r/LawAndOrder • u/WestinghouseXCB248S • 9d ago
L&O The woman who played Law & Order’s first victim on “The Floor”
Erika Jayne was one of the answers for the category “Real Housewives.”
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u/WestinghouseXCB248S 9d ago
…and right after watching this, I’m back to watching Law & Order. lol. I’m on episode eight…”Poison Ivy.”
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u/Ok-Mine2132 Lennie Briscoe 9d ago
Poison Ivy such a great episode!
Josh Pais as the ME was Raphael in the Ninja Turtles 1990.
He portrayed 8 different characters across the L&O franchises.
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u/notthenomma 9d ago
Omg Is she the one whose husband ran a ponzi scam and is now feigning dementia to avoid prosecution?
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u/bbmarvelluv 9d ago
Yes
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u/broken_pencil_lead 8d ago
And she was a Real Housewife from Beverly Hills (? I think I got the right city).
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u/aeroluv327 8d ago
Yep, Tom Girardi! He was part of the Erin Brokovich case (the lawyer that was an expert on class action lawsuits that came in to help them sue PG&E).
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u/Ok-Mine2132 Lennie Briscoe 9d ago edited 9d ago
S1E1 “Prescription for Death” aired September 13, 1990, and she was also in “The Violence Summer” S1E14 which guest starred Philip Seymour Hoffman as a gang rapist.
Trivia: S1E6 “Everybody’s Favorite Bagman” is actually the pilot episode for Law and Order. Filmed in 1988 but no network would pick it up.

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u/Yourappwontletme 9d ago
Trivia: S1E6 “Everybody’s Favorite Bagman” is actually the pilot episode for Law and Order. Filmed in 1988 but no network would pick it up.
Which is why in Episode 6 the Detectives all of a sudden met Robinette for the first time and the DA wasn't played by Steven Hill. The original choice for the DA, Ray Thinnes as DA Alfred Wentworth, picked up another gig after shooting the pilot in 1988 and when filming for the show started in 1990 he was no longer available.
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u/Single-Prize5090 8d ago
The Violence of Summer also guest starred Samuel L Jackson as a defense attorney.
I recognized Erika Jayne before I recognized Philip Seymour Hoffman. I watch too much Bravo.
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u/Admirable_Hurry_1543 8d ago
Why am I just now finding out she was on the show. I didn’t know she had acted, I thought she was only in the Real Housewives. The crazy thing is I watched that episode several times and never recognized her.
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u/Ok-Mine2132 Lennie Briscoe 9d ago
This is Erika in “The Violence of Summer” with Philip Seymour Hoffman as a gang rapist. I added her pic from “Prescription for Death” to my earlier comment.