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"Mayhem"
L&O, Episode 4.17
Production number: 69029
First aired: 9 March 1994
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Scott Hexter
Teleplay By
Michael S. Chernuchin & René Balcer

Story By
Michael S. Chernuchin & Walon Green

Directed By
James Quinn

Detectives Briscoe and Logan have one hectic day ahead of them, when they catch five unrelated homicide cases in one shift.

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Plot

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Quotes

Background information and notes[]

  • The episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "Dawn Till Dusk".
  • The loose end of who killed Ken Scofield is revisited in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Entitled", the plot of which is continued in the Law & Order episode with the same name.
  • According to Law & Order: The Unofficial Companion, the episode was so heavily focused on Briscoe and Logan so as to give Michael Moriarty a rest after suffering a manic episode during the shooting of Breeder, during which his wife was summoned to bring him to a doctor. Stone only appears in two brief scenes here. Moriarty, however, did not see this as an effort to help his mental health and insisted the producers cut his scenes to force him off the show after he accused Attorney General Janet Reno of trying to censor the show and end his career.

Episode scene cards[]

1 2 3

Battery Park
Monday, December 6
6:39:58-6:40:01 AM

27th Precinct
Squadroom
7:42:28-7:42:31 AM

Ballistics Laboratory
9:10:12-9:10:15 AM

4 5 6

Office of
Lieutenant Van Buren
11:20:41-11:20:44 AM

27th Precinct
Visitors Room
11:57:21-11:57:24 AM

Itaewon Market
909 East 18th Street
1:33:32-1:33:35 PM

7 8 9

Buddy's Pub
635 Ingram Street
2:51:15-2:51:18 PM

Willow Florist
1855 York Avenue
3:33:21-3:33:24 PM

Office of
Lieutenant Van Buren
4:10:06-4:10:09 PM

10 11 12 13

Supreme Court
Arraignment Part 2
4:32:47-4:32:50 PM

Rikers Island
Correctional Facility
5:35:01-5:35:04 PM

Back Racks Bookstore
191 Tudor City Place
6:06:59-6:07:02 PM

Rikers Island
Correctional Facility
6:34:20-6:34:23 PM

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