Indifference (Law & Order)

"Indifference"
Law & Order episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 9
Directed by	James Quinn
Written by	Robert Palm
Original air date	November 27, 1990 (1990-11-27)
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"Indifference" is the 9th episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order. It originally aired on 27 November 1990. The plot of this episode would be revisited in the 15th season episode "Fixed".

This is the only episode of the series in which the narrator acknowledges that the plot resembles that of an actual real-life case, that of Joel Steinberg, prior to the ending credits.

Plot

The detectives discover that an abused child has a cocaine-addicted mother, who is also being abused by her drug-addicted psychotherapist husband. The detectives investigate the doctor's checkered past, while prosecutors take a new tactic after the child dies.

Cast

Law

• George Dzundza - Sgt. Max Greevey
• Chris Noth - Det. Mike Logan
• Dann Florek - Capt. Don Cragen

Order

• Michael Moriarty - Exec. A.D.A. Ben Stone
• Richard Brooks – A.D.A. Paul Robinette
• Steven Hill - D.A. Adam Schiff

Guest Stars

• Marcia Jean Kurtz - Carla Lowenstein
• Lorraine Toussaint - Shambala Green
• Louis Zorich - Judge Milton Erdheim
• John Seitz - Principal Babcock
• David Groh - Dr. Jacob Lowenstein
• Paul Geier - Redding
• Diane Salinger- Eugenia Rawlings
• Gordon Joseph Weiss - Rudy Scelza
• Eugene Troobnick - Medical Examiner
• Mary Joy - Ms. Dobrinski
• Blanca Camacho - Miss Perez
• Sarah Rowland Doroff - Didi Lowenstein
• Brian Smiar - Judge Harper
• Amanda Carlin - Doctor
• John Rothman - Internist
• Richard M. Davidson - Court Clerk
• Kim Chan - Juror (uncredited)