Loco Parentis

"Loco Parentis"
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Production number: E1115 First aired: 5 January 2000
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Written By Matt Witten Directed By Constantine Makris

Plot

A school bully is accused of killing a classmate. The killer's father is found to have helped foster his son's violent behavior, so the DA's office charges him with murder on account of depraved indifference.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
• 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

Guest cast

• Julie Boyd as Sandra Telford
• Blanca Camacho as Rachel Shapiro
• John Carter as Judge Harlan Newfield
• Michael G. Chin as Park Ho Lee
• Robert Clohessy as Robert Telford
• George G. Colucci as Mr. Schmidt
• Ned Eisenberg as James Granick
• Jan Leslie Harding as Vicki Velardi
• Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
• James Huang as Officer Chang
• Adam LeFevre as Barry Clayton
• Max Ligosh as Ryan Velardi
• Merritt Nelson as Mrs. Skinner
• Duane Noch as Oliver Peltz
• Steve Pickering as Roger Coven
• Jacob Pitts as John Telford
• Linda Powell as Emily Watson
• Michael Rivera as Terry Sanchez
• Larry Sherman as Judge Colin Fraser
• Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Fred Oakes
• Adam Zolotin as Ricky Velardi
• Becca Lish as Lorraine
• Ron McClary as Lomardi
• Clark Middleton as Ellis
• Tyler Francavilla as Eddie
• Paz de la Huerta as Chloe
• Chad Aaron as Eric

References

• Anthony Burgess
• Leo Clayton (victim)
• Kurt Cobain
• Potter Stewart
• Virginia
• George Washington

Quotes

Lennie Briscoe: Where's your son's bedroom?

Sandra Telford: John's doing his homework.

Lennie Briscoe: Police. Unlock the door, John. Bust it.

Sandra Telford: Please don't hurt him.

Robert Telford: Don't say a word, John.

Lennie Briscoe: Homework, huh? Biker Sluts Rock Vegas. Must be the new math.

Ed Green: No place like home.

Robert Telford: He's a teenage boy.

Lennie Briscoe: Oh yeah? What's this, a zit remover?

Adam Schiff: This teenager commits the perfect crime.

Jack McCoy: I know, it's hard to believe. C.S.U. luminoled every conceivable spot in the Telfords' building and didn't find a drop of blood.

Abbie Carmichael: We have the Splatter games, the violent behavior, the illegal weapons, but there's no way to get it in.

Adam Schiff: Where'd he get the weapons?

Abbie Carmichael: Mail order. Paid for with his father's credit card.

Adam Schiff: Kid gets off, the father buys the son a bazooka...Charge the father.

Abbie Carmichael: With providing the instrumentality?

Adam Schiff: With murder.

Adam Schiff: What did Potter Stewart say about pornography?

Jack McCoy: "I can't define what it is, but I know it when I see it".

Jack McCoy: How did he clean up all that blood?

Abbie Carmichael: He got an A in Home Ec?

Background information and notes

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Jameson High School 166 West 60th Street Friday, October 23	Office of Emily Waston Conflict Counselor Monday, October 26	Apartment of Leo Clayton 181 West 67th Street Tuesday, November 15

4	5
Supreme Court Trial Part 18 Thursday, December 17	District Attorney's Office Conference Room Monday, December 28

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