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Production number: E1124 First aired: 3 May 2000
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Teleplay By Barry M. Schkolnick Story By Barry M. Schkolnick & Richard Sweren Directed By Jace Alexander

Plot

A man claims he acted under extreme emotional disturbance after he murders the woman who sponsored a graphic painting.

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
• Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Spencer Garrett as Stephen Olson
• Ted Kazanoff as Judge Daniel Scarletti
• J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
• Larry Clarke as Detective Morris LaMotte
• Lynn Cohen as Judge Elizabeth Mizener

Guest cast

• Bruce MacVittie as Larry Brunig
• David Thornton as Paul Radford
• Steven Ogg as Mark Vee
• Gilbert Cruz as Mel Hamed
• Jaclyn DeSantis as Darah Laporte
• Francesca Faridany as Betsy Braun
• Sondra James as Sarah Taffler
• Mary B. McCann as Claudia Fadden
• Michael McKenzie as Thomas Ervin
• Jeff Weiss as Judge Alexander Romney
• Adam Oliensis as Arnie Fields
• Camilla Rantsen as Charlize Poster
• Lee R. Sellars as Otto Boyd
• Lynn Sellers as Beth Miller
• James Sioutis as Howard Miller
• Eisa Davis as Erica Yelin
• Al Thompson as CSU Technician
• Kevin Neil McCready as Court Clerk
• C.S. Lee as Pharmacist
• Jim Grollman as Artie
• Noah Cornman as Jury Foreperson
• Abiola Abrams as Meryl
• Sam Turich as Crawford
• Leith M. Burke as Danny

References

• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Salvador Dalí
• Edgar Degas
• IRS
• London
• Sensation (art exhibition)
• Charles Saatchi
• Madonna
• Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
• Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• Spain
• Hannibal Lecter
• Lucy Young (victim)

Background information and notes

• Contrary to what's implied in the episode, the defense of "extreme emotional disturbance" does not absolve the defendant of responsibility for the crime. It merely reduces the charge from murder to manslaughter in the first degree (punishable in the state of New York by 8 1/3 to 25 years in prison, or less at the judge's discretion).

Episode scene cards

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Fields & Associates 112 East 51st Street Thursday, January 28	Apartment Of Larry Brunig Canarsie, Brooklyn Wednesday, February 3	Chambers Of Judge Alexander Romney Monday, February 8

4	5	6
Gaines Insurance, Inc. 259 West 25th Street Tuesday, February 16	Supreme Court Arraignment Friday, February 19	Supreme Court Trial Part 22 Wednesday, March 31

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