Закон и порядок Stiff (1990–2010) Online
- Original Title :
- Stiff
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
- Year :
- 1990–2010
- Directror :
- Jace Alexander
- Cast :
- Jerry Orbach,Jesse L. Martin,S. Epatha Merkerson
- Writer :
- Dick Wolf,Hall Powell
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 7.6/10
A wealthy middle-aged woman is in a coma after an apparent prescription drug overdose. The incident is tied to a twisted sexual practice involving the husband, but her daughter also turns out to have a financial motive.
Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jerry Orbach | - | Lennie Briscoe | |
Jesse L. Martin | - | Ed Green | |
S. Epatha Merkerson | - | Anita Van Buren | |
Sam Waterston | - | Jack McCoy | |
Angie Harmon | - | Abbie Carmichael | |
Steven Hill | - | Adam Schiff | |
David Dukes | - | David Moore | |
Marin Hinkle | - | Debbie Mason | |
Lee Wilkof | - | Eric Berner | |
Caitlin Clarke | - | Linda Walsh | |
Leslie Hendrix | - | Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers | |
Susan Kellermann | - | Jeannie Stokes | |
Thom Christopher | - | Dr. Bertram Stokes | |
John Slattery | - | Dr. Richard Shipman | |
Doug Stender | - | Judge Joseph Flint |
Brian Keane plays the part of Dr. Murphy in this episode. He previously played the part of McAlary in episode 9.24, Law & Order: Refuge: Part 2 (1999).
The designer heroin that Carmichael referred to that contained the toxic substance methyl-phenyl-tetrahydro-pyridine (MPTP) was not intentionally cut with it, it actually happened as an accident. MPTP can be a byproduct of the chemical reaction used to convert meperidine (Demerol) into Desmethylprodine (MPPP), if the catalysts used in the reaction are not measured carefully and the chemicals are heated too long MPPP winds up being converted to MPTP instead. Meperidine is a synthetic opioid analgesic that has been used since the 1930's, though it started to fall out of use in the late 1990's. Desmethylprodine is a more potent derivative of meperidine and is used as a cutting agent in certain high end, designer brands of heroin. In 1976 a number of heroin users started presenting with symptoms of Parkinson's disease, at first doctors were puzzled as to how this could be until the DEA discovered that recently seized shipments of heroin contained MPTP, instead of the synthetic opioid MPPP. Chemists working for the DEA discovered a flaw in the method being used to convert meperidine to Desmethylprodine which yielded MPTP instead. MPTP destroys the neurons that respond to the neurotransmitter dopamine in much the same manner as they are destroyed in people with Parkinson's, hence the symptoms of MPTP poisoning are almost identical to rapid onset Parkinson's.
At around the same time as this episode was made a British general practitioner, Dr Harold Shipman, was found guilty of the murder of 15 of his elderly patients and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. The police believed he was almost certainly responsible for up to 250 murders, making him the worst serial killer in British criminal history. He committed suicide in prison in 2004.
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