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Patient Zero

Episode Number: 304    Season Num: 14    First Aired: Wednesday October 8, 2003    Prod Code: E4301
The investigation into the carjacking of a vehicle containing vials of a deadly virus leads the detectives on a search for the first person infected with the virus and a biochemist whose sinister motivations were driven by passion.

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Writer: Wendy Battles
Director: David Platt
Star: Elisabeth Rohm (ADA Serena Southerlyn),  Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe),  S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt. Anita Van Buren),  Sam Waterston (Exec. ADA Jack McCoy),  Jesse L. Martin (Det. Ed Green),  Fred Dalton Thompson (DA Arthur Branch)
Recurring Role: Mary Lou Mellace (Judge Antonia Mellon),  Robert Turano (Det. Ed Pachuco),  Mark Kenneth Smaltz (Judge William Koehler)
Guest Star: Michael J. Lombardi (Police Officer),  Judi Beecher (Lisa Vitello),  Stacey Ann Logan (Jane Kransky),  Edmund Wilkinson (Joe Borelli),  Scott Johnsen (Detective),  Teddy Coluca (Kostas Theodoulou),  Malcolm J. Goodwin (Lamont Tyler),  Finnerty Steeves (Nora Adams),  Shelley Williams (Kimberly Watson),  Sharon Washington (Dr. Dorothy Hunter),  Jack Gwaltney (Ian Hopkins),  Phoebe Jonas (Janine Wilson),  Michael Mazzeo (Court Clerk),  Ronald Sylvers (Foreperson),  Khrystyne Haje (Elaine Blanchard),  P.J. Benjamin (Owen Franks),  Daniel Gerroll (Dr. Charles Blanchard),  Elizabeth Canavan (Kate Porter),  Helen Carey (Charlotte Swan)

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Lennie Briscoe: Anna Hopkins isn't on any FBI or Homeland Security watch list.
Ed Green: Oh, I'm gonna sleep easy now. (edit)
Lennie Briscoe: And all this time I thought the 14th Amendment outlawed separate-but-equal car theft rings. (edit)
Elaine Blanchard: I know the mere presence his effect has on women. (edit)
(Serena and Jack are talking about Dr. Charles Blanchard and his attorney.)
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: She's calling Elaine Blanchard tomorrow.
A.D.A. Jack McCoy: And the jury will see it for what it is, a woman lying to protect her husband.
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: Why she wants him is another question.
A.D.A. Jack McCoy: Different people expect different things from marriages.
A.D.A. Serena Southerlyn: And I guess you're an expert on that?
A.D.A. Jack McCoy: Before you go any further, she left me 'cause I spent too many nights like this.
(edit)
Lab Tech: Are you kidding? The only one in love with Charles Blanchard is Charles Blanchard.
Serena Southerlyn: So there was nothing personal between him and Anna Hopkins?
Lab Tech: Sure there was. He made her nauseous. (edit)

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This episode is ripped from the headlines of the Dr. Charles Schmidt case. Schmidt infected his estranged girlfriend with HIV-positive blood under the pretense of giving her a B12 injection. (edit)
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Which lie was the truth? For once, Jack McCoy doesn't know for sure... and the viewers don't either.
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