Law & Order

Season 9

Cherished

1. Abby Carmichael transferred from "Special Narcotics" where she worked for four years, and had a 95% conviction rate.
2. First appearance of Abby Carmichael (Angie Harmon) in Law & Order

DWB

1. The title of the episode 'DWB' is an abbreviation meaning Driving While Black.

Bait

Flight

Agony

1. Footage from this episode is used in "Friends: The One Where Ross Can't Flirt (1999)" as the episode in which Joey appears.
2. Christopher Patrick Mullen, who plays serial killer Matt Bergstrom, plays a lawyer two seasons later in the episode "Whiplash".

Scrambled

Venom

1. This "Ripped from the Headlines" story is loosely based on the Sante and Kenneth Kimes trial.
2. Karen Ziemba's TV debut.

Punk

True North

Hate

1. Based on the case of White Aryan Resistance founder Tom Metzger, who was found guilty of inciting the murder of Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw after 3 members of his organization beat and kicked him to death.
2. Partly based on the Kimberly Dotts murder in Clearfield County (west-central Pennsylvania) that occurred shortly before this episode aired. Kimberly planned to run away to Florida with a group of newly-made friends (actually juvenile delinquents) who turned on her when they believed she would snitch on their plan. The group, lead by Jessica Holtmeyer, took Kim to a remote area of Bradford Township, known as Gallows Harbor, where they strangled and hanged her with a rope then bludgeoned her to death with a basketball-sized rock. Holtmeyer was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, however, as of October, 2017, she may be re-sentenced according to a new law that precludes a life sentence for a juvenile offender, even retroactively. The crime puzzled some residents of Clearfield because Jessica came from a very good, well-liked and well-respected family, active in the church and community. Others were not at all surprised; Jessica had a troubled childhood and her mother would never win any Parent of the Year awards. One of the characters in this episode is called Jessica.
3. Second television appearance of future CSI: NY mainstay Anna Belknap, who played a teenager despite already being twenty-seven.
4. There is also a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) episode titled "Hate".

Ramparts

1. Guest star Roy Thinnes played D.A. Alfred Wentworth in the series pilot, "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" (produced 1988; aired 1990).

Haven

Hunters

1. Two of the actors that appeared in the Police Squad Television series, Alan North and William Duell, had cameo roles in this episode.

Sideshow

1. Initially broadcast two months after President Clinton's acquittal after being impeached over charges arising out of the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Before sightseers discover the dead body by Castle Clinton in New York, the woman sightseer says, "There's the restroom. They should name that after the President." The grand jury presided over by Independent Counsel William Dell appears to be out of control, leaks testimony to the press, and takes a strong interest in people's personal lives.
2. Sam Waterston's character, Jack McCoy's full name is John James McCoy. He gives his full name in the episode Sideshow in order to have it placed on a grand jury subpoena.
3. The storyline of this episode is continued in Homicide: Life on the Street: Sideshow (1999). Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe), Sam Waterston (EADA Jack McCoy), Benjamin Bratt and (Detective Rey Curtis) all play their Law & Order (1990) characters in that episode whereas Richard Belzer (Detective John Munch), Michael Michele (Detective Rene Sheppard) and Zeljko Ivanek (ASA Ed Danvers) all play their Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) characters in this episode.

Disciple

1. Based on the case of Terrance Cottrell, and 8-year old Milwaukee boy who was smothered to death during an exorcism meant to "cure" his autism.
2. Rosa Halasy says, "I went to Catholic school all my life. Then to a convent at Monticello." She pronounces Monticello like "Montasello", which is how the locals do pronounce it. Per the Village of Monticello's "Fun Facts", "The village was named after the residence of Thomas Jefferson, but is pronounced as 'mon-tah-sell-oh'."

Harm

Shield

Juvenile

1. 'Matthew Bennett' and 'Marsha Dietlein' who play brother and sister, Nicole Hampton and Andrew Hampton, in this episode, eventually married each other two years after the airing of this show.
2. Frank Vincent's character was recently paroled after serving 20 years in prison. He also plays a character in The Sopranos who was released after serving 20 years in prison.

Tabula Rasa

1. In the opening Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe refers to the transit worker urging him to release the train as "Benito". This is a sarcastic reference to Benito Mussolini, whose fascist regime in Italy was reputed to have kept the trains running on time.
2. As is often the case in Law & Order, the Path train stands in for the New York City Subway.
3. Nick Taska (a.k.a. William Fallon) kidnapped his daughters Susan and Cynthia on March 8, 1984.

Empire

1. At the time this episode was filmed and originally shown, Benjamin Bratt and Julia Roberts were a couple in real life.
2. This is the series 200th episode.
3. Katrina Ludlow was born as Kathryn McGurk on December 12, 1968.
4. This episode has been aired on Sky Italy as a standalone TV movie with the title "Corruption Empire - Nella morsa del potere", probably beacuse of Julia Roberts' participation as guest star.

Ambitious

1. When Detective Curtis takes the envelope from the victims wife in the park he does not wear gloves or hold the envelope in a way as to not get his prints on it. He should have held it the way Detective Briscoe held the wallet, along the edges without his fingertips making direct contact with the flat side of the wallet here they would dust for prints.
2. Mark Linn-Baker and Joe Piscopo, who play business partners, have the same birthday.

Admissions

Refuge: Part 1

Refuge: Part 2

1. This is the first episode of the series in which the entire regular cast appear in a scene together.
2. This episode marks Benjamin Bratt's final regular appearance.
3. Sam Waterston's, real-life son, James Waterston, plays the character of Dr. Shimo.