Indifference (Law & Order episode)

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Law & Order
Indifference
Episode No. 9
Airdate November 27, 1990
Writer(s) Robert Palm
Director James Quinn
Season 1
September 1990 - June 1991
001. Prescription for Death
002. Subterranean Homeboy Blues
003. The Reaper's Helper
004. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
005. Happily Ever After
006. Everybody's Favorite Bagman
007. By Hooker, By Crook
008. Poison Ivy
009. Indifference
010. Prisoner of Love
011. Out of the Half-Light
012. Life Choice
013. A Death in the Family
014. The Violence of Summer
015. The Torrents of Greed -- Part 1
016. The Torrents of Greed -- Part 2
017. Mushrooms
018. The Secret Sharers
019. The Serpent's Tooth
020. The Troubles
021. Sonata For a Solo Organ
022. The Blue Wall

"Indifference" is the ninth episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order. It originally aired on 27 November 1990.

Contents

[edit] Cast

[edit] Police

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

[edit] District Attorney's Office

Steven Hill Adam Schiff
Michael Moriarty Ben Stone
Richard Brooks (actor) Paul Robinette

[edit] Plot

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

[edit] Trivia

  • 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.
  • The plot of this episode would be revisited in the 15th season episode Fixed