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Law & Order: The Dead Wives Club

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When a woman abandoned by her firefighter husband for his partner's widow is threatened with also losing custody of her children, she murders her romantic rival, claiming that 9/11 post-traumatic stress syndrome prompted her actions. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Nick Santora

Director:: David Platt

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

Recurring Role:: Abigail Lopez (Lisa Santoro); Richard E. Hirschfeld (M.E. Brody); Joseph Vincent Gay (Police Officer #2); Victor Verhaeghe (Tommy Ferro); Maggie Burke (Judge Georgina Franklin); Leslie Hendrix (Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers); Robert Hogan (Judge Hugo Bright); J.K. Simmons (Dr. Emil Skoda)

Guest Star:: Susan McMahon (Jen); Jacqueline Lovell (Heather); Carla Harting (Sloane); Julia Pace Mitchell (Dr. Haas); Dennis T. Pressey (Nzuri Addo); John Luke Montias (Jimmy Baca); Billy Smith (DOT Investigator); Jerry Clicquot (Jerry); Jay Charan (Nalan Singal); Carsey Walker Jr. (Francis); Sarah Hyland (Kristine McClean); Michael J. Lombardi (Police Officer #1); Michael Shen (Court Officer); Stephen Peabody (Wayne Merrick); Amy Carlson (Collette Connolly); Roma Maffia (Vanessa Galliano); Joe Murphy (Ed McClean); Michele Santopietro (Lisa Turro); Laurence Lau (Pancho Diamond); Patricia Marie Kelley (Foreperson)

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Before the opening credits, a title card is shown with the chiming noise. This rarely occurs on the series. edit »

Joe Fontana: When you were a kid, did you ever call your dad by his first name?
Ed Green: Not unless I wanted to smell the Aqua Velva on the back of his hand. edit »
Jack McCoy: It's a run-of-the-mill murder with a headline defense. edit »
Colette Connolly: I swear, sometimes I wish I had died on September 10th. edit »
Joe Fontana: You ever been married?
Ed Green: Hell no, too young. You?
Joe Fontana: Too old. edit »
Colette Connolly: Every time a plane flies overhead, I get a knot in my stomach. And every time they raise the threat level, I think, my children will never see the end of this. edit »

This episode appears to be ripped from the headlines of the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash. edit »
Firefighter: They were a regular Frick and Frack.

Frick and Frack were the stage names of Swiss comedic skaters Werner Groebli and Hansruedi Mauch, who came to the US and became famous performing in the Ice Follies. Their names became synonymous with people who shared a close work partnership, becoming a common slang term for such a pair. Mauch died in 1979; Groebli continued performing as Mr. Frick for many years before retiring from skating. edit »
Ed Green: She doesn't look like Marion Jones to me.

Marion Jones is a former American track star and Olympic gold medalist. Unfortunately, she has recently admitted to using steroids and been forced to return her Olympic medals. Green was saying that Collette Conolly would have had to run extremely fast for her alibi to hold up. edit »
The title of this episode, The Dead Wives Club, is a play on The First Wives Club, a novel by Olivia Goldsmith about a group of 'first wives' who get even with their ex-husbands. edit »

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The Dead Wives Club
The Bottom Line: "Not my favorite storyline"
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