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Feb 14, 2001 · Phobia: Directed by David Platt. With Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston. Did a baby's biological father kill one of the baby's adoptive parents in order to get him back, or because of his outrage that the child was adopted by a homosexual couple?
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- David Platt
- 2001-02-14
"Law & Order" Phobia (TV Episode 2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Detectives Briscoe and Green investigate the beating death of a gay man and the kidnapping of his adopted son.
A couple walking by see a dead body and call the police. Detectives Lennie Briscoe & Ed Green arrive discovering the victim was beaten to death, the victim was gay, and his adopted son has been kidnapped. Briscoe & Green are alerted to a ransom demand and respond quickly, only to find out it was a merely an opportunistic seltzer delivery man who was at the scene of the crime.
The police find out about the adopted child's drug-addicted mother and track her down by going through a woman who smuggles abused wives out of town. The mother may have lied about being abused to get help. The mother is found on a bus and gives up the killer as the baby's biological father, Robert Kelley, who is subsequently arrested.
McCoy prosecutes the case by trying to show that Kelley did it as a hate crime by yelling a slur during the beating, which Kelley denies. He claims he just wanted his baby back and that the adoption agency never had his consent. With McCoy's only witness being the mother, it's a tough sell, but soon the jury comes back with a "guilty" verdict, convicting him of the murder as a hate crime.
It ends with the victim's husband being approached by the mother who tells him that she hopes her child knows about her and the victim's husband saying she might tell him herself.
Main cast
•Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe •Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green •S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren •Sam Waterston as Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy •Angie Harmon as A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael •Dianne Wiest as Interim D.A. Nora Lewin
Recurring cast
•Brian Davies as Judge Warren Busey •Kathleen Chalfant as Defense Attorney Lisa Cutler
Guest cast
•Catherine Kellner as Celia Goddard •David Vadim as Robert Kelley •David Pittu as Donald Albers •Kaiulani Lee as Mrs. Goddard •Randy Danson as Susan Powers •David Leary as Attorney Jerry Vaylor •Santo Fazio as Gene Burdick •Stephen Peabody as Celia's Defense Attorney •Brenda Denmark as Rosalie Price •Eliza Foss as Kay Chappelle •Rebecca Harris as Terry Kurasik •Toni Di Buono as Defense Attorney Jerrilyn Essex •Karen Huie as Nori Kitamachie •Stephen Berger as Judge David Weintraub •Jeff Binder as Eric Cross •Malcolm Barrett as Julian Zalak •Tony Cucci as Herb Glenmon •Barbara Bruno as Anita Correa •Peter Galman as Evan McBride •Joan Bogden as Mrs. McBride •Joseph Vincent Gay as Culver •Stephen Federbusch as Sketch Artist •Chris McGarry as CSU Technician •Frank Lombardi as Uniform Policeman •Amiee Turner as Melinda Cross •Richard D'Alessandro as Clerk •Bill Anagnos as McVitty •Michelle Bernard as Jury Foreperson
Anita Van Buren: Well, what kind of idiot arranges to pickup ransom money in a van with vanity plates?
Lennie Briscoe: An idiot whose vanity plate read "HOSE MONKEY".
Susan Powers: My dealings with the police have been a joke.
Anita van Buren: Well, you haven't dealt with me, Miss Powers.
•The episode title is a reference to the homophobia Celia Goddard and Robert Kelley displayed towards Donald Albers and his partner Bradford Mendell.
•* This episode was later adapted into the Law & Order: UK episode "Dependent".Episode scene cards
Law & Order S11 E13 "Phobia". Recap. Create New. A man is found beaten to death. He and his partner had adopted a boy, and the toddler is now missing. After his birth mother is located, little Dylan is found safe, but his biological father has to answer for beating the victim to death.
Feb 14, 2001 · Information. Episode Premiere. Feb 14, 2001. Genre. Drama. Period. 1990 - Now. Production Co. Studios USA Television, Universal Network TV, NBC. Distributor. NBC, Universal Domestic Television,...
Feb 14, 2001 · Phobia is episode 13 of the 11 season of Law [and] Order. It was directed by and written by
Law & Order: S11E13. Phobia. A gay man is murdered and his adopted son taken in a case that first looks like a kidnapping until the facts uncover the possibility of a hate crime. Starring: Hugh Dancy, Odelya Halevi, Camryn Manheim, Sam Waterston, Jeffrey Donovan. Crime drama. TV-14.
