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Prescription for Death: Directed by John Whitesell. With George Dzundza, Chris Noth, Dann Florek, Michael Moriarty. Greevey and Logan discover that a hospital is covering up an accomplished doctor's mistake which resulted in a patient's death.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- John Whitesell
- 1990-09-13
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After Suzanne Morton dies during a visit to the emergency room to pick up some antibiotics on a hectic night shift. Her father, Howard - a former medic in Vietnam - demands that the police charge the hospital with murder, stating they were negligent. Logan and Greevey investigate the doctor who had made some adjustments to her chart, but are soon l...
The emergency room at Urban Medical Center is crowded with an over-admittance of patients and understaffed workers working to the best of their ability. Howard Morton (John Spencer) asks the receptionist at the front desk where his daughter Suzanne is, as he has been waiting for 40 minutes; the receptionist responds that they must wait for a respon...
Main cast
1. George Dzundza as Sergeant Max Greevey 2. Chris Noth as Detective Mike Logan 3. Dann Florek as Captain Donald Cragen 4. Michael Moriarty as Executive A.D.A. Benjamin Stone 5. Richard Brooks as A.D.A. Paul Robinette 6. Steven Hill as D.A. Adam Schiff
Recurring cast
1. Leslie Goldman as Trial Judge Benjamin Harcourt
Guest cast
1. Paul Sparer as Dr. Edward Auster 2. John Spencer as Howard Morton 3. Ron Rifkin as Defense Attorney Phillip Nevins 4. Erick Avari as Dr. "Ekballa" Raza 5. Alvin Epstein as Dr. Chester 6. Maryann Urbano as Dr. Jean Mills 7. Bruce McCarty as Dr. Stephen Simonson 8. Ed Setrakian as Hoffman 9. W.T. Martin as Dr. Lignell 10. Daniel Benzali as Medical Examiner 11. Frederica Meister as Melanie Stivic 12. Annie Corley as Stewart 13. Rocky Carroll as Dr. Davids 14. William Roerick as Dr. Robert Abr...
36th PrecinctSuzanne MortonUrban Medical CenterMax Greevey: Look! Someone's lying! Whether it's Gunja Din or Doctor God, we don't know.Dr. Edward Auster: You solve every case you work on?Mike Logan: We can tell a felony from a traffic ticket.Dr. Edward Auster: Look, a patient walks in with a headache. She could have a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a berry aneurysm, a retro-orbital tumor... or does she just have a headache? Do you give her a...Max Greevey: You make this speech at funerals?This was the first aired episode of Law & Order. The episode "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" was the pilot episode for the series. Although originally produced for CBS in 1988, it never aired on that...Actor Chris Noth supplied his own brown leather coat for this episode, after buying it from a second-hand clothing store. (citation needed • edit)In this episode we learn that Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone's father was an alcoholic, and drank every day at lunch. We also learn that Captain Donald Cragen had a drinking p...Detectives Max Greevey and Mike Loganhave very different opinions about health care. Logan is glad that his father is still alive because of a heart transplant, but Greevey despises doctors because...People also ask
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"Prescription for Death" is the series premiere of the American crime drama television series Law & Order. The episode's teleplay was written by Ed Zuckerman, the story was written by David Black and Ed Zuckerman, and was directed by John P. Whitesell II.
- Season 1, Episode 1
- David Black, Ed Zuckerman
- September 13, 1990
- John P. Whitesell II
Howard Morton files murder charges with Det. Max Greevey and Det. Mike Logan against Dr. Eqbal Raza, a resident at Urban Medical Center, for the death of his...
Detectives Max Greevey and Mike Logan investigate the death of teenager Suzanne Morton in a hospital emergency room after her father files a complaint saying she was murdered there. She had only gone to the hospital to have her prescription for antibiotics refilled, but was dead a few hours later.
Sep 13, 1990 · Prescription for Death Greevey and Logan discover that a hospital is covering up an accomplished doctor's mistake which resulted in a patient's death. They later find out that the doctor might have been drunk at the time.
