Ambitious

"Ambitious"
←	L&O, Episode 9.21	→
Production number: E02 First aired: 12 May 1999
	th of 456 produced in L&O
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Teleplay By Barry M. Schkolnick Story By Richard Sweren & Barry M. Schkolnick Directed By Christopher Misiano

Plot

The investigation of a murder leads to two strip-club owners and a mob boss's son to whom they pay more than $100,000 a year.

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

• Jennifer Van Dyck as Defense Attorney Morgana Palmer
• Roger Serbagi as Judge Robert Quinn
• John Driver as Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Gervits
• Larry Sherman as Judge Colin Fraser

Guest cast

• Mark Linn-Baker as Tom Wilder
• Defense Attorney Richard Libertini as Bernie Sklar
• Jeremy Davidson as Sean Russo
• Louis Guss as Vincent Carpenara
• Joe Piscopo as Jeff Stahl
• Julia McNeal as Lisa Gibson
• Chelsea Lagos as Kimberly Davis
• Angela Pietropinto as Isabella Russo
• Sarah Rafferty as Jennifer Shaliga
• Ray Iannicelli as Alfred Celaga
• Joseph Gay as Terry Small
• David S. Jung as Jackson
• Ralph Lucarelli as Joseph Russo
• Edmund Wilkinson as Albert "Lucky" Martin
• Stephen Stout as Phil Sager
• Domenick Lombardozzi as Jason Vitone
• Sybyl Walker as Patti Cassell
• Philip M. Cowan as Gregory Ellis
• Chris Orbach as Augie
• Mario D'Elia as Pete Suppa
• Miguel Sierra as Landers
• Tony Misiano as Jose
• Barbara Gonzalez as Maria
• Al Roffe as Manuel
• Anna Damergis as Court Clerk

References

Donald Gibson; Gibson Sound; Tri-State Electronics; New Jersey; Guys & Dolls; Dominic Russo; Elite Meats; Spotsfield; The Russos

Quotes

Sean Russo: Where's my car?!

Lennie Briscoe: From now on, we'll be providing the transportation. You're under arrest for the murder of Donald Gibson.

Background information and notes

• This episode features a cameo by Jerry Orbach's son, Chris, as pizzeria employee Augie.

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