Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)

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rdf:langString Diane Neal was and currently is the longest serving assistant district attorney character in the Law & Order franchise. Neal was brought back to the series at the end of the twelfth season and in a recurring role throughout the thirteenth season. With Adam Beach on the cast, the series was more "ensemble"; Beach's character primarily partnered with Ice-T's Tutuola, but was often seen partnered with Mariska Hargitay's Olivia Benson.

rdf:langString * Deirdre Lovejoy as Penelope Fielding * Victoria Cartagena as Cecelia Cruz * Jack Gwaltney as Thomas Crane * Brian Tarantina as Bill Jensen * Anthony Ruiz as Hector Hernandez * Mike Doyle as CSU Tech Ryan O'Halloran * Joanna Merlin as Judge Lena Petrovsky * Robert Turano as Wesley Meadows * Caren Browning as Judith Siper * Viola Davis as Donna Emmett Special Guest Appearance by: * Judith Light as Judge Elizabeth Donnelly

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rdf:langString "Cold" is the nineteenth episode and season finale of the ninth season of the police procedural television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and the 202nd episode overall. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on May 13, 2008. In the episode, Detective Chester Lake (Adam Beach) refuses to cooperate after fatally shooting a police officer during a gunfight, causing the Special Victims Unit squad to investigate what he is hiding. The investigation and subsequent trial lead to Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak facing censure and Detective Tutuola (Ice-T) requesting a transfer out of the Special Victims Unit. The episode was written by Judith McCreary and was directed by David Platt. It marks the final appearance of Adam Beach, who had portrayed Detective Lake since the end of the eighth season and decided to depart the cast towards the end of the ninth. His character is arrested for shooting a police officer after discovering the officer is about to be acquitted for a rape he committed ten years ago. It also marks the final appearance of Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak) as a series regular after five seasons; her character is censured for lying to a judge about evidence. According to Nielsen ratings, the episode's original broadcast was watched by 11.81 million viewers and acquired a 4.0 rating / 11% share in the 18–49 demographic.