"Red Ball" is the first episode on the sixteenth season of the long-running crime drama television series Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

. It was aired on September 21, 2005.

"Red Ball" is police slang for a high profile case that draws media and political attention. It was popularized in David Simon

David Simon

David Simon is an American author, journalist, and a writer/producer of television series. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years. He wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood with Ed Burns...

's book Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets is a 1991 book written by Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon describing a year spent with detectives from the Baltimore Police Department homicide squad...

.

Plot Overview

When Jennifer Clark (Scarlett Sperduto), a little girl who is a daughter of Jimmy and Denise, is kidnapped as part of a car-jacking, McCoy must bargain with the devil in the form of a system-savvy criminal.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
Dennis Farina Dennis Farina Dennis Farina is an American actor of film and television and former Chicago police officer. He is a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police officer. His most known film roles are those of mobster Jimmy Serrano in the comedy Midnight Run and Ray "Bones" Barboni in Get Shorty...	Detective Joe Fontana
Jesse L. Martin Jesse L. Martin Jesse L. Martin is an American theatre, film, and television actor. He is known for originating the role of Tom Collins in the Broadway theatrical production of Rent, and for his portrayal of NYPD Detective Ed Green on the NBC drama television series Law & Order.-Early life:Martin, the third of...	Detective Ed Green Ed Green Edward "Ed" Green is a fictional character on the NBC crime drama Law & Order, created by Rene Balcer and portrayed by Jesse L. Martin.-Character overview:...
S. Epatha Merkerson S. Epatha Merkerson S. Epatha Merkerson is an American film, stage, and television actress. She has won a Golden Globe, Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Obie Award and four NAACP Image Awards. She has also received two Tony Award nominations...	Lt. Anita Van Buren Anita Van Buren Lt. Anita Van Buren is a fictional character on NBC's long running police procedural and legal drama television series Law & Order, portrayed by S. Epatha Merkerson. By episode count, she is the longest-running character on the show...
Sam Waterston Sam Waterston Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston is an American actor and occasional producer and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in 1984's The Killing Fields, and his Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning portrayal of Jack McCoy...	Executive A.D.A. Jack McCoy Jack McCoy John James "Jack" McCoy is a fictional character in the television drama Law & Order, created by Michael S. Chernuchin and played by Sam Waterston since 1994. He is the second-longest tenured character on the show, after Lt. Anita Van Buren . On January 28, 2009, McCoy's character ended the longest...
Annie Parisse Annie Parisse Anne Marie Cancelmi , known as Annie Parisse, is an American television, film, and theater actress, known for playing Alexandra Borgia on the television drama Law & Order, a role she played from 2005 until 2006 in 33 episodes. Parisse is also known for her role of Julia Lindsey Snyder on the...	A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia Alexandra Borgia Alexandra Borgia is a fictional character, played by Annie Parisse, who appeared on the long-running NBC drama series Law & Order from 2005-2006.-Fictional character biography:...
Fred Dalton Thompson Fred Dalton Thompson Fred Dalton Thompson , is an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio host. He served as a Republican U.S...	D.A. Arthur Branch Arthur Branch Arthur Branch is a fictional attorney and a regular character on the TV crime dramas Law & Order and Law & Order: Trial by Jury. Branch has also appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Conviction....
James LeGros James LeGros James LeGros is an American film and television actor. He is known as a star of independent films with a diversified body of work in the early to mid 1990s.-Personal life:...  (as James Le Gros)	Dwight Jacobs
Wendy Hoopes Wendy Hoopes Wendy Hoopes is a Malaysian-born actress most widely celebrated for her roles on MTV's animated series Daria, where she provided voices for three different characters , billed under the name "Hannah".-Biography:Hoopes was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was the fourth of five children in her...	Denise Clark
Brooke Smith Brooke Smith (actress) Brooke Smith is an American actress. She is best known for her role on the TV show Grey's Anatomy as Dr. Erica Hahn and for her role as Catherine Martin in the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.- Early life :...	Margot Bell
Lindsay Crouse Lindsay Crouse -Early life:Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna and Russel Crouse, a playwright. Her full name—Lindsay Ann Crouse—is an intentional tribute to the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse. Her father and his writing partner, Howard Lindsay, wrote much of...	Judge Deidre Hellstrom
Adam Arkin Adam Arkin Adam Arkin is an American television, film and stage actor and director. He played the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony as well as 3 primetime Emmys, 4 SAG Awards , and a DGA Award...	Charlie Graham
Henry Afro-Bradley	Freddy
Sidné Anderson	Supervisor
Tim Barker Tim Barker Tim Barker is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays for Ulster having previously played for Glasgow Warriors and Castres Olympique.-External links:*...	Savitsky
Harry Bouvy	CSU Tech
Patrick Michael Buckley	Jimmy Clark
Chris Clavelli	Saunders
Robert Colston	Luther
Ray Crisara	ESU Leader
Angel Desai	Assistant M.E. Waxman
Brud Fogarty	Phelan
Joseph Vincent Gay	Uniform Cop #1
Selenis Leyva	Detective Rivera
Harry Prichett	Bernard Heinz
Adam Saunders Adam Saunders Adam Saunders is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television programs.-Life and career:Saunders studied in Baulkham Hills High School in Sydney....	Uni
Kenny Simmons	Lift Operator
Dale Soules	Agatha Jacobs
Scarlett Sperduto	Jennifer Clark (as Scarlett C. Sperduto)
Lou Torres	Owner