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Law & Order/Competence
Competence | |
Season 5, Episode 6 | |
Airdate | November 2, 1994 |
Production Number | 69409 |
Written by | Michael S. Chernuchin & Mark B. Perry |
Directed by | Fred Gerber |
← 5x05 White Rabbit |
5x07 → Precious |
Law & Order — Season Five |
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Competence is the sixth episode of the fifth season of Law & Order, and the ninety-fourth episode overall.
Starring (Law): Jerry Orbach (Detective Lennie Briscoe), Chris Noth (Detective Mike Logan), S. Epatha Merkerson (Lieutenant Anita Van Buren)
Starring (Order): Sam Waterston (Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy), Jill Hennessy (A.D.A. Claire Kincaid), Steven Hill (D.A. Adam Schiff)
Guest Stars: Samuel E. Wright (Jerome Osborn), Jude Ciccolella (Dennis Burnett), Omar Sharif Scroggins (Zack Rowland), Lisa Louise Langford (Marjorie Gordon), Marcella Lowery (Van Buren's Attorney)
and Carolyn McCormick (Dr. Elizabeth Olivet)
with Jaclyn Brooke Sanford (Gwen Sheffield), Rochelle Oliver (Judge Grace Larkin), Fredro Starr (G-Dog Rowland), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Det. Brian Keene), Jerry Grayson (Jeffrey Crockett), Sharon Martin (Linda Byrd), Gia Galeano (Ana Valdez), J.C. MacKenzie (Hoeck), Sharif Rashed (Ric Van Buren), Tse-Mach Washington (Stefan Van Buren), Charles Dumas (Donald Van Buren), Bernard Grant (Judge Irwin Reisman), Fanni Green (Mrs. Rowland), Chris McGinn (Mrs. Sheffield), Nicholas Garr (Doyle), George Hosmer (Court Clerk)
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Plot Overview
When Van Buren becomes the victim of a attempted hold up by two teenage boys, she ends up shooting one of the boys, who is revealed to have been mentally disabled.