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The cops break the seemingly random murder of a pizza delivery guy with a little "undercover" work in the park, but McCoy and Ross face a harder battle to get a conviction when the two defendants resolutely point the finger at each other, and the one item identifying the actual killer is the recording of a confession-made to a priest. Rey's wife is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Ren� Balcer

Director:: Martha Mitchell

Stars:: Carey Lowell (A.D.A. Jamie Ross); Benjamin Bratt (Det. Rey Curtis); Sam Waterston (Exec. A.D.A. Jack McCoy); S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt. Anita Van Buren); Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe); Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff)

Recurring Role:: John Fiore (Tony Profaci); Susan Blommaert (Judge Rebecca Steinman)

Guest Star:: Michael Marrona (Dale Kershaw); Herb Lovelle (Mr. Hemmerick); Rosanna Carter (Mrs. Hemmerick); Pat Moya (Deborah Curtis); Robert Ari (Owner); James Doerr (Sheehan); David S. Howard (Mr. Morris); Cynthia Hayden (Mrs. Green); Anne Lange (Headmistress); Ava-Maria Carnevale (Mrs. Timon); Kevin Hurley (Brother); Christopher Innvar (Elliott Gill); Al Cayne (Hispanic Kid); David Edward Jones (Police Officer); Deirdre Lovejoy (CSU Tech); Bryan Greenberg (Matt Wheeler); Melissa Marsala (Marlene); William Pitts (Phone Company Worker); Joe Zaloom (Avi); Nick Corley (Latent Technician); Nick Wyman (Judge Gavin Mickerson); Tom McHugh (Detective Byrne); Donna Murphy (Carla Tyrrell); Beau Berdahl (Student); James Handy (Mr. Wheeler); Sig Libowitz (Stan Shatenstein); Bill Christ (Father Gervais); John Tormey (Tommy DeLuca); Jan Munroe; Reed Birney; Rob McElhenney (Joey Timon); Ellen Muth (Adele Green); Suzanne Costallos (Mrs. Wheeler); Charles Levin (Mr. Shuster)

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Along with the fourteenth season, this is one of only two seasons not to feature any cast changes. edit »

Rey Curtis: You're a Catholic.
Jack McCoy: Not when I'm at work. Sorry. edit »
Anita Van Buren: A thrill killing. I take it back, Lennie, I guess some people don't need a reason.
Lennie Briscoe: I guess the macarena wasn't exciting enough for them. edit »
Jamie Ross: The Church protects murderers, the law says two people can fire the same bullet, and the victim's mother forgives her son's killers. You figure it out.
Jack McCoy: You don't think you could? Forgive them, I mean?
Jamie Ross: No.
Jack McCoy: Neither could I. What does that say about us? edit »
Jack McCoy: I'm playing legal tiddlywinks with these punks. What I really want to do is take them out to Battery Park and hang 'em by the scrotum!
Adam Schiff: An understandable sentiment -- but stick with the tiddlywinks. edit »
Adam Schiff: Sounds like Leopold and Loeb. Who'd we get?
Jack McCoy: Beavis and Butthead. edit »

This episode appears to be is ripped from the headlines of the Thomas Koskovich/Jason Vreeland murder case. edit »
Adam Schiff: Sounds like Leopold and Loeb. Who'd we get?
Jack McCoy: Beavis and Butthead.

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were convicted of murder in Chicago in 1924 and defended by famed lawyer Clarence Darrow. It was called the Crime of the Century. Beavis and Butt-head was a cartoon on MTV in the mid-'90s about two boys who often got in trouble. In law enforcement criminal partners who are especially stupid are often called Beavis and Butt-head. edit »
Lennie sites the macarena as possible cause for murder. This is a reference to the macarena dance craze in the '90s. edit »