Guia de Episódios VII:

Temporada (96-97)

Elenco Principal: Jerry Orbach (Detetive Lennie Briscoe), Benjamin Bratt (Detetive Rey Curtis), S. Epatha Merkerson (Tenente Anita VanBuren), Sam Waterston (Promotor Assistente Jack McCoy), Carey Lowell (Promotora Assistente Jamie Ross) e Steven Hill (Promotor Chefe Adam Schif).

George Martin [Abe Mercer], Cyndi Cartagena [Anna Galvez], Louise Sorel [Marcy Fletcher Wrightman], Lawrence Arancio [Ian Rankin], Ted Kazanoff [Judge Daniel Scarletti], Victor Sierra [Fernando Salva], Hugh O'Gorman [Chuck Rodman], Rebecca Nelson [Maureen Rankin], Tiffany Fraser [Susan Bayer], Divina Cook [Mrs. Galvez], Mark Kachersky [Shuster], Irma St. Paule [Sally], Tom Cappadona [Victor Driscoll], Harsh Nayvar [Gas Station Attendant], Michael Dahlen [Young Attendant], Fuschia Walker ( Meter Maid], DeAnn Mears [Arraignment Judge Maria Gance], David Zayas [Raoul Cervantes], Jurian Hughes [M.E. Gardner], David Rainey [Assistant Medical Examiner], Bruce Winant [Morgenstern], Jonathan Teague Cook [Marty Fine], Gloria Irizarry [Grandma Rosa Citrone], Gia Galeano [Gia], Jillian Bowen [Jackie Rankin], Alex Bowen [9-year-old Rankin Son], Cameron Bowen [7-year-old Rankin Son], Andrea Bowen [Rankin Toddler], Michael Hobbs [Sergeant], William McGuire [ESU Lieutenant], Gerard O'Brien [ESU Technician], Lee Summers [Belmont Uniform Policeman], Jim Lavin [Court Clerk], Jon Brent Curry [ESU Technician]

McCoy is assigned a new second chair, ADA Jamie Ross, who is determined to prosecute carjacker Fernando Salva as harshly as possible, using an audio tape made by the victim as she pleaded for her life.

Jerry Adler [Judge Nathan Parks], Gerry Bamman [Stan Gillum], Aida Turturro ['That' Receptionist], Stephen Mendillo [New Jersey Police Lt. Jeffrey London], Alan Manson [Chief Administrative Judge], Pamela Gray [Lucy Sullivan], Dicky Fine [Perkles], Chat Carlin [Wilkins], Cordell Stahl [Hopper], Daniel Oreskes [Jack Maslin], Stuart Zagnit [Harry Shapiro, D.D.S.], Alison Martin [Miss Dawkins], Julian Gamble [Appellate Judge P. Slattery], Judy Frank [Judge Jean Bryant], Emilio Del Pozo [Appellate Judge John Sierra], Billy Gillespie [Larry], Scott Sherman [Stan], Liam Mitchell [Maxwell], Gano Grills [Jasperson], Robert Raines Martin [Cummings], Viktoria Demtchenko [Miss Nbela], George Rafferty [CSU Detective Harmon], Thomas Michael Allen [CSU Detective Cook]

The cops tackle identifying a corpse left in an elevator, and Jack finds his prosecution of the suspect later hampered by a vindictive judge who resents Jamie's in-court rebuke for sexual harassment.

