Law & Order

Season 10

Gunshow

1. When talking to Lennie about the phone number he called from, Det. Green says he was in Atlantic City gambling and lost money. His character would leave the show in Season 18 due to gambling.
2. First appearance of Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green. His character would remain on the show through the middle of season 18.
3. Based on the case of Canadian Marc Lepine, who killed 14 women at the Ecole Polytechnique after blaming feminists for his not being able to advance anywhere in life.
4. Aired two days after the series premiere of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).

Killerz

1. Elements of the episode were also taken from the case of Mary Flora Bell, an 11-year old who strangled two toddler boys to death and mutilated their bodies.
2. This episode is based on the murder of James Bulger, a three year old boy in the United Kingdom who was murdered by two ten year old boys.

DNR

1. Lindsay Crouse plays Judge Denise Grobman, who dies. The actress would return in Law & Order: Red Ball (2005) as Judge Deidre Hellstrom. She would return as Judge Andrews a total of 7 times on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).

Merger

1. The quote "The pro's from Dover" delivered by Jack McCoy(Sam Waterson) is taken from the movie *M*A*S*H(1970).

Justice

Marathon

1. When Marisol threatens to kill Bobby, Green says "Be our guest," referring to the classic song from Beauty and the Beast, which starred Jerry Orbach.
2. At the end of the episode, Bobby Sabo makes a deal to get a lighter sentence in return for giving up the "Murray Hill Rapist". In September 2013, thirty-two-year-old Kevin Mitchell assaulted and raped a Murray Hill woman at knife-point, exactly like the fictional criminal described in the episode. The "Murray Hill Rapist" pleaded guilty to first degree rape on February 11, 2015 and was sentenced to 14 years, plus ten years probation.

Patsy

Blood Money

1. Based on the true case of the Italian insurance company, Generali, who declined to pay on policies of at least 40 families of Polish, Czech, Yugoslavian and Hungarian origin who perished during World War II.

Sundown

Loco Parentis

1. This case states that a parent has never been charged with a crime committed by their child. As of the year 2015 many parents have now been held responsible, and legally charged, for crimes committed by their children.
2. Broadway star Robert Morse (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) has a brief cameo as a building supervisor. He utters a paraphrased line from the play and Detective Green (Jess L. Martin) utters the response line, also paraphrased.

Collision

1. In the hospital room scene, Briscoe says to McCoy and Carmichael, "Be our guest." as he leaves. This was the title of a song sung by Jerry Orbach, in Beauty and the Beast (1991).

Mother's Milk

Panic

1. An author named P.K. Todd is shot. P.K. Todd is the real life writer of episode 11.4 ("Standoff").
2. Elements of the plot reflect the real life case of FBI agents Margo and Gene Bennett, and writer Patricia Cornwell.

Entitled

1. This is the second part of a two-part crossover with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). The first part was Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Entitled (2000).

Fools for Love

1. The episode "Fools for Love" was likely inspired by/based on the early-'90s killing spree of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.
2. Ellen Pompeo who portrays Laura Kendrick appeared as Jenna Weber 4 years prior in Law & Order: Savior (1996)
3. Some viewers will undoubtedly recognize the plot being based on the true story of the "Barbie & Ken Killers", Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo (AKA Scarborough Rapist). Homolka and Bernardo were arrested in 1993. In 1995, Bernardo was convicted of the two teenagers' murders and received life in prison and a dangerous offender designation, the full maximum sentence allowed in Canada. During the 1993 investigation, Homolka stated to investigators that Bernardo had abused her, and that she had been an unwilling accomplice to the murders. As a result, she struck a deal with prosecutors for a reduced prison sentence of 12 years in exchange for a guilty plea for manslaughter. Homolka scored 5/40 on the Psychopathy Checklist, in contrast to Bernardo's 35/40. However, videotapes of the crimes were later found that demonstrated that she was a more active participant than she had claimed. As a result, the deal that she had struck with prosecutors was dubbed in the Canadian press the "Deal with the Devil". Public outrage about Homolka's plea deal continued until her high-profile release from prison in 2005.
4. Peter Williams has books in his apartment about real-life serial killers Ted Bundy, Richard Speck and the Boston Strangler. Like Williams, these killers targeted women.

Trade This

Black, White and Blue

1. This was Michael O'Hare's final acting role before his death on September 28, 2012 at the age of 60.
2. When Kevin Smith contacted his agent and requested to appear in an episode of Law & Order (1990), he was asked if he wanted to be a suspect or defense attorney. Smith said that he simply wanted to play "the guy who leads them to the guy who leads him to the guy who leads them to the suspect." Smith later talked about it in further detail in An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006).

Mega

Surrender Dorothy

1. The episode's title recalls two references to "surrender." The father-in-law of the deceased is a therapist well known for advocating that women submit to their husbands' authority. His self-help books use the tagline "Surrender with Love." But it was the Wicked Witch of the West who famously scrawled "Surrender Dorothy" across the sky of Oz using her broomstick as the sky-writing vehicle. The therapist claims that his "terms of surrender" enhance the quality of life for both husbands and wives, but the allusion to the Wicked Witch clearly implies otherwise.

Untitled

1. This episode is clearly inspired by the 1987 controversy of the art piece "Piss Christ" by Andres Serrano.

Narcosis

High & Low

1. Adrienne Shelly (Wendy Alston) guest starred in this episode. She was murdered on November 1, 2006, an event which inspired the storyline of the later episode Law & Order: Melting Pot (2007).

Stiff

Vaya Con Dios

1. This marks the final appearance of Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff) on the series.
2. "Vaya Con Dios" is Spanish for "Go with God".
3. The defenant's attorney is called Mr Chiles, also the name of the lawyer in the sitcom Seinfeld.