# Please identify this 'Law and Order' episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [July 13, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141 "2024-07-13T12:03:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141/1 "2024-07-13T12:03:09Z")
Hi Dopers - please may you use your incredible skills to find this episode. 1. It involves a brother and step-sister who are romantically involved. 2. Their parents are murdered (I think for money via inheritance) and the brother did it. 3. He uses his infatuated step-sister as an alibi. 4. There is not enough evidence to convict the brother. 5. However there is a legal proceeding about the inheritance, which hinges on which parent died first. 6. The prosecutor makes up a fake pathology report (the pathologist is the reliable Ms. Rodgers.) 7. The fake report works and the step-sister accuses the brother. 8. The fake report uses ‘Rogers’ (not ‘Rodgers’) as the author. Hope that’s enough clues! Rodgers the pathologist (a fine actress) appears in a huge number of episodes over several of the franchises, which has defeated my Googling skills. Over to you… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141/2 "2024-07-13T12:28:07Z")
[Lucky Stiff](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1343616/)? ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141/3 "2024-07-13T12:28:11Z")
Lucky Stiff > **["Law & Order" Lucky Stiff (TV Episode 2009) ⭐ 7.5 | Crime, Drama, Mystery](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343616/?ref_=ttep_ep11)** > > 1h | TV-14 ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141/4 "2024-07-13T12:30:50Z")
I concur. _ **Lucky Stiff** _. I Googled “law & order episode” “rodgers” “rogers”. The parentheses force it to use those exact terms. That found me a synopsis of the episode at: > **[All Things Law And Order](https://allthingslawandorder.blogspot.com/2009/01/)** > > "All Things Law And Order" covers all the shows of the Law & Order brand: Law & Order, SVU, Criminal Intent, For The Defense, LA, UK, Trial By Jury ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141/5 "2024-07-13T12:40:42Z")
> [@Retzbu\_Tox](#): > > I Googled “law & order episode” “rodgers” “rogers”. The parentheses force it to use those exact terms. I googled _brother stepsister “law & order” “died first”_ — which is, admittedly, less elegant. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141/6 "2024-07-13T13:25:05Z")
That episode is too recent for me to have watched and it’s from _2009_. Law & Order has been around a long time… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141/7 "2024-07-13T14:04:23Z")
The RUSSIANS! (I recognized it right away. I love Rogers without a D giving Cutter shit!) It’s a deceptive episode - it starts out with “green” delivery trucks that don’t work right, leads to overselling (like the Producers) green credits, and only then gets to the parents’ murders. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-law-and-order-episode/1004141/8 "2024-07-13T15:11:46Z")
Many thanks, Dopers! (What took you so long? 😉 )