[s14e2] Bounty -

Prosecutor Jack McCoy realizes Kellogg had been traveling to Connecticut to see a woman named Denise. By bluffing that they will call her as a witness, McCoy forces Kellogg to fold and accept a Manslaughter 1 plea. Cast and Characters Detective Ed Green: Jesse L. Martin Detective Lennie Briscoe: Jerry Orbach EADA Jack McCoy: Sam Waterston ADA Serena Southerlyn: Elisabeth Röhm DA Arthur Branch: Fred Dalton Thompson Charles Kellogg (Defendant): Guest star Themes and Cultural Impact

The episode explores the consequences of fabrication in prestigious news organizations, directly mirroring the Jayson Blair scandal at The New York Times. [S14E2] Bounty

The fugitive, Charles Kellogg, is a journalist who has been fabricating stories. The investigation reveals that the bounty hunter found an "impossible detail" in one of Kellogg's articles, uncovering his fraud. Prosecutor Jack McCoy realizes Kellogg had been traveling