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| Episode no. | Season 20 Episode 17 (#450 overall) |
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| Directed by | Jim McKay | ||
| Written by | Matthew McGough, Luke Schelhaas, & Ed Zuckerman |
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| Original air date | March 22, 2010 | ||
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Matt Servito as U.S. Attorney |
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"Four Cops Shot" is the seventeenth episode of the twentieth season as well as the 450th episode of NBC's long-running legal drama Law & Order. This episode was originally intended to be the season finale episode, but due to the 2010 Tonight Show conflict; NBC ordered six more episodes to the season.
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The episode starts out where Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) is at her doctor's office (Deirdre O'Connell) where she is told she came off her radiation just fine and her hemogoblin levels are up. She will go back to her doctor in three months to see if the tumor has shrunk. Then Detectives Lupo and Bernard are called to a scene where four police officers were shot and killed, at a local pizzeria. With a room full of witnesses, they have a small description of the culprit but that's all. The case becomes even more confusing when they discover that the police officers may have known the shooter. The investigation quickly leads them to a drug cartel, a jealous husband, and a penitent judge who are all linked together. Tensions rise from both the homicide units, the DA's office, and even to the U.S. Attorney.
Based on the Lakewood, Washington police officer shooting
"Four Cops Shot" was directed by Jim McKay and written by Matthew McGough, Luke Schelhaas, and Ed Zuckerman.
In its original American broadcast on March 22, 2010, "Four Cops Shot" was watched by 5.93 million average households over the hour, among viewers aged between 18 and 49, according to Nielsen ratings. The ratings for Law & Order have decreased since the timeslot change.[1]
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