Mushrooms (Law & Order)

"Mushrooms" is the seventeenth episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order. It originally aired on February 26, 1991.

Plot

When a 12-year-old boy and his younger brother are shot, Greevey and Logan connect the older boy to a teenage drug ring. The 14-year-old shooter names the head of the operation and the intended target. Robinette and Stone try to discover the intended victim's past in order to win a conviction.

Cast

Law

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

Order

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

Guest Stars

• Brad Sullivan - Joe Anson
• Michael Mantell - Edward Kay
• S. Epatha Merkerson - Denise Winters
• Malachi Throne - Judge Real
• Tom Mardirosian - Brian Doxsee
• Victor Raider-Wexler - Harold Morton
• James McDaniel - Michael Ingrams
• Justin Cozier - T-Ball
• Terrance Telfair - Dizz Williams
• Merlin Santana - Roneld Griggs
• Eugene Byrd - Tonel Otten
• Rhetta Hughes - Grandmother
• Laurie Heineman - Janice Kay
• Regina Taylor - Evelyn Griggs^[2]
• Richard Ziman - Alex Cassini
• Merwin Goldsmith - Judge Gollub
• Barbara Spiegel - Judge Harriet Doremus
• Thomas Kopache - Sam Drucker (as Tom Kopache)
• David Wolos-Fonteno - Coach
• Edwina Lewis - Angela Otten
• Alex Bess - Gregory Winters
• Helmar Augustus Cooper - Herb Williams
• Duane Allen - Calvin (as Laduane Allen)
• Michele Wagner - Ballistics Technician (as Michele Ann Wagner)
• Brian Williams - Burnham
• Donna Haley - Reporter
• Michael Saposnick - Bailiff
• James Pyduck - Bailiff #2
• Scott W. Cain - Rapist Supsect #3 (uncredited)
• Josh Pais - Assistant M.E. Borak (uncredited)

Trivia

• S. Epatha Merkerson has a guest appearance in this episode as Denise Winters, the victim's mother. She would portray Anita Van Buren, the Police Lieutenant, starting with Season 4.
• James McDaniel of future NYPD Blue fame is also featured in the episode.

References