Rage (L&O)

"Rage"
←	L&O, Episode 5.13	→
Production number: 69414 First aired: 1 February 1995
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Written By Michael S. Chernuchin Directed By Arthur W. Forney

Plot

"Black rage" is used as a defense in the case of a Wall Street broker killing his mentor.

Cast

Main cast

• Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe
• Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
• S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
• Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
• Jill Hennessy as A.D.A. Claire Kincaid
• Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff

Recurring cast

• Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet
• Leslie Hendrix as Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers
• Gia Galeano as Detective Gia
• Bernie McInerney as Judge Michael Callahan

Guest cast

• Richard Libertini as Defense Attorney David Solomon
• Wendell Pierce as Jerome Bryant
• Keith Charles as William E. Cooke
• Olivia Birkelund as Joan Stillman
• Courtney B. Vance as Benjamin Greer
• Armand Schultz as Dr. Kenneth Price
• Judith Moreland as Dr. Bettina Osgood
• Chuck Patterson as Jack Greer
• Angela Bullock as Roberta Cooley
• Jim Bracchitta as Kaplan
• Jessica Walling as Krista Holbrook
• Rosemary McNamara as Rose
• David Bishins as Kevin Boggs
• John MacKay as Thomas Barnes
• John Ellison Conlee as Hal
• Keith Kirk as Porter
• Robert Floyd as Dan Fairman
• Maggie Low as Haynes
• Scott Whitehurst as Melman
• Mick O'Rourke as Cabbie
• Marjorie Johnson as Jury forewoman

References

• Black Rage
• Wallace Holbrook (victim)
• Michael Jackson
• Killarney, Ireland
• Los Angeles
• O.J. Simpson
• Tokyo, Japan
• Mike Tyson

Background information and notes

• This episode is based on the Colin Ferguson case.

Episode scene cards

1	2	3
Jenkins, Clay & Co William E. Cooke Thursday, December 2	Apartment of Bud Greer 542 W 45th Street, Apt. 2C Friday, December 3	Coach Ride Limousines 126 10th Avenue Tuesday, December 7

4	5	6
Forensics Accountant One Police Plaza Thursday, December 16	Supreme Court Motion Hearing Monday, January 3	Coffee Break Cafe 3 Pine Street Friday, January 7

7	8	9
Benjamin Brothers Thomas A. Barnes, CEO Wednesday, January 12	Supreme Court Motion Hearing Tuesday, January 18	Office of Dr. Elizabeth Olivet Monday, January 24

10	11
Supreme Court Trial Part 43 Friday, February 11	Supreme Court Trial Part 43 Friday, February 25

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