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"Custody"
L&O, Episode 6.14
Production number: K0117
First aired: 21 February 1996
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Teleplay By
Morgan Gendel

Story By
Morgan Gendel & René Balcer

Directed By
Constantine Makris

Plot[]

The investigation of a social worker's murder coincides with a black woman kidnapping her son from his white foster parents.

Cast[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Guest cast[]

References[]

Quotes[]

Claire Kincaid: So because of the bigots, any black criminal has a ready-made excuse?
Paul Robinette: Not an excuse. A mitigating factor.

Background information and notes[]

  • Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks), the previous Assistant district attorney before Claire Kincaid, returns, now a defense attorney.
  • Robinette tries to call his old boss, Benjamin Stone, to testify about statements from a judge about how he felt about sterilizing drug addicts. Stone is mentioned as "traveling in Europe, not available to testify at any hearing." However, the judge by this time has already declared himself "unavailable" to hear the case.
  • In the last scene, Robinette recalls an occasion when Stone asked him if he felt like a "Black lawyer, or a lawyer who's Black". This occurred at the end of the season one episode "Out of the Half-Light".

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3

Health & Welfare Agency
40 Second Avenue
Thursday, January 3

Health & Welfare Agency
40 Second Avenue
Thursday, January 3

Baskind Rehab Clinic
101 Essex
Friday, January 6

4 5 6

Nucor Data
2 Centre Street
Tuesday, January 12

Chambers Of
Judge Cyrus Metcalfe
Monday, January 23

Supreme Court
Trial Part 47
Tuesday, February 20

7 8

Gilkey's
2743 Broadway
Wednesday, March 8

Supreme Court
Trial Part 47
Monday, March 13

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