| "Shield" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 9.17 | → |
| Production number: E0202 First aired: 24 March 1999 | ||
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| Teleplay By David Shore & I.C. Rapoport & René Balcer Story By David Shore & I.C. Rapoport Directed By Steve Wertimer | ||
Plot[]
The murder of a police officer leads to a case involving physical abuse in a relationship between the deceased and his former partner, a divorced mother of two.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
- Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
- 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[]
- J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
- Larry Clarke as Detective Morris LaMotte
- George Murdock as Judge Eric Bertram
Guest cast[]
- Philip Bosco as Lee Jerrold
- Holt McCallany as Officer Steve Felton
- Skipp Sudduth as Officer Cass
- Ellen McLaughlin as Officer DiPonti
- Dylan Price as Detective Pete Bowers
- Robert Turano as Sergeant McAllen
- Jenny Bacon as Officer Marissa Hastings
- Ümit Celebi as Gary Morris
- George Feaster as Jeff Morris
- Daniel Southern as IAB Lieutenant Gilroy
- Madison Arnold as Mr. Pelham
- Lucy Martin as Mrs. Pelham
- Marlene Forte as Alicia Bowers
- Robert Spillane as Terry Mays
- Mike Dooly as Charlie Nash
- Gustave Johnson as Lester Morton
- Kimberley Pistone as Lois Henick
- Marissa Matrone as Sandra Felton
- Jessica Molaskey as Janet Markson
- Joan Wooters as Helen Adelman
- Magaly Colimon as Dr. Arlene Brooks
- Jayne Houdyshell as Marge Littleton
- Doc Dougherty as Sergeant Kaufman
- Josh Liveright as Detective Wurlitzer
- David B. Heuvelman as Robert Murphy
- David Maley as First IAB Detective
References[]
Quotes[]
Carmichael: After six years I still don't know what cops are about.
McCoy: I grew up with one and I don't know either.
Background information and notes[]
Episode scene cards[]
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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|
Ogden Hotel |
Interstate Credit, INC. |
Corona Methodist Hospital |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Rikers Island |
Supreme Court |
Apartment of |
Supreme Court |
| Previous episode: "Harm" |
"Shield" Law & Order Season 9 |
Next episode: "Juvenile" |