Law & Order Episode 7.18 Mad Dog
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Law & Order Episode 7.18 Mad Dog

Episode Premiere
Apr 2, 1997
Genre
Drama
Production Company
Studios USA Television, Universal Network TV, NBC
Official Site
http://www.nbc.com/Law_&_Order/
Episode Premiere
Apr 2, 1997
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/
Director
Christopher Misiano
Screenwriter
Rene Balcer
Main Cast
Additional Cast
  • Barton Tinapp
  • Donald Christopher
  • Sarah Burke
  • Edward D. Murphy
  • Candice Rose

PUSHING THE LIMITS -- McCoy (Sam Waterston) testifies at the parole hearing of a convicted serial rapist and is enraged when the perpetrator, Lewis Darnell (guest star Burt Young), is released after serving only 18 years of a 30-year sentence. Later a 17-year-old girl is found suffocated in her home, and McCoy, sensing that Darnell is the murderer but short on evidence, sets out to find a legal loophole to ensure Darnell's speedy return to prison. McCoy's persistence -- from 24-hour surveillance to the use of 'Megan's Law' -- brings him dangerously close to abusing his prosecutorial authority.