| "True Crime" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 13.03 | → |
| Production number: E3305 First aired: 16 October 2002 | ||
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| Written By Wendy Battles & Noah Baylin Directed By Martha Mitchell | ||
Plot[]
After a woman is found dead in a trash heap, Briscoe and Green quickly determine she was a famous musician, infamous for breaking up a beloved rock band when she married the lead guitarist.
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
- Fred Dalton Thompson as D.A. Arthur Branch
Recurring cast[]
- Susan Blommaert as Judge Rebecca Steinman
- Josh Pais as Assistant M.E. Borak
Guest cast[]
- Richard Bright as Dru Hunt
- David W. Butler as Howard Rumsfeld
- Dyron Holmes as Carter Newton
- Tony Lo Bianco as Detective Mike Foster
- Eron Otcasek as Zach Graff
- Kellie Overbey as Rain Bridgeman
- Stivi Paskoski as Travis Jones
- Sean Pierce as John Herzek
- Howard Pinhasik as Dr. Neil Zucker
- John Sloman as Dr. Edwin Pappas
- David Thornton as Defense Attorney Jeremy Cook
- Alfred Sauchelli Jr. as Supervisor
- Marcel Simoneau as Shane Mallory
- James Andrew O'Connor as Driver
- Daria Hardeman as Melissa Chessman (uncredited)
References[]
- Shane Mallory
- Krisis
- René Descartes and his philosophy of "I think, therefore I am"
- Joe DiMaggio
- Yoko Ono
- The Beatles
- The Ramones
- Cain and Abel
Quotes[]
Quotes
Background information and notes[]
- Shane Mallory is obviously based on real-life musician Kurt Cobain (with Krisis standing in for Nirvana), while Patty Voytek was based on Cobain's widow Courtney Love, with some elements of Nancy Spungen thrown in. Also, the surviving Krisis members allude to a legal battle with Patty over the release of their final album, mirroring the real-life battle between Love and surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and David Grohl over the release of the single "You Know You're Right".
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