Sam Waterston Upcoming Appearances

In a crossover episode with “Law

The investigation into a jockey s death reveals a cover-up involving a racehorse and misappropriations from a pension fund. Falco: Michael Imperioli. Fontana: Dennis Farina.

In the 15th-season finale, McCoy faces a man (Joseph Lyle Taylor) who insists on being his own defense counsel after he s charged with multiple counts of murder for causing a train derailment. Falco: Michael Imperioli. Fallon: Giancarlo Esposito.

“SVU” detectives Olivia Benson and Fin Tutuola (Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T) help in a murder investigation that involves a scam artist and her daughter (Lynda Carter, Estella Warren). Nick Margolis: Ben Shenkman. David Glass: Daniel Eric Gold.

Briscoe and Curtis (Benjamin Bratt) investigate the murder of a college student in a biker bar. Caridad: Elizabeth Rodriguez. Igor: Robert Knepper. Stillman: Tim Wheeler. Bell: Sam Schacht. Mountain: Gary Klar.

Following the shooting death of a detective, McCoy believes that capital punishment is warranted. Brolin: Maria Tucci. Sandig: Victor Garber. Judge Boucher: Lynne Thigpen. Quinlan: Gareth Williams. Mrs. Sandig: Barbara Garrick.

Three killings lead to a case that involves a wealthy family and a challenge to the law regarding double jeopardy. Mrs. Nicodos: Sada Thompson. Judge Hynes: Louis Zorich. Peter: Peter Frechette. Rothenberg: Jeffrey DeMunn. McCoy: Sam Waterston.

Following murders committed by a holdup team, the question arises whether the young woman involved was a willing accomplice. Leslie: Amanda Peet. Melnick: Tovah Feldshuh. Mrs. Harlan: Anne Twomey. Judge Mooney: Ben Hammer. Briscoe: Jerry Orbach.

A musician s corpse turns up behind a trash can, along with a bag of money, kicking off an investigation that leads detectives to Don Sorenson (John Bolger) and what may be a kidnapping gone awry.

The investigation of a prostitute s slaying involves a plastic surgeon (Jonathan Walker) who may have been a client of the deceased. Julia: Clare Wren. Weaver: Bob Dishy. McCracken: Brian Smiar. Nina: Rosa Arredondo. Maria: Maggie Low.

A mother (Elizabeth Hanly Rice), who claims that her baby was taken while she was in church is asked by Curtis to retrace her steps. Fineman: Fisher Stevens. Keith: Michael Dolan. Father Carner: Michael Willis.

A hidden anti-Semitic message in a yearbook offers a clue to a teacher s murder. Payne: Chris Cooper. Hastings: Jack Vinson. Marsdale: Jeanne Ruskin. Cobb: Santo Fazio. Dr. Sabloff: Lee Wilkof. Lana: Liz Larsen. Judge Busey: Mike Mearian.

The victim of a 30-year-old crime is fearful when information received by detectives creates the possibility of a new trial for the perpetrator. Munoz: Edouard DeSoto. Marks: Talia Balsam. Costello: Leonardo Cimino. Judge Rockwell: Tom Stechschulte.

The death of a horse leads to a trial involving a sting operation and a woman s disappearance. Christopher: Frank Converse. Brandson: Byron Jennings. Linde: Joe Grifasi. Judge Fillmore: William Severs. Nichols: Dan Moran.

The search for what appears to be a copycat serial killer results in complications for McCoy, who tackled the original case. Hawthorne: Laila Robins. Brooks: Isiah Whitlock Jr. Fox: David Garrison. Bigelow: Jerome Preston Bates.

In a crossover episode featuring characters from Homicide: Life on the Street, Dets. Pembleton and Bayliss clash with Briscoe and Curtis when they come to New York to investigate a subway explosion that resembles an unsolved Baltimore bombing.

The investigation of a social worker s murder coincides with a black woman kidnapping her son from his white foster parents. Robinette: Richard Brooks. Jenny: Amber Kain. Walters: Scott Lawrence. Mrs. Corbin: Lee Brock. Corbin: Michael Patterson.

A down-on-his-luck exec (Timothy Landfield) becomes the suspect when his wife and son are killed and his daughter wounded. Jenna: Ellen Pompeo. Margot: Brooke Smith. Chester: Shawn Hatosy. Laura: Linda Emond. Judge Gaines: Linda Atkinson.

A thief s deathbed confession to a young model s murder brings Fontana back to the decade-old case. Dolan: Raymond J. Barry. Johnny Zona: David Vadim. Heller: Lee Tergesen. Judge Schnell: John Dossett. Nick Zona: Quentin Mare. Fontana: Dennis Farina.

A car explodes outside a hospital, killing the driver, who had just ordered the feeding tube removed from his comatose wife. Steven Lamar: Derek Cecil. Rev. Dwyer: John Aylward. Pam Lamar: Beth Dixon. Phil Lamar: Fred Burrell. Fontana: Dennis Farina.

Richard Brooks guest stars as Paul Robinette, the role he played in the show s first three seasons (and once in 1996). Robinette defends a person charged with killing a female prisoner.

Fontana and Green link the shooting death of a trucker to the fact that he had been hauling undocumented Mexican workers across the border. Nathaniel Prentiss: Daniel Roebuck. Blanca Alvarez: Aixa Rosario Medina.

Van Buren s personal interest in a case threatens to cloud her professional judgment when the daughter of a college friend turns up dead just months after becoming the victim of a brutal acid attack that disfigured her face.