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Dr. Emil Skoda is a fictional character portrayed by J.K. Simmons in the TV series Law & Order.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Sanctuary (season 4), they were 39 years old.
They appear in 45 episodes out of a total of 501 aired so far

Dr. Emil Skoda

by J.K. Simmons

character

Episodes45

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    Sanctuary
    episode S4.E19 april 1994
    A Jewish driver kills a black youth in a hit-and-run accident in Harlem and is not prosecuted. The black community's reaction ends in the death of a white motorist, but should the killer be held responsible for his actions?
  • 7.6
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    Denial
    episode S8.E2 october 1997
    Bloody sheets and an apparently stolen credit card lead Briscoe and Curtis to a pair of college age lovers who present McCoy and Ross with a united front of denial that one of them killed their newborn son and disposed of the body.
  • 7.7
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    Baby, It's You
    episode S8.E6 november 1997
    Baltimore homicide detectives Munch and Falsone help Briscoe and Curtis with a murder investigation. However, the victim's family attorney interferes with the investigation by leaking information and offering rewards.
  • 7.8
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    Burned
    episode S8.E9 december 1997
    A teenage boy is suspected of starting a fire that killed his younger sister. But his powerful and influential grandfather does everything in his power to make the case go away.
  • 7.5
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    Expert
    episode S8.E12 january 1998
    The daughter of a convicted murderer goes on trial, accused of attempting to murder an expert witness who testified in her father's trial on his behalf.
  • 7.8
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    Faccia a Faccia
    episode S8.E15 february 1998
    A mafia hit man who was in the witness protection program turns up dead in Central Park. A mafia boss is implicated, but his defense wants him declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
  • 7.6
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    Disappeared
    episode S8.E19 april 1998
    A disturbed, self-righteous activist opposed to high-rent developments is wanted for the kidnappings of a property owner and two of his tenants. However, the D.A.'s office may have to renege on the deal made with his brother to find him.
  • 7.5
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    Burden
    episode S8.E20 april 1998
    A doctor is accused of maliciously killing a quadriplegic boy. However, the doctor claims that it was a mercy killing and that he was acting on the family's wishes.
  • 8.1
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    Damaged
    episode S8.E22 may 1998
    Jack prosecutes three teenage boys for raping an intellectually disabled girl in a high school. Lennie's daughter testifies in a drug trial.
  • 7.9
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    Cherished
    episode S9.E1 september 1998
    New assistant DA Abbie Carmichael aggressively investigates an infant's death and helps uncover a conspiracy involving a Russian adoption agency, gravely ill children, and an unethical doctor.
  • 7.8
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    Flight
    episode S9.E4 october 1998
    Prosecutors have trouble making a case against a father accused of injecting his son with deadly bacteria, so Jack is forced to play hardball with the bio-supplier that may have supplied him with it.
  • 8.2
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    Agony
    episode S9.E5 november 1998
    After a woman is brutally attacked, the police believe they have stumbled on a serial killer. Prosecutors struggle with how to put him away for life with little evidence.
  • 7.7
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    Venom
    episode S9.E7 november 1998
    A murder case leads detectives to a mother/son team of con artists and accusations of incest.
  • 7.5
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    Shield
    episode S9.E17 march 1999
    A female police officer is accused of killing a fellow police officer, her ex-boyfriend. She firmly maintains her innocence. However, she also says that he abused her, but nobody on the force heeded her warnings or helped her.
  • 8.1
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    Tabula Rasa
    episode S9.E19 april 1999
    The prime suspect in the murder of a college professor is a domineering father who kidnapped his children and disappeared 15 years earlier.
  • 7.5
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    Admissions
    episode S9.E22 may 1999
    An Hispanic mathematics professor is the prime suspect in the murder of a graduate student. He claims he is being racially profiled, but detectives have two potential motives. However, they cannot place him at the scene of the crime.
  • 8.5
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    Refuge: Part 1
    episode S9.E23 may 1999
    A brutal murder of a Russian man has ties to the Russian mob. However, the only witness who isn't compromised is a traumatized 10-year-old boy who is reluctant to testify.
  • 8.3
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    Killerz
    episode S10.E2 september 1999
    A 10-year-old girl may be responsible for the murder of a little boy in her neighborhood.
  • 7.9
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    DNR
    episode S10.E3 october 1999
    Judge Denise Grobman is shot and seriously wounded when a man steals her car. Yet when investigation leads to a hired hit ordered by her husband, she vehemently refuses to believe in his guilt.
  • 7.8
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    Merger
    episode S10.E4 october 1999
    The 15-year-old daughter of a wealthy family is killed. When the child of another wealthy family is implicated, the DAs find themselves being stonewalled by both families.
  • 7.7
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    Sundown
    episode S10.E9 december 1999
    Is a man with Alzheimer's Disease competent enough to stand trial for murder? And if he is found guilty, should he be subjected to the near-inhumane conditions common for prisoners of his type?
  • 7.4
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    Collision
    episode S10.E11 january 2000
