Law & Order/Cruel and Unusual

Cruel and Unusual
Season 5, Episode 19
Airdate	April 19, 1995
Production Number	69423
Written by	Rene Balcer & Michael S. Chernuchin
Directed by	Matthew Penn
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Law & Order — Season Five

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Cruel and Unusual is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of Law & Order, and the one hundred seventh episode overall.

Starring (Law): Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe), Chris Noth (Detective Mike Logan), S. Epatha Merkerson (Lieutenant Anita Van Buren)

Starring (Order): Sam Waterston (Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy), Jill Hennessy (A.D.A. Claire Kincaid), Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff)

Guest Stars: Jeffrey DeMunn (Norman Rothenberg), Lawrence Pressman (Dr. Alan Colter), Sheila Tousey (Mrs. Vilardi), Shawn Elliott (Judge Joseph Rivera), Daniel Ziskie (George Jeffries)

and Carolyn McCormick (Dr. Elizabeth Olivet)

with Margo Skinner (Eleanor Jeffries), Jennifer Harmon (Mrs. Serena Davidson), Leslie Hendrix (Asst. M.E. Rogers), Bruce MacVittie (Josh Bingham), Edoardo Ballerini (David Vilardi), Steve Burns (Kevin Jeffries), John Fiore (Profaci), Barbara Gulan (Francine Randazzo), Michael Levin (Dr. Ira Chaikin), Nicholas Levitin (Dr. Gerard), Larry Block (Slater), Danny Burstein (Joe Garvey), Lenore Harris (Marya Levinson), Ed Setrakian (Al Golden), Tandy Cronyn (Nancy Moore), Socorro Santiago (Clarice Reynolds), Gene Canfield (Detective Nelson), T. Ryder Smith (Detective Mathers), Benny Nieves (Alonso), Mike Jefferson (Henry), Kent Jackman (Orderly), Will Osborne (Michael), Bonnie Black (Joanne), Richard Petrocelli (Officer Roven), Byron Utley (Ralph), John Finnerty (Uniform Policeman), C.C. Loveheart (Receptionist)

Plot Overview

After an autistic boy ends up dead while in police custody, Briscoe and Logan discover the clinic where the boy lived at and discovers some unusual and possibly illegal therapies are being used on the patients.