Law & Order Denial (Season 8, Episode 2)
TV-14
TV Episode | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Law & Order

Denial (Season 8, Episode 2)

TV-14

TV Episode | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bloody sheets and an apparently stolen credit card lead Briscoe and Curtis to a pair of college age lovers who present McCoy and Ross with a united front of denial that one of them killed their newborn son and disposed of the body.

Director

Christopher Misiano

Writers

Dick Wolf (created by) | David Shore (teleplay by) (story by) | Rene Balcer (story by)

Producers

Billy Fox | Lewis Gould (as Lewis H. Gould) | Jeffrey L. Hayes (as Jeffrey Hayes) | David Shore

Composer

Cinematographer

Editor

Casting Director

Production Designer

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 8, 1997

Release date

Oct 8, 1997 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 44 wins & 207 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
46 cast members

Name	Known for
Jerry Orbach Detective Lennie Briscoe Detective Lennie Briscoe See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
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S. Epatha Merkerson Lieutenant Anita Van Buren Lieutenant Anita Van Buren See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Sam Waterston Executive ADA Jack McCoy Executive ADA Jack McCoy See fewer	The Killing Fields (1984)
Carey Lowell ADA Jamie Ross ADA Jamie Ross See fewer	Licence to Kill (1989)
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