Dennis Boutsikari [Al Archer], Chelsea Altman [Danielle Mason], Tommy Hollis [Ed Monroe], John A. MacKay [Mr. Mason], Jennifer Esposito [Gina Tucci], Joan Copeland [Judge Rebecca Stein], Giancarlo Esposito [Mr. Baylor], Robin Moseley [Dorothy Mason], Myra Lucretia Taylor [Jane Monroe], Taye Diggs [Sky Bell], Samantha Brown [Arlene Williams], Hope Clarke [Judge Emma Reynolds], Lil Henderson [Lois Rainey], Tony Patellis [Lloyd Boxer], Vanessa Aspillaga [Irene], Robert Turano [Harvey Coyle], Louis Cantarini [Vernon Link], John Lantz [Ken McCurdy], Angel L. Caban [Store Owner], Gia Galeano [Gia], Paul Singer [Man on Stoop], Mike Jefferson [CSU Technician Ballard], Kevin Alexander [Fingerprint Technician], Anthony Dodge [Court Reporter], Page Gravely [First Reporter], Jo Jo Sydneham [Second Reporter], Frank "Butch The Hat" Aquilino [Uncle Joey], Mark Enis [Process Server], Thomas Clifford Kramer [Court Clerk]

Briscoe and Curtis have to break the mutual alibi of two girlfriends as they try to find the killer of a young black man, whose angry parents pressure Jack to indict a young woman who claims the victim had raped her.

Karen Allen [Joan Sandler], Tovah Feldshuh [Danielle Melnick], Larry Keith [Francis Dunlap], Lee Bryant [Mrs. Campbell], Lenka Peterson [Ann Schoenberg], Lynn Cohen [Countess of Alto-Perugia], Michael Willis [Richard Peterson], Carolyn McCormick [Dr. Elizabeth Olivet], Marla Sucharetza [Sally Champlin], Darrell Larson [Mark Lehmann], Susan Bigelow [Paulette Walker], Ron Parady [Martin Bischoff], Linda Pierce [Nancy Farber], Ruth Williamson [Sophie Mercier], Paula Nyberg [Audrey], Cliff Batuello [Francis Falmouth], Maurizio Benazzo [Gianni Agnelli], Eddie Kaye Thomas [Chad Marham], Jim Abele [Mark Miller], Jerry Matz [Sidney Tuchman], Christian Baskouskas [Mr. Pieper], Gloria Biegler [Mrs. Pieper], Chris Walker [CSU Detective Cook], Tamara Daniel [Secretary]

Briscoe and Rey's investigation of the murder of a rare coin dealer nets them a millionaire as a suspect, but Ross has to play detective too as the DA's office tries to establish a provenance for the missing coin collection.

Kevin Conway [Lt. John Flynn], Josef Sommer [Judge Lawrence Sullivan], Tim Ransom [Det. Andy Sullivan], Jeff Williams [Det. Kenny Edwards], Caroline Kava [Betty Abrams], Don Billett [Patrolman], Skipp Sudduth [IAB Detective], Nancy Ticotin [Club Bahia Hostess], Kirk Acevedo [Richie Morales], Merrill Holtzman [Milton Corboy], Michael Medeiros [IAB Detective Reynolds], William Paulson [Gary Gaviola], Alexandra Loria [Marilyn Manning], Mark Giordano [Galloway], Dupre Kelly [Two Tone], Carlos A. Alonso [Leo], Phillip Lestrange [Commisiioner DeMaio], Manuel Antonio Estrella [Ruben Morales], Sandor Tecsy [Lewis], Liberty Jean [Woman], Edward D. Murphy [Lieutenant]

Rey, angered by the attitude of an old colleague of Lennie's, looks beyond the findings of an IAB investigation and turns up evidence of police corruption that puts the DA's office into competition with an ambitious judge and Lennie under investigation for stealing evidence from a police lockup.

