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Law & Order/Causa Mortis
| Causa Mortis | |
| Season 7, Episode 1 | |
| Airdate | September 18, 1996 |
| Production Number | K1106 |
| Written by | Rene Balcer |
| Directed by | Ed Sherin |
| ← 6x23 Aftershock |
7x02 → I.D. |
| Law & Order — Season Seven | |
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Causa Mortis is the first episode of the seventh season of Law & Order, and the one hundred thirty-fifth episode overall.
Starring (Law): Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe), Benjamin Bratt (Detective Rey Curtis), S. Epatha Merkerson (Lt. Anita Van Buren)
Starring (Order): Sam Waterston (Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy), Carey Lowell (A.D.A. Jamie Ross), Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff)
Guest Stars: George Martin (Abe Mercer), Cyndi Cartagena (Anna Galvez), Louise Sorel (Marcy Fletcher Wrightman), Lawrence Arancio (Ian Rankin), Ted Kazanoff (Judge Daniel Scarletti)
with Victor Sierra (Fernando Salva), Tiffany Fraser (Susan Bayer), Hugh O'Gorman (Chuck Rodman), Divina Cook (Mrs. Galvez), Rebecca Nelson (Maureen Rankin), Mark Kachersky (Shuster), Irma St. Paule (Sally), Tom Cappadona (Victor Driscoll), Harsh Nayyar (Gas Station Attendant), Michael Dahlen (Young Attendant), Fuschia Walker (Meter Maid), DeAnn Mears (Judge Maria Ganz), David Zayas (Raoul Cervantes), Jurian Hughes (M.E. Gardner), David Rainey (Assistant M.E.), Bruce Winant (Morgenstern), Jonathan Teague Cook (Marty Fine), Gloria Irizarry (Grandma Rosa Citrone), Gia Galeano (Gia), Jillian Bowen (Jackie Rankin), Alex Bowen (Nine Year Old Rankin), Cameron Bowen (Seven Year Old Rankin), Andrea Bowen (Rankin Toddler), Michael Hobbs (Sergeant), William McGuire (ESU Lieutenant), Gerard O'Brien (ESU Technician), Lee Summers (Belmont Uniform Policeman), Jim Lavin (Court Clerk), Jon Brent Curry (CSU Technician)
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Plot Overview
When a wife and mother is found murdered in her car, an audio tape recording of the woman pleading for her life is discovered at the crime scene; but when the tape is ruled inadmissible in court, McCoy and ADA Jamie Ross fight to get a conviction by playing hardball with the carjacker's girlfriend.
