretary

References

• Derick Walters (victim)
• Merchant of Venice
• Ireland
• Nuremberg defense

Quotes

Damien: We wasn't doin' nothin'.

Briscoe: Really? And where wasn't you doin' it?

Jack McCoy: You didn't have to take that deal, Claire. We could have won the case.

Claire Kincaid: I know, but I thought that's what you wanted, Jack.

“	The part I hate about private practice...clients.	”
–Diana Hawthorne

Background information and notes

• Hank Chappel from Act of God is mentioned in this episode
• Jack's withholding of a witness' information regarding motive in Competence is mentioned by Claire as a potential example of his withholding of exculpatory evidence.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Gotham Market 2336 Broadway Tuesday, November 15	St. Matthews Academy 663 East 73rd Street Wednesday, November 16	Cheever Academy 229 East 83rd Street Thursday, November 17

4	5	6	7
Office Of Diana Hawthorne, ESQ. 21 Exchange Place Friday, December 2	Institute For Handwriting Analysis 203 Fifth Avenue Monday, December 12	Supreme Court Trial Part 96 Monday, January 23	Supreme Court Trial Part 96 Tuesday, January 24

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