John Cassady

Season 17, Episode 7
When unemployed television actor Mitch Carroll (guest star Chevy Chase) is arrested for drunk driving at 2 a.m. while wearing blood-stained clothes, Detectives Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Nina Cassady (Milena Govich) find themselves the target of a drunken rant that reveals the actor's religious prejudices. The blood is soon discovered to belong to Carroll's former executive producer - but the case takes another turn when the same blood is found on Carroll's son John's (guest star Jaymie Dornan) shoes. A.D.A.s Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) must then argue the role the father's prejudice had leading up the crime to ensure justice is served. S. Epatha Merkerson and Fred Dalton Thompson also star.
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Length: 42:54
Aired: 11/3/2006

Season 17, Episode 4
A young Middle Eastern man is killed on camera in what appears to be a hate crime. Detectives Ed Green (Jesse L. Martin) and Nina Cassady (Milena Govich) quickly learn that prior to the murder the victim had made a frantic 911 call to the Joint Terrorist Task Force and Detective Henry Paulsen (guest star John Viscardi), who joins in the investigation. Once the suspect, Ben Faoud (guest star Bernardo Pena) is apprehended, A.D.A.s Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) succeed in convincing the F.B.I. that the suspect should be tried for murder. Faoud then hires high-power defense attorney Paul Robinette (returning guest star Richard Brooks), who demands the case be thrown out. S. Epatha Merkerson and Fred Dalton Thompson also star.
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Length: 43:34
Aired: 10/13/2006

BRINGING RAIN is an experimental pop low-budget cult indie film about boarding school kids. Starring Adrian Grenier, Paz de la Huerta, Merritt Wever, Alexis Dziena, Ryan Donowho, Rodrigo Lopresti, Olek Krupa, Val Emmich, Ray Santiago, Noah Fleiss, Nathalie Paulding, Niesha Butler, and Larisa Oleynik-- Rain tells the story of boarding school students that have suffered a scarring accident. Stuck together for the last month of school, they are faced with either dealing with the reality of the damage done, or drifting off into isolated fantasies and denials. Bringing Rain was the directorial debut of Noah Buschel(Neal Cassady, The Missing Person.) With music by Vic Chesnutt and Baby Dayliner and Julian Velard and Adrian Grenier. Clothes by Zac Posen. Described by Nylon Magazine as "Anime meets Rebel Without a Cause meets John Knowles meets Katherine Paterson meets 90210 meets Marvel Comics meets trippy art film." Produced by Belladonna Productions.
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Length: 01:22:00
Posted: 8/21/2009