    A homeless man with bipolar disorder accused of killing a schizophrenic woman refuses to take his medications during the trial.
  • 8.2
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    Fools for Love
    episode S10.E15 february 2000
    A man is accused of raping and killing his girlfriend's sister and another victim. Prosecutors make a deal with the girlfriend for her testimony against the accused, but they also suspect that she was a willing participant in the murders.
  • 7.3
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    Surrender Dorothy
    episode S10.E19 april 2000
    The DA's office believes that a well-known psychologist/author may have driven his daughter-in-law to suicide because her increasing rebellion against his "submissive wife" philosophy would have ruined his reputation and lucrative career.
  • 7.1
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    Untitled
    episode S10.E20 may 2000
    A man claims he acted under extreme emotional disturbance after he murders the woman who sponsored a graphic painting.
  • 7.4
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    Narcosis
    episode S10.E21 may 2000
    A prostitute's murder leads detectives on a complex investigation involving an Asian prostitution/slavery ring, police shakedowns, stolen credit cards, and a teenage Internet sex addict.
  • 8
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    Endurance
    episode S11.E1 october 2000
    A frustrated, over-stressed mother is charged with murder after starting a fire that killed her disabled son, but the case weighs heavy on Jack McCoy's conscience. Nora Lewin is introduced as DA Adam Schiff's replacement.
  • 8
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    School Daze
    episode S11.E22 may 2001
    Jack goes head-to-head with his former assistant, Jamie Ross, as he prosecutes the gunman in a high-school mass shooting.
  • 7.5
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    Prejudice
    episode S12.E10 december 2001
    The DA's office charges a racist who killed an African-American CEO over a taxicab with a hate crime. The defense responds by arguing that racism is a mental defect.
  • 7.8
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    Access Nation
    episode S12.E15 february 2002
    McCoy takes on a cyber investigating company after information it sells to a convicted rapist is used in the murder of his therapist.
  • 7.4
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    Born Again
    episode S12.E16 march 2002
    A therapist is charged with murder after an 11-year-old girl dies during a "rebirthing" procedure.
  • 7.1
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    Equal Rights
    episode S12.E18 april 2002
    The DA's office believes that an abused wife hired her brother-in-law to kill her husband. The defense claims that the woman suffers from battered wife syndrome, but was is it a case of self-defense or revenge?
  • 8.3
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    Shangri-La
    episode S13.E2 october 2002
    The investigation into the murder of a high-school teacher unearths some unsettling truths about another teacher and one of the students.
  • 7.3
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    Asterisk
    episode S13.E8 november 2002
    A star baseball player accused of killing a limo driver claims that "roid rage" made him do it.
  • 7.5
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    B*tch
    episode S13.E15 february 2003
    A successful businesswoman is accused of killing her stock broker and lover over insider trading issues. However, she claims she suffered a psychotic break because she was undergoing hormone replacement therapy.
  • 7.5
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    Genius
    episode S13.E17 april 2003
    A promising young writer confesses to the murder and robbery of a cabbie and demands that he receive the death penalty.
  • 7.2
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    Maritime
    episode S13.E18 april 2003
    A former star quarterback and his agent go missing after an all-night boating party and are presumed dead. The quarterback's deadbeat, drug-addicted brother quickly becomes the prime suspect.
  • 7.5
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    Seer
    episode S13.E19 april 2003
    A murder suspect uses his "psychic powers" to lead detective Green to the crime scene and murder weapon. Is he truly psychic, or just an obsessed stalker?
  • 7.4
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    Shrunk
    episode S14.E4 october 2003
    A popular Broadway composer is accused of murder. His psychiatrist blames it on a traumatic episode he had as a teenager, but McCoy discovers that the doctor may also have a motive.
  • 7.7
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    Compassion
    episode S14.E9 november 2003
    Did a pediatric oncologist kill a con artist over a failed investment, or did she actually crack mentally over the stress of dealing with terminally-ill children?
  • 7.3
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    Caviar Emptor
    episode S14.E23 may 2004
    A Persian caviar businessman is found dead in his bed, and the victim's children and new young wife become murder suspects.
  • 7.8
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    The Dead Wives Club
    episode S15.E2 september 2004
    A "9-11 Widow" who received a lucrative settlement after her firefighter husband's death is murdered. Another firefighter's ex-wife, who was dumped for the victim after 9-11, is charged.
  • 7.8
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    Steel-Eyed Death
    episode S20.E13 march 2010
    A family of four is brutally murdered. The investigation leads detectives to "horrorcore" culture, an accomplice who claims to have suffered from amnesia, and an accused killer with an unlikely post-traumatic stress disorder defense.
  • 7.7
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    Brilliant Disguise
    episode S20.E15 march 2010
    Is a graduate student working in the medical lab at a prestigious university robbing and killing female escorts to support his gambling addictions? And how far will his loyal fiancée go to protect him?
  • 8.6
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    Rubber Room
    episode S20.E23 may 2010
    Lupo and Bernard believe they are in a race against time to find a student threatening on an Internet blog to blow up a school--only to discover that they are looking for a disgruntled teacher instead.