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Law & Order: Season 04
Running Time: 60 min.
Release By: NBC

It can be said with some assurance that during its fourth season on the air, Law & Order finally came into its own and assumed the form and texture for which it became famous. For one thing, the producers finally responded to audience demand that there be more of a "female presence" on the series. Thus, Richard Brooks as Assistant DA Paul Robinette was given his walking papers, as was Dann Florek as Police Captain Don Cragen. Replacing these two regulars were Jill Hennessy as new Assistant DA Claire Kincaid and S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren, freshly transferred from the narcotics bureau to homicide. It was explained that Robinette had retired from the DA's office to go into private practice (in fact, the character would return in a later season as counsel for the defense, opposing his former colleagues). As for Cragen, the character returned to Law & Order in a guest-star capacity, and was returned to full "regular" status in 1999 on the spin-off series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. (Actor Florek also directed several Law & Order episodes). Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Law & Order: Season 04 Cast and Crew:

Jill Hennessy - (Asst. DA Claire Kincaid)

Steven Hill - (DA Adam Schiff)

S. Epatha Merkerson - (Lt. Anita Van Buren)

Michael Moriarty - (Exec. Asst. DA Ben Stone)

Chris Noth - (Det. Mike Logan)

Jerry Orbach - (Det. Lennie Briscoe)

Production Credits:
Ernest R. Dickerson (Cinematographer)
Constantine Makris (Cinematographer)
John Beyer (Cinematographer)
Walon Green (Co-Executive Producer)
Ed Zuckerman (Co-Executive Producer)
Michael S. Chernuchin (Co-Executive Producer)
Joseph Stern (Co-Executive Producer)
Morgan Gendel (Co-producer)
Jill Goldsmith (Co-producer)
Mike Post (Composer (Music Score))
Edwin Sherin (Executive Producer)
Dick Wolf (Executive Producer)
William M. Finkelstein (Executive Producer)
Rene Balcer (Executive Producer)
Lewis Gould (Producer)
Barry Schindel (Producer)
Robert Palm (Producer)
Billy Fox (Producer)
William N. Fordes (Producer)
Daniel Sackheim (Producer)
Jeffrey Hayes (Producer)
Arthur W. Forney (Producer)
Lynn Mamet (Producer)
Roz Weinman (Producer)
Robert Nathan (Producer)


Law & Order: Season 04 Episodes:
Law & Order: Sweeps
Law & Order: Volunteers
Law & Order: Discord
Law & Order: Profile
Law & Order: Black Tie
Law & Order: Pride and Joy
Law & Order: Apocrypha
Law & Order: American Dream
Law & Order: Born Bad
Law & Order: The Pursuit of Happiness
Law & Order: Golden Years
Law & Order: Snatched
Law & Order: Breeder
Law & Order: Censure
Law & Order: Kids
Law & Order: Big Bang
Law & Order: Mayhem
Law & Order: Wager
Law & Order: Sanctuary
Law & Order: Nurture
Law & Order: Doubles
Law & Order: Old Friends

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