Favorite Law & Order Guest Stars Before They Were Famous
Two For The Price Of One
A Grey’s Anatomy double-header. Before Meredith Grey took over Thursday nights, Ellen Pompeo played the villain on a L&O episode that was loosely based on the trial of Canadian killer Karla Homolka. The next year Kate Walsh (Addison Montgomery-Shepherd) also played the gorgeous guilty party; this time as a hot-shot female pilot.
Ellen Pompeo: Savior
Air Date: Wednesday March 13, 1996
Summary: A down-on-his-luck ad executive becomes the prime suspect when his wife and son are killed, and his daughter wounded on a night that he claims was spent drinking.
Kate Walsh: Navy Blues
Air Date: Wednesday October 15, 1997
Summary: McCoy finds himself battling the Navy and the office of the Judge Advocate General as he tries to prosecute a female pilot accused of murdering her married lover after he tried to break off with her.
Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Samuel L Jackson:
Another double-header of sorts. This episode, which apparently has an entire blog post devoted to it, featured a then-unknown Phillip Seymour Hoffman as one of the accused and a sort of known Samuel L Jackson as his lawyer.
The Violence of Summer
Air Date: Tuesday February 5, 1991
Summary: Greevey and Logan reopen an investigation to help Stone and Robinette build a stronger case against three boys accused of gang-raping a TV reporter.