John Bedford Lloyd [Dr. Christian Varick], Mark Bateman [Alan Sawyer], Tom O'Rourke [Unknown], Richard Hamilton [James "Jimmy the Pin" Poulos], E. Katherine Kerr [Mrs. Sawyer], Daniel Ziskie [Fred Sawyer], Jennifer Van Dyck [Kathy Perry], Vivienne Benesch [Lori Franklin], Randle Mell [Aaron Blum], Irene Ng [Xuan-Lan Nguyen], Susan Blommaert [Judge Rebecca Steinman], Fred J. Scollay [Judge Andrew Barsky], Ben Hammer [Judge Herman Mooney], Gene Canfield [Gerald Bailey], Jim Bulleit [Barney Cooper], Bill Cohen [Sam Krasny], Robert Hirschfeld [Det. Manny Lipsitz], Christine Farrell [Schrier], D.C. Benny [Ramirez], Martin Shakar [Stephan Elstead], Paul Geier [Dr. Charles Webb], Will Osborne [John Daly], Elain Graham [Corrine Casic], Rita Wolf [Connie Lembeck], Victor Anthony [Dan Birney], John D. Benedetto [Bruce Coui], Ed Kershen [Robert Kort], Dominc Marcao [CSU Det. Bracken]

The murder of a janitor in a university laboratory building leads back to a student employee whose participation in a drug study may have prompted the crime.

Val Avery [Max Schaeffer], Deborah Hedwall [Arlene (Schaeffer) Webber], Tamara Tunie [Caroline Bennett], Renee Props [Victoria Lewis], Vincent Pastore [Jimmy Pogosian], Nick Sandow [Pete Pogosian], Scott Sowers [Joe Kirby], Jerry Stiller [Sam Pokras], Barbara Eda-Young [Betsy Graves], Zachary Kady [Billy Webber], Jerry Mayer [Leon Storch], Jordan Lage [Charles], O.L. Duke [Jackson], Anthony J. Coleman [Steve], David A. Carlson [Backus], Larry Sherman [Arraignment Judge Colin Fraser], Ed Hyland [Gorian], Paul Urcioli [Bellman], Jim Frangione [Detective Scapelli], Mark Cassella [Detective Doyle], Abby Lewis [Mrs. Mills], David Healy [Mr. Reynolds], Joyce Lynn O'Connor [Mrs. Reynolds], Madeline Lee [Judge Susan Amberger (credits), Annette Connors (screen)], J. Evan Bonifant [Joey Reynolds], Emily Colt [Cheryl Reynolds], Sharon Angela [Delia], Michael Dowling [Bailiff], Elaine Tse [Dr. Chan]

The murder of a deadbeat father whose son is dying of leukemia presents Jamie and Jack with a sympathetic suspect and a moral dilemma.

Anne Twomey [Kate Bergreen-Spiegel], Jean De Baer [Laura Bergreen], Richard Venture [Douglas Greer], Bill Moor [Bill Patton], Victor Slezak [Jeffery Arbaugh], David Thornton [Paul Medici], Joseph Wiseman [Seymour Bergreen], Rochelle Oliver [Judge Grace Larkin], Olek Krupa [Victor Popov], James Murtaugh [David Solomon], Anna Carolina Alvim [Irma Lopez], Frank Girardeau [John 'Pot Belly' Podbielski], Jim Moody [Bobby Fox], Buzz Bovshow [Charles Herman], Chuma Hunter-Gault [Jose Ramos], Gene Silvers [Clarence Gray], Carmen Lopez [Gloria Manquez], Toni James [Jury Forewoman]

The murder of Richard Speigel, chief financial officer for an exclusive, family-owned department store goes from the sitting room to the bedroom and into the board room as suspicion shifts from co-workers to family members.

Michelle Hurd [Angela Roney], Ron Cephas Jones [Roland Books], Chris McKinney [Huey Tate], Samuel E. Wright [Dubois], Michael Gaston [Agent Fletcher], Robert Hogan [FBI Agent Carlin], Herb Foster [Alex Piven], Fil Formicola [Robertson], Donna Hanover [Judge Deborah Bourke], William Hill [Eddie Page], Elizabeth Van Dyke [Sheryll Scruggs], Arthur French [Vernon Johnson], Avery Waddell [Kevin Orgell], Joseph Siravo [Lou Shore], Jack Ryland [Judge Mark Burns], Michael Potts [Reggie Dobbs], Brienin Bryant [Lori Odlum], Michael Murus [Judge Jefferson Russo], David Brummell [Pollard], Eddie Aldridge [Eldridge], Pamela Isaacs [Corrine Samuels], Charles Gale [Technician], Norman Maxwell [Sergeant], Lenore Harris [Legal Aid Attorney], Michael Sean McGuinness [FBI Agent Glenn Hartley], Gloria Foster [Satima Tate], Angela Bullock [Miss Watkins], Jesse Doran [Robert Falco], Paul Navarra [Rick Gill], John Quinn [Hotel Dick], Eileen Rivera [Nurse], James Hanlon [Local Policeman], Andrew Finney [Court Clerk]

