Veteran's Day

"Veteran's Day"
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Production number: E4314 First aired: 18 February 2004
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Written By Noah Baylin Directed By David Platt

Plot

A decorated Gulf War veteran grief-stricken over the Afghanistan combat death of his son murders an anti-war protester, claiming at trial that he acted under extreme emotional distress.

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

• Leslie Hendrix as M.E. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Joe Morton as Leon Chiles
• Charlotte Colavin as Judge Lisa Pongracic
• Helmar Augustus Cooper as Judge Lawrence McNeil

Guest cast

• Paul Calderon as Kenneth Silva
• Saundra Santiago as Mariela Silva
• Wayne Duvall as Ronnie Gibbons
• Joey Collins as Neil Shrader
• David B. Heuvelman as Warren Crawford
• Poorna Jagannathan as Rehana Khemlani
• Joel Leffert as Harold Griffin
• Selenis Leyva as Nita Cabrera
• James Lurie as Paul Teague
• Nancy McDoniel as Diane Teague
• George Palermo as Jeff Dawson
• Christopher Sergeeff as Brian Teague (uncredited)
• Jerry D. O'Donnell as M.C. Downs
• David Sajadi as Uniform Officer
• Michael Mazzeo as Court Clerk
• Trent Kendall as Chuck
• Tim Kirkpatrick as Benton
• Tim House as Don
• Iraj Anvar as Manny
• Nick Basta as James
• Urban Ullman as Traffic Court Officer
• Rik Alan Walter as Jury Foreman
• Sidney Williams as Ian
• Lenore Zann as Tina

References

• Brian Teague (victim)
• Extreme Emotional Disturbance
• Afghanistan War
• Persian Gulf War
• Iraq War
• Vietnam War
• 9/11
• United States Army
  • Army Special Forces
• France

Quotes

Quotes

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3	4	5
Apartment of Brian Teague 123 Greene Street Wednesday, January 26	Apartment of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Teague 287 East 18th Street Wednesday, January 26	31st Precinct 381 Seventh Avenue Wednesday, January 26	McNulty's Bar 40 Carmine Street Friday, January 28	Hudson University West Quad Friday, February 4

6	7	8	9	10
Apartment of Mariela Silva 78 Bleecker Street Monday, February 7	Supreme Court Trial Part 22 Monday, March 27	Supreme Court Trial Part 22 Wednesday, March 29	Supreme Court Trial Part 22 Thursday, March 30	Supreme Court Trial Part 22 Monday, April 3

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