"Law & Order"
Publish and Perish (2005)

Director:

Constantine Makris

Writers:

Dick Wolf (creator)
Tom Szentgyorgyi (writer)

TV Series:

"Law & Order" (1990)

Original Air Date:

20 April 2005 (Season 15, Episode 21)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

Plot:

Fontana and his new temporary partner, Nick Falco, investigate the murder of a porn star. After the woman charged with her murder is also killed, they uncover a connection to both victims and a politically ambitious ex-police commissioner. |

Plot Keywords:

Female District Attorney | Famous Opening Theme | Law And Order | Death Of Cast Member | New York City

Cast

Dennis Farina	...	Detective Joe Fontana
Michael Imperioli	...	Detective Nick Falco
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Lt. Anita Van Buren
Sam Waterston	...	Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy
Annie Parisse	...	A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia
Fred Dalton Thompson	...	D.A. Arthur Branch
Kevin Dunn	...	Arnie MacLaren
Paul Schulze	...	Det. Pete Milligan
Randy Graff	...	Helen DeVries
Helen Carey	...	Charlotte Swan
Robert Hogan	...	Judge Hugo Bright
Guy Boyd	...	Elston Norrell
Alison Bartlett	...	Sgt. Haywood
Cyrus Farmer	...	Manager
Michael Tucker	...	Quentin

Trivia:

Jesse L. Martin was absent from the last four episodes of the fifteenth season. He left the show temporarily to work on Rent (2005). His character, Det. Green, was shot in the line of duty. For those four episodes, Martin was replaced by Michael Imperioli as Det. Falco.

Quotes:

[Discussing a murdered porn star]
Detective Nick Falco: The porn world is gonna be in mourning tonight.
Detective Joe Fontana: I wonder what they fly at half-mast?