The case against Huey Tate, a young man accused of shooting the well-known leader of the African-American Congress comes undone when the New York authorities learn that their chief witness was once an informant for the FBI, and is still under their protection.

Frances Sternhagen [Estelle Muller], Bradley White [Jim Shepard], Tom Riis Farrell [Howard Phillips aka Dr. Paul Sackett], Charlotte Moore [Julia DeBakey], Jere Shea [Goldman], Johann Carlo [Mrs. Jeffrey Zabner], Mark Margolis [Bronson], Jenny Robertson [Robin Shepherd], Marylouise Burke [Mrs. Collins], Hugh O'Gorman [Chuck Rodman], Becky London [Trial Judge R.L. Webber], Paul Austin [Detective Rossi], Richard Michael Hughes [Patrick Dean], Richard M. Davidson [Adrian Kaye], John McGrane [Fred], Denise Casano [Young Woman], Bianca Collins [Darlene Muller], Michael Boyle [Grimley], Drew Militano [Court Clerk], Victor L. Williams [Uniform Policeman Wilson], Mercedes Herrero [Uniform Policeman Jones], Sean Arbuckle [Emergency Room Doctor]

The sidewalk shooting of a young husband uncovers the fact that his wife's first husband died in a inadequately investigated accident, and that they may have been having an affair before it happened.

John Cullum [Harold Dorning], Christopher Cousins [Robert Dorning], John Ellison Conlee ['Crazy' Mike McDugan], James Georgiades [Mr. Marsh], John Ramsey [Judge Walter Schreiber], Caitlin Clarke [Attorney for Robert Dorning], Jennifer Server [Dr. Shanfsky], Gustave Johnson [Mr. Styles], Marilyn Rockafellow [Mrs. Whatney], Tony LoBianco [Sal DiMarco], Katherine Narducci [Mrs. Marsh], James McCauley [Bobby Morris], Stephen Axelrod [Philly], Tony Torn [Remy], Ed Wheeler [John Cromwell], Steven Stahl [Detective Rod MacNeal], Francine Beers [Arraignment Judge Janis Silver], Megan Folsom [Shawna Gates], Rusty DeWees [Dave Randall aka 'Randall the Candle'], Paul Tavianni [Forensic Tech Frost], Bill Richardone [Peter Rawls], Joan Buddenhagen [Deanne Morris], Stan Schwartz [Mike McDugan, Sr.], Max Raven [Patron], Michael Mislove [James Lyman], Chris Prizzi [Sergeant], Jack Carey [Officer Wheeler], Tom Bloom [Doorman], Tamara Daniel [District Attorney's Clerk], Joseph Palese [Court Clerk]

The detectives face a difficult struggle getting witnesses to a girl's apparent suicide to come forward while Jamie tries to prove that a known bully is the one really responsible for her actions.

