Law & Order

Season 11

Endurance

1. The last of the original cast members, Steven Hill (as Adam Schiff), was replaced by Dianne Wiest (as Nora Lewin) in this episode.
2. New York's Mayor Rudy Giuliani, makes a cameo appearance introducing Nora Lewin. Giuliani's wife, Donna Hanover, has made several appearances on the show as a judge.

Turnstile Justice

Dissonance

1. Before Daniel Shelly joined the The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as a bassoon player in 2004, he had a one-line part in this episode of Law & Order. His web page for The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Committee notes that after this role "failed to garner him an Emmy nomination, Mr. Shelly turned his back on television and joined the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra instead."

Standoff

Return

1. Based on the case of Samuel Sheinbein, who fled to Israel to avoid prosecution in the murder of Alfredo Tello. In his case, the Israeli Supreme Court refused to extradite him.
2. Eli Becker was born on January 5, 1965.

Burn Baby Burn

1. Lateef Miller was born on April 24, 1948, 8-2/3 years later than Clarence Williams III.

Amends

1. The episode is inspired by the Martha Moxley case, including allusions to the name of the main protagonist Michael Sarno (based on Michael Skakel) and the name of the murder victim Mary Beth Mosley (based on Martha Moxley). Other detail elements of the real-life murder are alluded, including the popularity of the murder victim and the manner of her death, the failed initial investigation and subsequent opening of the cold case, and the prominence of the Sarno family (who are in-laws of the Kennedy family).
2. Mary Beth Mosley was murdered on August 21, 1981.

Thin Ice

1. Inspired by the case of Thomas Junta, who beat Michael Costin to death after a practice game involving their children in which he felt Costin, who was refereeing, was ignoring the aggressive behavior of his sons towards Junta's son.

Hubris

1. Beth Fazekas disappeared on October 3, 1994.
2. There are a number of similarities between Richard Morriston and Ted Bundy. His charming mannerisms and his law school experience to name two.

Whose Monkey Is It Anyway?

Sunday in the Park with Jorge

1. Selenis Leyva (Orange is the New Black) plays the sister of the criminal on trial.

Teenage Wasteland

Phobia

A Losing Season

1. Based on the 1999 shooting of the pregnant girlfriend of NFL football player Rae Carruth.

Swept Away - A Very Special Episode

1. A network vice president asks if "Brillstein" set him up for a fake arrest. Bernie Brillstein was at the time a major American television producer.
2. Wesley Tatum was killed by Paul Wyler on February 21, 2001.

Bronx Cheer

Ego

1. McCoy and Carmichael discovered that, following a psychiatric session, their suspect's psychiatrist had written to his intended victim as an act of protection against possible danger to her. When they told their DA boss Nora Lewin she exclaimed 'a Tarasoff letter' then cited case law 'Regents v Tarasoff'. In reality the case law is 'Tarasoff v Regents of the University of California' 17 Cal. 3d 425, 551 P.2d 334, 131 Cal. Rptr. 14 (Cal. 1976).
2. The scenes for the Albany train station were filmed at the Yonkers, NY train station.
3. During the interview with the convict, Lenny cracks, "Women - can't live with 'em, can't kill 'em". This is a paraphrase of a one-liner made by comedian Steven Wright on his 1985 album 'I Have a Pony' (Wright says "shoot", not "kill"). Comedian 'Emo Phillips' makes a similar comment ("Women - can't live with 'em, can't get 'em to dress up in skimpy little Nazi outfits") on his album "E=MO Squared", also released in 1985.

White Lie

1. Daniel and Rosa Alvarez were murdered on January 4, 2001.

Whiplash

All My Children

1. Julianne Nicholson, who plays Jessie Lucas, later starred in Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Detective Megan Wheeler.

Brother's Keeper

1. Cally Lonegan is based on Whitey Bulger.

School Daze

1. When Semple's mother mentions the "other boy" McCoy and Carmichael prosecuted who "shot that delivery man", she is referring to Mitch Regan, the oldest of the thrill killers from a previous episode.

Judge Dread

Deep Vote

1. This is Angie Harmon's last episode.
2. The episode's title probably refers to the person called "Deep Throat", who supplied information to reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein about the Watergate scandal.
3. The closing card reads "In Memorium Fred Chalfy Anthony Monteforte". Fred Chalfy was a property master and set dresser who had been with the show since the beginning. Anthony Monteforte was with craft services.