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"Vendetta"
←	L&O, Episode 14.21	→
Production number: E4317 First aired: 21 April 2004
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Teleplay By David Nahmod Story By David Nahmod & Michael S. Chernuchin Directed By David Platt

Plot

A fan who caught a foul ball in a playoff game is killed by an ex-con who previously served 20 years for a crime he didn't commit.

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

Giancarlo Esposito as Defense Attorney Rodney Fallon
Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
Marylou Mellace as Judge Antonia Mellon
Fran Lebowitz as Judge Janice Goldberg
David Little as Judge Michael Schneider
Abigail Lopez as C.S.U. Technician Lisa Santoro
Angel Desai as M.E. Judy Waxman

Guest cast

David Warshofsky as Walter Grimes
John Michael Bolger as Detective Kenny Daniels
Ken Cheeseman as Agent Jeffrey Bowerman
Ira Hawkins as Detective Adams
Yvonne Jung as Melissa Donner
Jerry Jaffe as Mandelbaum
Al DeChristo as Detective Johnson
Kevin Karrick as Ted Enwright
Joseph Tudisco as James Rooney
Don Puglisi as Ted
John Penwarden as Bob
Vincent Gerrard as Desk Clerk
Joanie Ellen as Lucia
Joseph A. Halsey as Bill
Joe Bacino as Superintendent
Rick Johnson as Court Officer
Angela Frye as Legal Assistant (uncredited)

References

Brazil
Ronald Reagan
Julie Sayer
Leeanne Testa
Brendan Conner

Quotes

Lisa Santoro: You're telling me, this guy got killed because he reached for a foul ball?

Lennie Briscoe: And the suspect list is the Greater New York phone book.

Ed Green: I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but I'm actually starting to feel real sorry for this dude...

Lennie Briscoe: Hey, we were one out away from the World Series!

Background information and notes

This episode was inspired by the Steve Bartman incident during the 2003 National League Championship Series between the Chicago Cubs & Florida Marlins (Game 6, 8th inning.)

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4
New York Exoneration Project 638 Broadway Friday, February 18	Westside Motor Inn 245 Tenth Avenue Friday, February 18	Chambers of Judge Antonia Mellon Thursday, February 24	N & B Liquor 188 Greenwich Avenue Tuesday, February 29

5	6	7	8
Apartment of Kenny Daniels 418 West 101st Street Wednesday, March 1	Supreme Court Arraignment Friday, March 3	Supreme Court Trial Part 69 Monday, April 17	Supreme Court Trial Part 69 Tuesday, April 18

Previous episode:
"Everybody Loves Raimondo's"

"Vendetta"
Law & Order
Season 14

Next episode:
"Gaijin"

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 == Plot ==
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 === Main cast ===
 * [[Jerry Orbach]] as [[Detective]] [[Lennie Briscoe]]
-* [[Jesse L. Martin]] as [[Detective]] [[Ed Green]]
+* [[Jesse L. Martin]] as Detective [[Ed Green]]
 * [[S. Epatha Merkerson]] as [[Lieutenant]] [[Anita Van Buren]]
-* [[Sam Waterston]] as [[Executive Assistant District Attorney|Executive A.D.A.]] [[Jack McCoy]]
+* [[Sam Waterston]] as [[Executive assistant district attorney|Executive A.D.A.]] [[Jack McCoy]]
-* [[Elisabeth Röhm]] as [[Assistant District Attorney|A.D.A.]] [[Serena Southerlyn]]
+* [[Elisabeth Röhm]] as [[Assistant district attorney|A.D.A.]] [[Serena Southerlyn]]
-* [[Fred Dalton Thompson]] as [[District Attorney|D.A.]] [[Arthur Branch]]
+* [[Fred Dalton Thompson]] as [[District attorney|D.A.]] [[Arthur Branch]]
 === Recurring cast ===
-* [[Giancarlo Esposito]] as [[Defense attorney|Attorney]] [[Rodney Fallon]]
+* [[Giancarlo Esposito]] as [[Defense attorney|Defense Attorney]] [[Rodney Fallon]]
 * [[Carolyn McCormick]] as Dr. [[Elizabeth Olivet]]
-* [[Angel Desai]] as [[Medical examiner|M.E.]] [[Judy Waxman]]
+* [[Marylou Mellace]] as Judge [[Antonia Mellon]]
 * [[Fran Lebowitz]] as [[Judge]] [[Janice Goldberg]]
 * [[David Little]] as Judge [[Michael Schneider]]
 * [[Abigail Lopez]] as [[Crime Scene Unit|C.S.U.]] Technician [[Lisa Santoro]]
-* [[Marylou Mellace]] as Judge [[Antonia Mellon]]
+* [[Angel Desai]] as [[Medical examiner|M.E.]] [[Judy Waxman]]
 === Guest cast ===
@@ Line 43: / Line 42: @@
 * [[John Michael Bolger]] as [[Detective]] [[Kenny Daniels]]
 * [[Ken Cheeseman]] as [[Agent]] [[Jeffrey Bowerman]]
-* [[Al DeChristo]] as [[Detective]] [[Johnson (Det.)|Johnson]]
 * [[Ira Hawkins]] as Detective [[Adams (Det.)|Adams]]
 * [[Yvonne Jung]] as [[Melissa Donner]]
+* [[Jerry Jaffe]] as [[Mandelbaum]]
+* [[Al DeChristo]] as Detective [[Johnson (Det.)|Johnson]]
 * [[Kevin Karrick]] as [[Ted Enwright]]
 * [[Joseph Tudisco]] as [[James Rooney]]
+* [[Don Puglisi]] as [[Ted]]
 * [[John Penwarden]] as [[Bob]]
-* [[Jerry Jaffe]] as [[Mandelbaum]]
+* [[Vincent Gerrard]] as Desk Clerk
 * [[Joanie Ellen]] as [[Lucia]]
-* [[Vincent Gerrard]] as Desk Clerk
+* [[Joseph A. Halsey]] as [[Bill]]
 * [[Joe Bacino]] as Superintendent
-* [[Joseph A. Halsey]] as [[Bill]]
 * [[Rick Johnson (I)|Rick Johnson]] as Court Officer
-* [[Don Puglisi]] as [[Ted]]
-* [[Cindyana Santangelo]] as [[Melissa]]
 * [[Angela Frye]] as Legal Assistant ''(uncredited)''
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 == Quotes ==
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 {{conversation|I ''never'' thought I'd hear myself say this, but I'm actually starting to feel real sorry for this dude...|Ed Green|Hey, we were ''one out away'' from the World Series!|Lennie Briscoe}}
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