| "The Secret Sharers" | ||
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| ← | L&O, Episode 1.18 | → |
| Production number: 66221 First aired: 12 March 1991 | ||
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| Written By Robert Stuart Nathan Directed By E.W. Swackhamer | ||
Benjamin Stone faces a flashy Texas lawyer and a hostile community as he tries to prosecute a young man accused of killing a drug dealer.
Plot
A notorious criminal is shot and killed in front of an entire church congregation. Witnesses protect the shooter, an admired local teenager. Detectives and prosecutors must deal with the uncooperative witnesses and discover the motive behind the shooting.
Cast
Main cast
- George Dzundza as Sergeant Max Greevey
- Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
- Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen
- Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone
- Richard Brooks as A.D.A. Paul Robinette
- Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast
Guest cast
- J.D. Cannon as Chet Burton
- Paul Calderon as Father Torres
- Stephen Elliott as Judge Neil Markham
- Miriam Colon as Mrs. Anna Rivers
- Cordelia González as Anita Urbano
- Diane Kagan as Judge Elaine Durren
- Sully Diaz as Alicia Rivers
- Enrique Munoz as Nicky Guzman
- Hazel Medina as Nurse
- Stephen Mendillo as Harmon
- Jack Hallett as Morton
- Saul Mamby as Luis Cartagena
- Duke Stroud as Hurley
- Ron Faber as Santmyer
- Ray Gill as Officer Binns
- Anthony Ruiz as Officer Lopez
- Rafael Báez as Nunez
- Adriana Sananes as Julie Reyes
- Sixto Ramos as Angel
- Minerva Scelza as Rosa
- Victor Colicchio as Jose Urban
- Paula Garcés as Lucy Rivers
- Susan Browning as Jury Forewoman
- Brian Williams as Assistant District Attorney Dickey
- Sal Trapani as Jail Guard
- Frank Anderson as Bailiff #1
- Joseph Dobish as Bailiff #2
- Daniel Kenney as Forensics Expert
- Blas Hernandez as Herrera
- Giselle Liberatore as Avilo
References
References
Quotes
"We're pleading temporary insanity."
"What, yours or your client's?"
- - Shambala Green and Benjamin Stone
"The commandment says, "Thou shalt not kill". It does not say, "Thou shalt not kill only nice people"."
- - Benjamin Stone
Background information and notes
Background information and notes
Episode scene cards
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Ballistics Lab |
St. Julian's Church |
Alicia & Lucy Rivers Apt. |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Manhattan Jail |
Chambers of |
Chambers of |
| Previous episode: "Mushrooms" |
"The Secret Sharers" Law & Order Season 1 |
Next episode: "The Serpent's Tooth" |