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Law & Order S6E1 — Bitter Fruit

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Law & Order•Season 6•Episode 1

Bitter Fruit

7.8/10 · 478 votesSep 20, 199548 min

Ranked #11 of 23 in Season 6•−0.1 vs season avg

Briscoe and his new partner, Det. Reynaldo Curtis, investigate the murder of a young girl who disappeared between school and her music lesson, with a blurry film from an ATM machine as their clue.

Directed byConstantine Makris

Written byRené Balcer, Jeremy R. Littman

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Cast6

Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach

Lennie Briscoe

Benjamin Bratt

Benjamin Bratt

Rey Curtis

S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

Anita Van Buren

Steven Hill

Steven Hill

Adam Schiff

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Jack McCoy

Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy

Claire Kincaid

Crew8

C

Constantine Makris

Director

R

René Balcer

Writer

J

Jeremy R. Littman

Writer

M

Morgan Gendel

Executive Story Editor

Christopher Misiano

Christopher Misiano

Director of Photography

M

Monty DeGraff

Editor

R

René Balcer

Supervising Producer

Ed Zuckerman

Ed Zuckerman

Producer

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Episode Summary

"Bitter Fruit" is episode 1 of Law & Order season 6. It scored 7.8/10 from 478 votes, ranking #11 of 23 episodes this season (season average 7.9). Directed by Constantine Makris and written by René Balcer, Jeremy R. Littman, it aired on September 20, 1995.

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