"A Death in the Family" is the thirteenth episode of NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

's legal drama

Legal drama

A legal drama is a work of dramatic fiction about crime and civil litigation. Subtypes of legal dramas include courtroom dramas and legal thrillers, and come in all forms, including novels, television shows, and films. Legal drama sometimes overlap with crime drama, most notably in the case of Law...

 Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

. It originally aired on January 15, 1991.

Plot

While making a routine arrest, Greevey and Logan

Mike Logan (Law & Order)

Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:...

 are shocked when they see a body fall from a window above. Shots fired on the rooftop result in a police officer's death and a citywide manhunt. The suspect's lawyer contacts Stone

Benjamin Stone

Benjamin "Ben" Stone is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Moriarty in the TV drama Law & Order.-Character overview:Stone works in the Manhattan District Attorney's office under Alfred Wentworth and Adam Schiff. It was Schiff with whom he is closest, treating him as a kind of surrogate...

 and Robinette

Paul Robinette

Paul Robinette, played by Richard Brooks, is a fictional character who appeared in the TV drama series Law & Order from the pilot episode in 1990 until the final episode of the third season, "Benevolence," in 1993...

 and offers to make a deal.

Law

• George Dzundza
  George Dzundza
  George Dzundza is an American television and film actor.-Personal life:Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to a Ukrainian father and Polish mother who were forced into factory labour by the Nazis. He spent the first few years of his life in displaced persons camps with his parents and one...
  
   - Sgt. Max Greevey
• Chris Noth
  Chris Noth
  Christopher David "Chris" Noth is an American actor. He is known for long-running television roles as Det. Mike Logan on the police procedural and legal drama television series, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as Big on Sex and the City. For the latter role, he has been...
  
   - Det. Mike Logan
  Mike Logan (Law & Order)
  Michael "Mike" Logan is a fictional character in the police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order franchise, played by Chris Noth.-History in the franchise:...
  
  
• Dann Florek
  Dann Florek
  Ezekial Dann Florek , professional name Dann Florek, is an American actor and director.-Early life:Florek was born in Flat Rock, Michigan. He attended Eastern Michigan University, but never graduated...
  
   - Capt. Don Cragen

Order

• Michael Moriarty
  Michael Moriarty
  Michael Moriarty is an American-Canadian actor of stage and screen, and a jazz musician. He played Benjamin Stone for four seasons on the TV series Law & Order.-Early life:...
  
   - Exec. A.D.A. Ben Stone
  Benjamin Stone
  Benjamin "Ben" Stone is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Moriarty in the TV drama Law & Order.-Character overview:Stone works in the Manhattan District Attorney's office under Alfred Wentworth and Adam Schiff. It was Schiff with whom he is closest, treating him as a kind of surrogate...
  
  
• Richard Brooks
  Richard Brooks (actor)
  Richard L. Brooks is an African-American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his role as Assistant District Attorney Paul Robinette during the first three seasons of the NBC TV drama Law & Order .Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at...
  
   – A.D.A. Paul Robinette
  Paul Robinette
  Paul Robinette, played by Richard Brooks, is a fictional character who appeared in the TV drama series Law & Order from the pilot episode in 1990 until the final episode of the third season, "Benevolence," in 1993...
  
  
• Steven Hill
  Steven Hill
  Steven Hill is an American film and television actor. His two better-known roles are District Attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC TV drama series Law & Order, whom he portrayed for ten seasons , and Dan Briggs, the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on CBS's television series...
  
   - D.A. Adam Schiff
  Adam Schiff (Law & Order)
  Adam Schiff is a fictional character on the TV drama series Law & Order. He was played by Steven Hill from 1990 to 2000. Schiff was one of the main characters of the series and appeared in every episode of the first ten seasons except for Everybody's Favorite Bagman, which was produced before Hill...
  
  

Guest Stars

• Wendy Makkena
  Wendy Makkena
  -Career:Born in New York City, Makkena started her acting career in 1986 and appeared in the TV show Santa Barbara. She later landed her first movie role in Eight Men Out...
  
   - Off. Nicki Sandoval
• David Margulies
  David Margulies
  David Joseph Margulies is an American actor.Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Runya , a nurse and museum worker, and Harry David Margulies, a lawyer. Margulies graduated from City College of New York. Immediately afterward, he made his stage debut in the off-Broadway play Golden 6...
  
   - Simpson
• Louis Guss
  Louis Guss
  Louis Guss was an American character actor with a long line of screen credits, having appeared in hundreds of TV series, feature films and stage productions, specializing in blue-collar ethnic roles, over a five decade career...
  
   - Yost
• Nan-Lyn Nelson - Cassie (as Nan-Lynn Nelson)
• Susan Batson
  Susan Batson
  Susan Batson is an American producer, actress, author, and acting coach. Susan's mother, Ruth Batson, was a noted civil rights activist.-As an actress:* Running Out of Time in Hollywood * Everyone's Depressed .... Annette...
  
   - Mavis
• Thomas A. Carlin - Sgt. Duff
• Madison Arnold - Bridges
• Jerry Mayer - Car Salesman
• Ron Ryan
  Ron Ryan
  Ronald Ryan is a Canadian former professional ice hockey coach and executive. He is currently a consultant for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League . Ryan coached the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association for two seasons, 1973–74 and 1974–75, and was the team's...
  
   - Ross
• Judson Camp - Cistal
• Leah Maddrie - Off. Trent
• Fracaswell Hyman - Laneer
• Ellis Williams - Ray Bell
• Sharon Ernster - Doris Rennick
• Jerome Preston Bates
  Jerome Preston Bates
  Jerome Preston Bates is an American actor.-Biography:Bates was born in Augusta, Georgia, and grew up across the street from the Delmar...
  
   - Brutus Walker
• Jinsey Dauk - Louisa Birken
• Leo O'Brien
  Leo O'Brien
  For the former US congressman from New York, see Leo W. O'BrienFor the former Wisconsin politician, see Leo P. O'BrienLeo Patrick Joseph O'Brien was an Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests from 1932 to 1936.He attended both Xavier College and St Patrick's College, Ballarat....
  
   - Red
• Beatrice Winde
  Beatrice Winde
  Beatrice Winde was an American actress.Born Beatrice Lucille Williams in Chicago, she graduated from the Chicago Music Conservatory as a voice student and continued her voice studies briefly at the Yale University School of Music and at Juilliard.Winde appeared on Broadway in the 1971 Melvin Van...
  
   - Miss Perry
• Karina Arroyave
  Karina Arroyave
  Karina Arroyave is a Colombian television and film actress, likely best known as Jamey Farrell in 24.She has appeared in a total of 3 "dedicated teacher" films where the teacher tries to get the inner city students to want to learn...
  
   - Revina
• John Fiore
  John Fiore
  John Fiore may refer to:*John Fiore , American actor*John Fiore , American politician who succeeded Jim Stork...
  
   - Det. Tony Profaci
• Mordecai Lawner - Leon Match
• Ariane Brandt - Policewoman
• James Reno - Rennick