Zero

"Zero"
←	L&O, Episode 19.07	→
Production number: 19002 First aired: 17 December 2008
	th of 456 produced in L&O
←	th of 456 released in L&O	→
	th of 1271 released in all
Written By Ed Zuckerman & Luke Schelhaas Directed By Marisol Torres

Plot

When his latest case seems to be going too smoothly, Cutter becomes worried about the mental health of the judge trying his case.

Cast

Main cast

• Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo
• Anthony Anderson as Detective Kevin Bernard
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Linus Roache as Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter
• Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
• Sam Waterston as D.A. Jack McCoy

Guest cast

• Ned Beatty as Judge Malcolm Reynolds
• Derek Cecil as Joe Hartwig
• Deanna Dunagan as Public Defender Estelle Adams
• James Colby as New Jersey Officer Morgan
• Ian Kahn as Chris Mason
• Michael McCormick as Judge Mark Brannigan
• Sherry Stringfield as Carly
• Geoffrey Cantor as Jim Dooley
• Daniel Cantor as Stan Murdoch
• Andrew Stewart-Jones as Devon
• Nadia Bowers as Diane
• Leah Curney as Nancy Hartwig
• Anne Marie Nest as Ann Mason
• Wallace Little as Parking Attendant
• Nathan Purdee as Sergeant
• Carly Maitlin as Jill Mason
• Jeremy Zorek as Zach Hartwig
• Candice McKoy as Court Officer
• Stephen Balantzian as Lawyer
• Flint Beverage as Deputy
• John E. Mack as Officer Dale McCloskey

References

• People vs. Alicia
• Adam Schiff

Quotes

Jack McCoy: Can anybody read around here?

Mike Cutter: I believe that's a requirement for graduating from Law school.

Jack McCoy: The lights! Maintenance is changing the lightbulbs to save energy. I think the ones in my office are 3 watts.

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Carly: So, there's some scheduling issues we should discuss.

Mike Cutter: Sure.

Jack McCoy: (Smiles sarcastically and nods To Rubirosa) "Scheduling issues."

Connie Rubirosa: So, you and the judge's clerk, you two are…?

Mike Cutter: Friends.

Connie Rubirosa: Friends... so we don't have a conflict-of-interest problem, do we?

Mike Cutter: No. And we don't have a jealousy problem, do we?

Connie Rubirosa: I was in preschool when you started to work here… 'member?

Mike Cutter: [Takes a minute] That was Estelle Adams, not me!

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Carly: You are out of order.

Mike Cutter: You're a witness. You don't get to decide what's out of order.

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Kevin Bernard: No paper, no plastic, which means no take-out, no magazines, no paper towels…

Anita van Buren: No toilet paper?

Cyrus Lupo: Left hand and a bowl of water. (Van Buren and Bernard just stare at him) Half the world still does it that way.

Anita van Buren: That's nasty.

Kevin Bernard: Hey, so when you were overseas, doing intel in the boonies...?

Cyrus Lupo: Left hand and a bowl of water.

Anita van Buren: That's nasty.

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Bronte Hotel Bar 218 Union Square Monday, August 25	Apartment of Wayne Jenkins Bergen County, New Jersey Monday, August 25	Apartment of Chris Mason 59 East 21st Street Monday, August 25

4	5	6	7
Home of Ann Mason Nyack, New York Tuesday, August 26	Chambers of Judge Malcolm Reynolds Tuesday, August 26	Supreme Court Trial Part 10 Wednesday, September 17	Odeon 145 West Broadway Thursday, September 18

8	9	10
Supreme Court Motion Hearing Friday, September 19	Home of Judge Malcolm Reynolds Upper West Side, New York Monday, September 20	Supreme Court Trial Part 10 Monday, September 20

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