Lauren Klein

LAW & ORDERS4, E6

Pride and Joy

The issue of parent abuse is examined in this unusual story about a gifted student who felt embarrassed and confined by his lower-class family - which led to his father's death. Plus, threats among the rest of the family keep everyone from testifying. Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) guest stars.
LAW & ORDERS10, E2

Killerz

When a young boy is found murdered at a construction site, Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) converge on an auto mechanic (guest star Alan Davidson) as their prime suspect based on the eyewitness accounts of two unusual girls whose stories don't mesh, thereby arousing the curiosity of the veteran investigators. More probing reveals that one of the little girls might be to blame, making it a tough case for McCoy (Sam Waterston), who fears that unless the 10-year-old child is proven to be responsible for her increasingly violent acts and isolated, other children will suffer. Angie Harmon, S. Epatha Merkerson and Steven Hill also star.
LAW & ORDERS11, E15

Swept Away-A Very Special Episode

When a participant in a TV reality show is murdered, McCoy (Sam Waterston) goes after the producers and network executives for deliberately fomenting hostility among the participants to boost the ratings. Amber (Stephanie Sandltz), a female cast member leads Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) to another cast member, Paul (Zachary Knighton) who disappeared after a bad fight with the deceased.