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Fontana and Green are baffled by a series of flu-related deaths until they discover that the victims were given fake vaccine. McCoy goes after the con man who distributed the vaccine for murder. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Nick Santora

Director:: Matthew Penn

Stars:: S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt. Anita Van Buren); Sam Waterston (Exec. ADA Jack McCoy); Jesse L. Martin (Det. Ed Green); Dennis Farina (Det. Joe Fontana); Annie Parisse (ADA Alexandra Borgia); Fred Dalton Thompson (DA Arthur Branch)

Recurring Role:: Madison Arnold (Reimer); Karen Shallo (Judge Anna Shiro); Jordan Charney (Judge Donald Karan); Leslie Hendrix (Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers)

Guest Star:: Tim Donoghue (Ron Wickham); Howard W. Overshown (Kyle Rowen); Nick Wyman (Dr. Adams); Mitchell Greenberg (Dr. Lerner); Kate Strohbehn (Julie Marcheck); Patrick McNulty (Dr. Wasserman); Sal Mistretta (Cal Brunswick); Alex Manette (EMT Worker #1); Ken Triwush (EMT Worker #2); Jason Kaufman (Uni); Kelly Coffield Park (Joanne Citron); Michael Ornstein (Sklar); Xander Berkeley (Mr. Pollack); Scott Decker (Mike Bass); Rob Sedgwick (Elliot Peters); Alan Hasnas (Jury Foreperson)

Fontana stats that Sklar killed sixteen people, but only moments later Borgia states that he had killed nineteen people. edit »
The detectives narrow down their list of suspects for five men who purchased the list of drug representatives. The paperwork shows that all five men reside in New York city, but later Green says that as soon as they finish dealing with the suspects in New York they will deal with 'the two in Jersey', even though none of the addresses were in New Jersey. edit »
In the episode Past Imperfect, Lennie Briscoe said "I hate going to Jersey." He and his successor have that in common; in this episode, Joe Fontana tells Ed Green, "I hate going to Jersey. I always get lost." edit »
When the detectives find the fake vaccines in the storage facility, the fake vaccines are clearly *not* refrigerated. Even fake vaccinations would need to be kept refrigerated, in order for them to not appear to have been tampered with. edit »

This episode marks S. Epatha Merkerson's 273rd appearance on the series. This surprasses the previous record (272 episodes) set by Jerry Orbach. edit »
Annie Parisee's first contract appearance as Alexandra Borgia. edit »
This episode was originally intended to be titled Parasite. edit »

Ed Green: You're under arrest!
Elliot Peters: What for?
Ed Green: For killing a whole bunch of people! I'd read you a list, but it's too damn long, you bastard! edit »
(Mr. Sklar is refusing to talk on his lawyer's advice)
Joe Fontana: You should always listen to your lawyer. He's the one facing sixteen counts of homicide. No, wait a minute, that's you! edit »
Mike Bass: I've been buying counterfeit goods from this guy for years. Handbags, CDs, watches, you name it.
Alex Borgia: Handbags aren't out killing people. edit »

Jack McCoy questions Elliot Peters and in what he later describes as a "spur of the moment" line of questioning, he recounts the plot of the 1949 Orson Welles movie The Third Man. Harry Lime (Orson Welles' character) is a black marketeer who sells diluted penicillin in postwar Austria, which results in many deaths and medical complications. Lime is indifferent to the suffering he has caused; McCoy accuses Peters of having similar feelings. edit »
This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the shortage of flu vaccine in the United States during the winter 2004-2005 flu season. edit »

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Fluency
The Bottom Line: "Fine example"
One of my favorite cases. ...Continue »
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