George DiCenzo [Sam 'Bunny' Russo], Scott Bryce [Steven Tashjian], Victor Argo [Enrique Flores], Greer Goodman [Mrs. Ganz], Dana Reeve [Susan Tashjian], Scotty Bloch [Tashjian's Attorney], Meg Mundy [Mrs. Harriet Keenan], Tom Brennan [Mr. Art Ganz], Cynthia Darlow [Kay Jensen], Brian Howe [John Mack], Jordan Leeds [Joseph Kaiser], Bruce Kronenberg [Eric Hoffman], Olga Merediz [Kathy Burns], George Odom [George Holden], Mary Peterson [Linda Krinsky], Tom Bellin [Dave Sheehan], Alec Phoenix [Peter Messina], Vince Pacimeo [Det. Martino], Timothi-Jane Graham [Trainer], Christopher Loomis Brown [Car Dealer], James Goodwin-Rice [Mr. Mark Poletti], Ellen Tobie [Mrs. Poletti], Michael DeVries [William Vander], Joe Pussard [Owner], Annie Chapin [ER Doctor], Andy Utaberger [Guard], Robert Gomez [First Uniform Policeman], Robert Jimenez [CSU Technician], John E. Brady [Coroner's Assistant]

An unpromising case of murder suddenly develops new leads when the cops explore the possibility that the victim was mistaken for someone else. McCoy walks a thin line in the matter of ethical conduct as he tries to make a case against a lendor who uses unscrupulous methods to collect the money owed to him.

George Grizzard [Arthur Gold], Arija Bareikis [Kim Triandos], Anna Holbrook [Velma Darcy], Michael Lombard [Robert Mellors], Boyd Gaines [Oliver Shain], Roger Serbagi [Judge Robert Quinn], Lazaro Perez [Luis Polanco], Alex Toma [Ronnie Polanco], Maya McLaughlin [Cassie Jordan], Jordan Lund [Laramy], Mark Kenneth Smaltz [Elias Bunch], Stephen Bradbury [Victor Henckel], Kenneth Garner [Maitre D'], Munson Hicks [Harkness], Robin Martin [Nadine], Julie Lauren [Linda], Chris Orbach [Jason], John Rainer [Barry Devine], Larry Fleischman [Szyzmanski], Todd Davis [Detective Henry], Mary Carol Johnson [Jury Foreman]

A would-be thief turns the murder investigation of Peter Triandos around, and leaves the D.A.'s office with the problem of trying to prosecute the man's lawyer and his client's young pretty wife.

Elaine Stritch [Lanie Stieglitz], Felicity Huffman [Hillary Colson], Jodie Markell [Sondra Benton], Richard Poe [Mac Bernum], John Cunningham [Metzler], David S. Chandler [Louis Colson], Richard Bright [Unknown], Pamela Holden Stewart [Jane Tennick], Jordan Reid Berkow [Iris Collier], Johnny Alan Garcia [Jose Duarte], William Severs [Judge Henry Fillmore], Socorro Santiago [Teresa Regalado], Henry Stram [Kaplan], Billy Strong [Gino Ricardo], Trisha Gorman [May], Portia Johnson [Mona], Paula Pizzi [Muriel], Felicia Wilson [Sherelle], Ray Anthony Thomas [Arnold Waring], Richard Litt [Gwinn], Michael Irby [Boca], David Anzuelo [Machada], Gregory Northrop [Workman], Michael Mulheren [CSU Technician], Tony Jones [Jacobsen], Andrew Shiva [Foreman]

The murder of a ex-cop with a penchant for blackmail and illicit sex brings feminist lawyer Lanie Stieglitz into court against McCoy to defend a suburban wife and mother.

Keith Szarabajka [Neal Gorton], Lauren Graham [Lisa Lundquist], Scott Cohen [Eddie Newman], Jeffrey D. Sams [Evan Grant], Paul Hecht [Dr. Dan Duval], Dick Latessa [Unknown], Michael Harney [Lt. Stu Miller], Michael Zaslow [Ben Hollings], Janeane Garofalo [Greta Heis], John Newton [Judge Eric Caffey], Norma Fire [Judge Pamela Jensen], Scott Rabinowitz [Dr. Levine], Harrison Young [Gus], Rainer Grant [Marlowe Powers], John Kudan [Jerome], Gary Evans [Uniform Policeman Richie], Don Creech [Carl Thurston], Marla Rubinoff [Shane Perry], Brian McQuillan [Luke Richmond], Susan Cella [Maria Rago], Maria Bellantoni [Carmela Rago], Ken Forman [bartender], Renee Bluestone [Mrs. Stacy Rudman], Carolyn Gorel [Katie], Gene Ruffini [Bum], Jo Twiss [Neighbor], Robert Dolan [CSU technician], Gregg Dubner [Newscaster], Benjamin Cain [Court Clerk], Robert Culp [Himself (uncredited)]

