| "Red Ball" | |||
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| Law & Order episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 16 Episode 1 |
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| Directed by | Matthew Penn | ||
| Written by | Dick Wolf (creator) David Wilcox |
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| Original air date | September 21, 2005 | ||
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| List of Law & Order episodes (season 16) | |||
"Red Ball" is the first episode on the sixteenth season of the long-running crime drama television series Law & Order. It was aired on September 21, 2005.
"Red Ball" is police slang for a high profile case that draws media and political attention. It was popularized in David Simon's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.
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When Jennifer Clark (Scarlett Sperduto), a little girl who is a daughter of Jimmy and Denise, is kidnapped as part of a car-jacking, McCoy must bargain with the devil in the form of a system-savvy criminal.
| Actor/Actress | Role |
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| Dennis Farina | Detective Joe Fontana |
| Jesse L. Martin | Detective Ed Green |
| S. Epatha Merkerson | Lt. Anita Van Buren |
| Sam Waterston | Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy |
| Annie Parisse | A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | D.A. Arthur Branch |
| James LeGros (as James Le Gros) | Dwight Jacobs |
| Wendy Hoopes | Denise Clark |
| Brooke Smith | Margot Bell |
| Lindsay Crouse | Judge Deidre Hellstrom |
| Adam Arkin | Charlie Graham |
| Henry Afro-Bradley | Freddy |
| Sidné Anderson | Supervisor |
| Tim Barker | Savitsky |
| Harry Bouvy | CSU Tech |
| Patrick Michael Buckley | Jimmy Clark |
| Chris Clavelli | Saunders |
| Robert Colston | Luther |
| Ray Crisara | ESU Leader |
| Angel Desai | Assistant M.E. Waxman |
| Brud Fogarty | Phelan |
| Joseph Vincent Gay | Uniform Cop #1 |
| Selenis Leyva | Detective Rivera |
| Harry Prichett | Bernard Heinz |
| Adam Saunders | Uni |
| Kenny Simmons | Lift Operator |
| Dale Soules | Agatha Jacobs |
| Scarlett Sperduto | Jennifer Clark (as Scarlett C. Sperduto) |
| Lou Torres | Owner |