BROADCAST DATE: Wednesday, September 28, 2005, NBC.
DESCRIPTION: "LAW & ORDER" is an American television police procedural and courtroom drama set in New York City. "In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories." Mariska Hargitay, Lynda Carter and Estella Warren reprise on their roles on this crossover conclusion episode "FLAW" on "LAW & ORDER" with Sam Waterston.

	Series Run: September 13, 1990 - Present. Broadcast Network: NBC. Time slot: Wednesdays 10:00 P.M. Episode Title: "Flaw", Season 16, Episode 351. Regular Cast: DENNIS FARINA [Det. Joe Fontana] / JESSE L. MARTIN [Det. Ed Green] / S. EPATHA MERKERSON [Lt. Anita Van Buren] / SAM WATERSTON [Executive ADA Jack McCoy] / ANNIE PARISSE [ADA Alexandra Borgia] / FRED DALTON THOMPSON [DA ARTHUR BRANCH]. Guest-Stars: AMI BRABSON [Judge Madeline Drake] / PETER CANN [Tariq Farmat] / LYNDA CARTER [Lorraine Dillon] / JAMES ECKLUND [Patrick Sullivan] / CHRIS FISCHER [Officer Cassidy] / PETER GANIM [Tariq Farhat] / MILENA GOVICH [Geneva] / MARISKA HARGITAY [Det. Olivia Benson] / PAUL HECHT [Lorraine's Ex-Husband] / tia dionne hodge [Amy] / ICE-T [Det. Odafin Tutuola] / EVA KAMISNKY [M.E. Flax] / MICHELLE KITTRELL [Janet Orloff] / DANE KELL [Jim Belows] / CHAZZ MENENDEZ [Agapitto] / CHANDLER PARKER [Eduardo Ramirez] / ELLIOT SANTIAGO [Jose] / EAN SHEEHY [Arliss Driver] / BEN SHENKMAN [Nick Margolis] / MARGOT STEINBERG [Radha Graves] / SONNY VELLOZZI [Lawyer] / ESTELLA WARREN [April Toost] / JONATHON GENTRY [manager]. Director: Jean de Segonzac. Writer: Chris Levinson. Executive Producers: Dick Wolf, Matthew Penn, Peter Jankowski, Nicholas Wootton and Walon Green. Co-Executive Producers: Richard Sweren, Wendy Battles and Arthur Forney. Producer: Peter Giuliano. Supervising Producer: Gary Karr and Rick Eid. Consulting Producer: Chris Levinson . Executive Story Editor: David Wilcox Story editors: Tom Smuts and Davey Holmes. Music: Mike Post. Producers: Lois Johnson, Nick Santora and Greg Plageman. Director of photography: John Beymer, William Klayer and David Tuttman. Casting directors: Lynn Kressel and Suzanne Ryan. Technical advisers: Jim Nuciforo, Leslie Crocker Snyder, Shiya Ribowski and William N. Fordes. Staff writer: David Slack. Unit Production Managers: Stephen Wertimer and Jamie Crowell.
EPISODE SYNOPSIS: "SVU'S" MARISKA HARGITAY AND ICE-T GUEST STAR IN "LAW & ORDER" CROSSOVER; LYNDA CARTER AND ESTELLA WARREN GUEST STAR AS DEVIOUS MOTHER-DAUGHTER CON-ARTIST TEAM - When a man is found dead in an abandoned high-rise office space, Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is called upon when Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse Martin) discover her number displayed on the DOA's cell phone. The trail leads them to a money-laundering ring and two cunning women -- Lorraine Dillon (Lynda Carter) and April Troost (Estella Warren) -- who previously avoided conviction for fraud and extortion in case involving Benson. Later, when A.D.A. McCoy (Sam Waterston) feels he pushes the persuasive Dillon too hard on the stand, it's up to A.D.A. Borgia (Annie Parisse) to convince the jury of the duo's deceiving ways.

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			RUNNING TIME:	00:50:00 [60 minutes including commercials].
			VHS:	Not available on commercial video.
			DVD:	Not available on commercial video.
			INFO:	LYNDA CARTER  in her first dramatic role as a guest star since the 70s.
			VIDEO:	[1]  "LAW & ORDER: FLAW". Video clip 1.
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			TRIVIA:	[•] The show follows a small team of New York City homicide detectives from the 27th Precinct who occasionally investigate other serious crimes. Generally, about halfway through the hour-long program the focus shifts from the investigation of the crime to the prosecution of the offender, which is always handed over to the same small team of lawyers from the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
				[•] The two-tiered format of the program, with investigation of the crime and prosecution of the crime, is almost identical to a 1960s series entitled Arrest and Trial, although the similarities are considered to be coincidental. Law & Order creator Dick Wolf was reportedly unaware of them when he created his series.
				[•] The format includes not delving too much into the private lives of the recurring characters. Some personal information is given, but it is usually incidental, such as conversation that goes on during the course of an episode. In contrast to many other detective shows (Perry Mason and Matlock, for example), the protagonists of Law & Order do not always win their cases; episodes frequently finish without full resolution. Sometimes the true facts of the crime are left ambiguous to the audience. Sometimes the case against the offender is won, but justice still seems lacking. Often the viewer identifies with the defendant and wonders whether punishment under the law is even appropriate.

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