A headless corpse fished out of the river sends Curtis and Briscoe out to Los Angeles to obtain a blood sample from their chief suspect while McCoy and Ross back in New York try to obtain a court order for the procedure.

Keith Szarabajka [Neal Gorton], Lauren Graham [Lisa Lundquist], Scott Cohen [Eddie Newman], Jeffrey D. Sams [Evan Grant], Paul Hecht [Dr. Daniel Duval], Jude Ciccolella [Unknown], Drew Snyder [Unknown], Michael Harney [Lt. Stu Miller], Kevin O'Rourke [Jerry Weiss], Mark Joy [Unknown], John Carter [Unknown], J.P. Linton [Allan Fenwick], Philip LeStrange [Larry Fuchs], John Philbin [Fleet Manager], Glenn Kubota [Dennis Hayaski], Brooks Rogers [Dr. Dietrich Parks], Tony Di Buono [Mrs. Morrell], Nicholas J. Giangiulio [Mr. Morrell], Jeffrey Force [Chasen Morrell], Eva Donia Silver-Smith [Janey Morrell], Donald Corren [Medill], Rex Robbin [Kettering], Amy Hohn [Canton], Timothy Cavanaugh [Night Clerk], Jay Russell [Chauffeur], Tom Kane [Garage Clerk], Al DeCristo [Forensic Garage Technician], Matthew Locricchio [Airport Manager], DeAnn Mears [Judge Maria Ganz], Josh Liveright [NY Traffic Division Clerk], George Guidall [Mr. Ellison], Robert Phelps [Ellison's Attorney]

Back in New York with their suspect, Briscoe and Curtis try to pin down his schedule on the night of the murder, but find instead that another man was in the area at the right time and more importantly, might have a motive for the crime. But after the issuance of a new arrest warrant, McCoy and Ross have to fly to LA to defend their warrant against attacks by the man's defense counsel, Jamie's former husband Neal Gorton.

Keith Szarabajka [Neal Gorton], Lauren Graham [Lisa Lundquist], Scott Cohen [Eddie Newman], Paul Hecht [Dr. Daniel Duval], Franchelle Stewart Dorn [Ms. Joyner], Bernie McInerney [Judge Michael Callahan], Michael Zaslow [Ben Hollings], Carolyn McCormick [Dr. Elizabeth Olivet], Janeane Garofalo [Greta Heis], Stewart Bick [Jennings Canter], Keeley Eastley [Susan Spencer], David Kener [Ralston], Aasif Mandvi [Gulab Singh], Stephanie Lane [Denise], Stuart Feldman [Kevin], Amy Povich [Lasky], Bill Cwikowski [Jerry Vance], Lee Shepherd [Ben Tanner], Pay Moya [Deborah Curtis], Mary Catherine Nashlenas [Olivia Curtis], Arielle Kaplan [Serena Curtis], George Guidall [Mr. Ellison], Caralyn Gorel [Katie], Diana Lama [Receptionist], Daniel D'Amico [Process Server], Patricia Randell [Reporter], Jud Meyers [Reporter], Karen Ullman [Jury Foreperson]

As the trial against Eddie Newman begins, Gorton continues to put personal pressures on Jamie, but soon the entire case comes to hinge on the role of psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Duval in the lives of both Newman and Heidi Ellison.

