"Virtue" | ||
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← | L&O, Episode 5.08 | → |
Production number: 69412 First aired: 23 November 1994 | ||
Written By Jeremy R. Littman & Mark B. Perry Directed By Martha Mitchell |
Plot
McCoy uses a charge of "larceny by extortion" against a council accused of demanding sex for a law-firm partnership.
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
- Jurian Hughes as Assistant Medical Examiner Gardner
- Joanna Merlin as Defense Attorney Deirdre Powell
- John Ramsey as Judge Walter Schreiber
- David Lipman as Judge Morris Torledsky
- Merri Ann Milwe as Court Clerk
Guest cast
- Anthony Heald as Councilman Spencer Talbert
- Regina Taylor as Sarah Maslin
- Christopher Cousins as Todd Locke
- Lily Knight as Penny McNeely
- Anne Lange as Evelyn Talbert
- Eric LaRay Harvey as Marty Pine
- Nancy Addison as Edith Nash
- Sharon Cornell as Jerolyn Adams
- Cynthia Darlow as Lisa Franklyn
- Seth Barrish as Stuart Hendricks
- Catharine Boyd as Dr. Sandra Means
- Chris Walker as Bailey
- Paul Schulze as Randall
- Deirdre Lovejoy as Judith Crockit
- David Edward Jones as Ken Shepski
- Robert Trumbull as Bennett Cole
- Robert Shampain as Reporter #1
- Geraldine Bartlett as Reporter #2
References
Quotes
- McCoy: [his closing summation] Give me the keys to your house, or I'll charge you with murder. I'm the D.A. I can do it. Give me $10,000, or I'll tell the Feds about that shipment of heroin I saw you pick up at J.F.K. I'm the D.A. They'll listen. What would you do? I can tell you what I'll be doing for the next 10 years or so. I'll be in Attica, because what I just did is called extortion, and it's a felony. Sleep with me. Or I'll tell your boss that you're under indictment for fraud. It's not true, but do you really think you'll be working next week? Sarah Maslin worked for 8 years. She was the best, most productive associate in her firm. She had clearly earned a partnership, but the only way that she could get it was to have sex with the man who had the power to make or break her career. Sarah Maslin laid down on that couch for Mr. Talbert. But can any of us say that she really had a choice?
Background information and notes
- This episode was inspired by the Anita Hill scandal.
Episode scene cards
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Accident |
Campaign |
Sarah Maslin |
4 | 5 | 6 |
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Office Of |
Office Of |
Supreme Court |
7 | 8 |
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Supreme Court |
Supreme Court |
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"Virtue" Law & Order Season 5 |
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