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"Under God"
L&O, Episode 13.12
Production number: E3313
First aired: 5 February 2003
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Written By
Marc Guggenheim & Noah Baylin

Directed By
Gloria Muzio

Plot[]

A drug dealer turns up dead, leading detectives to members of a neighborhood watch group whose lives were poisoned by the victim. The priest who leads the group confesses to the crime, claiming that God told him to do it.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

References[]

  • David Parker
  • Cathy Briscoe
  • Fischer Locksmith
  • Scott Giddins
  • Pupchek's Bar

Quotes[]

(about Father Hogan)

Arthur Branch: Justification?
Serena Southerlyn: "Yes, I killed, but God told me to."
Arthur Branch: You gotta admit, it's a lot more creative than "the Devil made me do it".
Jack McCoy: Next stop, virgin sacrifices.
Jack McCoy: Smile, Serena. This is our Inherit the Wind. This is where we get to prove in a court of law that there is no big guy up there with the white beard pulling invisible strings.
Serena Southerlyn: So what exactly did those nuns do to you?
Arthur Branch: This country could use a double dose of whatever God's got on special today.
Jack McCoy: Perhaps, but not in the courtroom.

Background information and notes[]

  • Lennie Briscoe mentions the death of his daughter, Cathy Briscoe, which happened in "Damaged".
  • This episode aired February 5, 2003. However, the episode scene cards correspond to the 2001 and 2002 calendars.

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3

St. Cassandra's Hospital
1779 Third Street
Thursday, December 6

Apartment of
Bill Parker
61 Ridge Street
Friday, December 7

Pupcheck's Bar
18 Avenue A
Friday, December 7

4 5 6

Fischer Locksmith
193 East Broadway
Monday, December 10

Port Authority
Bus Terminal
Police Department
Monday, December 10

27th Precinct
Tuesday, December 11

7 8 9

Supreme Court
Motion Hearing
Tuesday, December 18

Supreme Court
Trial Part 89
Tuesday, January 22

Supreme Court
Trial Part 89
Thursday, January 24

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