So Long, Sam Waterston: How ‘Law & Order’ Bid Farewell To His Character Jack McCoy
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from Thursday’s episode of Law & Order. After more than 400 episodes, Sam Waterston walked out of the courthouse for the final time as District Attorney Jack McCoy.
Appropriately, Waterston’s last episode put him back into the courtroom to argue a final case. A woman named Veronica Knight was found dead in Central Park, and the clues led police to Scott Kelton, a local tech billionaire who has friends in high places — namely the mayor (Bruce Altman).
McCoy ends up taking over the case from assistant DA Nolan Price (Hugh Dancy), who was looking to call the mayor’s son to the stand because of what he knew about Kelton’s past relationship with the victim.
The mayor not only threatened to boot Price from the DA’s office but vowed to stop supporting McCoy should he run for re-election.
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