Burt Young [Lewis Darnell], Ned Eisenberg [James Granick], David Wolos-Fonteno [Mr. Munro], Dan Frazer [Civil Trial Judge Barry McLellan], Lisa LoCicero [Janeane Darnell], Alice Liu [Sasabe], Laurie Kennedy [US District Judge Edna Shields], Olivia Negron [Mrs. Perez], Teddy Coluca [Leacock], Stephen McKinley Henderson [Judge Gerald Mowat], Anthony Michael Ruivivar [Raymond Cartena], Merritt Wever [Myra], Barton Tinapp [Roger Taban], Donald Christopher [Doctor], Eden Riegel [Natalie], Sarah Burke [Natalie's Mother], Edward D. Murphy [Parole Board Member], Candice Rose [Tami], Sylvia Kauders [Elderly Woman], Monique Cintron [Young Mother], John LaGioia [Super], Ron Brice [Officer Service], Edward Cannan [CSU Tech Atwood], Spike Finnerty [CSU Technician], Jeannine Comeau [Clerk], Tamara Daniel [Secretary]

McCoy becomes obsessed with nailing a serial rapist recently released on parole and pushes the cops perilously close to harassment as he attempts to connect the man with a new rape and murder matching his previous M.O.

Luke Reilly [Henry H. Harp], Edie Falco [Sally Bell], Shawn Elliott [Judge Samuel Leon], Theresa Merritt [Ruth Titus], Nancy Addison [Judge Selma Navis], Marlene Forte [Sandra Pena], Kevin Nash [Marvin], John Griesmer [Driver], Marco Greco [Jackson], Spiro Malas [Mr. Oakley], Joe Sharkey [Stan McVittie], Gary Perez [Rodolfo Rodriguez], Lia Tang [Dr. Chang], Mary Fogarty [Hilda Harp], Jerome Le Page [Dennis Harp], Chris Ceraso [Assistant ME], Jack Cirillo [Security Guard], Andrew Polk [CSU Technician], Gregg Bello [Noonan], Leonid Uscher-Citer [Superintendant], Jay Spadaro [Earl Novack], Christopher Marquette [Ricky], Jeff Breland [Uniform Policeman #1], Don G. Hewitt [Russell Schaeffer], Bruce Smolanoff [Uniform Policeman #2], Kenny Cranna [Number Four], Allen Lewis Rickman [Number Six], David Schuman [Court Clerk]

The cops' best hope of finding a kidnapped hired car driver alive is one of the armed robbers who grabbed him after a job, but the immunity deal he demands in return would effectively preclude his prosecution for the shooting death of an off-duty cop, placing Jack in a difficult position as he seeks to placate the cops, who want the guy prosecuted, and the kidnapped man's wife, who wants every avenue of saving her husband explored.

Casey Siemaszko [Shuman], Stuart Burney [Joostens], Ron Frazier [Judge Aldo Iannello], Benny Nieves [Ricky Garcia], Reiko Aylesworth [Tiffany Sherman], Fernando Lopez [Tony Garcia], John Doman [Sergeant Frank Gottlieb], Frank John Hughes [Mike Bodack], Sam Reni [Jack], Ronald Weyand [Father Dimitius], Santo Fazio [Miles], Henry Yuk [Lao], Patricia Mauceri [Virginia Watts], Marty Grabstein [Ackerman], Steven Goldstein [Rabbi Kornstein], Gina Pearlman [Ruth Gottlieb], Richard Ziman [Dr. Marienthal], Paul O'Brien [Bronx ADA Polk], James Reno [Lt. Brosnan], Glenn Wein [Pharmacist], Phil Harrison [Stan], Frannie Handman [Gertrude], Michelle Hurst [Public Defender], Robert Montano [CSU Technician], Joseph Roccobene [Policeman], Penelope Willis [Nurse], Fran Reiter [Jury Forewoman], Gaetano Lisi [Technician], Marcell Rosenblatt [Court Reporter]

A young man who claims to have helped a murdered young man change a flat tire is first the cops' primary suspect, then the prosecutors' chief witness.

