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Law & Order: Blue Bamboo

Episode score 8.2 Great

Blue Bamboo

  • 91.
  • Season: 5
  • Episode: 3
  • First Aired: 10/5/1994
  • Prod Code: 69402

EPISODE OVERVIEW

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The killing of a Japanese nightclub owner who was visiting New York leads to the arrest of a singer who once worked for the deceased, and whose lawyer uses the "battered-woman syndrome" as a defense. While assisting on the case, Olivet remembers her own prior sexual assault. Add a recap »

Writers:
Morgan GendelHall PowellRené BalcerRené Balcer
Director:
Don Scardino
Stars:
Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff)
Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe)
S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt. Anita Van Buren)
Sam Waterston (Exec. A.D.A. Jack McCoy)
Jill Hennessy (A.D.A. Claire Kincaid)
Chris Noth (Det. Mike Logan)
Recurring Role:
John Fiore (Tony Profaci)
Carolyn McCormick (Dr. Elizabeth Olivet)
Guest Star:
Tom Shillue (Danny Zabel)
Katrina Lantz (Suzy Kamecki)
Melissa Justin (Diane Elcott)
Virginia Wing (Dr. Watanabe)
Glenn Kubota (Mr. Nakahara)
Mike Sheehan (Dennis Murray)
Vanessa Marshall (Veronica)
Hynden Walch (Angel Monroe)
John Scurti (Hoeck)
James Doerr (Grady)
Rufus Collins (Teagle)
Daniel Hagan (EMS Tech Dixon)
Robert Phelps (Ron)
Barbara Christie (Irene)
Akira Takayama (Karaoke Singer)
Susan Willerman (Jury Forewoman)
Michael Mastro (Jensen)
Tibor Feldman (Kendrick)
Dan Desmond (Ed Royland)
Laura Linney (Martha Bowen)
Ron Orbach (Max Hellman)
Joyce Reehling (Mildred Kaskel)
Aida Turturro (Cocktail Waitress)
Shawn Elliott (Judge Joseph Rivera)
Chuck Cooper (Art Samuels)
Ilene Kristen (Sandra Krane)
  • (Referring to her own previous rape.)
    Dr. Elizabeth Olivet: You have no idea what it's like to be victimized by a powerful man. edit »
  • Lennie Briscoe: Did your favorite uncle die at Pearl Harbor?

    He was referring to the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, a Naval base in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was attacked from the air by the Japanese and suffered heavy casualties. The United States entered the Second World War the next day. Later in the episode, Jack McCoy says that the Defense Attorney 'timed her summation to fall on Pearl Harbor day'. edit »
Show Score 8.9 great
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