Law & Order Episode 5.19 Cruel and Unusual

Law & Order Episode 5.19 Cruel and Unusual

Episode Premiere

Apr 19, 1995

Genre

Drama

Production Company

Studios USA Television, Universal Network TV, NBC

Official Site

http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order/

Information

Episode Premiere

Apr 19, 1995

Genre

Drama

Period

1990 - Now

Production Co

Studios USA Television, Universal Network TV, NBC

Distributor

NBC, Universal Domestic Television, Studios USA Television

Official Site

http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order/

Cast and Crew

Director

Matthew Penn

Screenwriter

Rene Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin

Main Cast

Steven Zirnkilton
S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe
Steven Hill
Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green
Leslie Hendrix
Fred Dalton Thompson
Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan
Benjamin Bratt as Detective Rey Curtis
Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo / Clint Glover
Anthony Anderson as Detective Kevin Bernard
Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa

Additional Cast

T. Ryder Smith
Gene Canfield
Socorro Santiago
Tandy Cronyn
Ed Setrakian
Lenore Harris

Synopsis

THERAPY OR MURDER? -- After a physical altercation, an autistic 18-year-old is arrested and later dies in police custody. Further investigation reveals that the victim had left a behavorial control clinic in anger because the head doctor uses unethical electroshock therapy and an illegal sensory deprivation helmet to "cure" his patients.