Sara Botsford [Diane Posner], Cynthia Harris [Adele Diamond], Oren J. Sofer [Austin Posner], Everett Quintin [Jeffrey Weiss], Robert Foxworth [Charles Evans], Guy Paul [Nicholas Dalton], William Cain [Paul O'Farrell], Ryan Dunn [Jane], MacIntyre Dixon [Professor Peter Hilligan], Jennie Moreau [Nancy Hoffman], John Coughlin [Timothy Stevens], Lola Powers [Mrs. Krinsky], Patti Karr [Judge Rita Haines], Ira Wheeler [Judge Ivan Hopper], Saundra McClain [Flora Markey], Jenn Thompson [Ann Ferguson], John Carpenter [Mr. Gannett], John Robinson [Dr. Andrews], John McLoughlin [Judge Lloyd Williams], Larry Clarke [Dr. Norman Ganz], Louis D. Giovanetti [Mario], Rik Colitti [Fanning], James Weston [Maxwell Grimes], Brian Dylstra [Uniformed Policeman #2], Brendan O'Malley [CSU Technician], Marta Vidal [Operator], Robert Joseph Coffin [Court Clerk]

Briscoe and Curtis investigate the death of a pretty young book editor who was reputedly having an affair with one of her authors, and find themselves focusing on the author's long time companion, who steadfastly denies there was anything wrong with their relationship.

Rene Augesen [Sonja Harlann], Katherine Borowitz [Marjorie Larson], Bray Poor [Grant Silverman], Paul Lieber [Jimmy Burke], Jack Hallett [Abrams], David McCallum [Craig Holland], Adam Kaufman [Douglas Burke], Gordana Rashovich [Elaine Nichols], Gibby Brand [Bernard Arbitman], Fiona Gallagher [Sheila Mullins], Eileen Lawless [Karen Alston], Josh Pais [M.E. Borak], Kitty Chen [Judge Elizabeth Yee], Bob Laiban [Judge Bernard Kelman], Alan Pottinger [Marty Fix], Clark Middleton [Ellis], Mimi Weddell [Mrs. Sandinsky], David Ellzey [Donald Cox], Ellen Whyte [Nurse DeLong], Kevin Alexander [CSU Dryden]

The cops have a definite clue when a blood stain that's not the same as the victim reveals that the killer was a blood relative, and the prosecutors stumble when their chief suspect claims their chief witness is her lawyer, and his knowledge of the crime represents privileged communications.

Jack Gilpin [Mr. Axtell], Dani Klein [Susan Beckner], Liana Pai [Carolyne Trang], Kent Williams [Hank Coburn], Peter Jay Fernandez [Mr. Tyrell], David Cromwell [Mr. Veitch], Roy Thinnes [Deputy Attorney General Victor Panatti], Charlotte Colavin [Criminal Trial Judge Lisa Pongracic], John Driver [Phillip Keenan], Julia Gibson [Mrs. Sara Wexman], Richard Topol [Mickey Fine], Ava Haddad [Sally Jacobs], Lois Markle [Ms. Kaplan], James Biberi [Reynolds], Michael P. Moran [Civil Trial Judge Horace Barclay], Jason Antoon [Nidal Salam], Allan Heinberg [Markson], Stephen Adly-Guirgis [Ibrahim], Ramsey Faragallan [Mahmud], David Deblinger [Miller], Diane Cossa [Ms. Conroy], Susie Essman [Ms. Shapiro], Geoffrey Cantor [Mirvis], Leslie Nipkow [CSU Technician Linda Jones], Rob Nigro [Uniformed Policeman], Peter Von Berg [Doctor], John DiBenedetto [McGill], Jerry Ball [Jury Foreman]

The cops uncover a man with a secret second life as they try to learn who opened fire on a group of people disembarking from a party cruise, but his guilt or innocence becomes almost a second thought as Adam Schiff goes toe to toe with the governor and the the States Attorney General over the decision to seek the death penalty.