Law & Order (season 17)
| Law & Order (season 17) | |
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Season 17 U.S. DVD cover
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 22, 2006 – May 18, 2007 |
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The 17th season of Law & Order premiered on NBC on September 22, 2006, and concluded on May 18, 2007.
Following the departures of Dennis Farina and Annie Parisse at the end of the sixteenth season, Milena Govich and Alana de la Garza joined the cast as Detective Nina Cassady and Assistant District Attorney Connie Rubirosa, respectively.Jesse L. Martin's character (Ed Green) was promoted to senior detective to replace Farina's character. At the end of the season, Fred Thompson (Arthur Branch) and Milena Govich departed the cast. Former cast member Richard Brooks reprised his role as Paul Robinette for the episode "Fear America."
After an actress is found dead in her apartment, Green and Cassady attempt to prove that her death was not a suicide.
When Nicole Bailey, the ex-wife of a respected former senator, is found murdered and brutalized in her home, Green and Cassady look first at the senator, but follow the trail of clues to a dysfunctional family with a number of potentially embarrassing secrets. McCoy finds himself in the hot seat when he is forced to argue the case in front of a judge who does not seem mentally prepared to hear murder cases.
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