Law & Order: Script of Jesse Martin's final episode that NBC doesn't want you to see

I know many of you out there are wondering what is going to happen to Law & Order's Detective Ed Green? Well if you want to be surprised next Wednesday, DO NOT READ THIS. But if you want a sneak peek at some key lines from the script so you can amaze your friends and co-workers with your foresight and knowledge go ahead and keep reading about what will become of Detective Ed Green.

Don't ask me how but I was able to get my hands on a copy of the script. Chances are that NBC will be a bit upset when they see that this leaked out but here is a peak into the detective's final episode.

Background

About a year and a half into Green's tour with the homicide division, 9/11 occurred. Not too many months following this, Green was recruited by he CIA to work as an spy and later as an interrogator. Somehow - not clearly spelled out in the script - the CIA knew that he had spent three years studying abroad in Iraq and Syria and was fluent in Arabic. Green did not offer up information on his Arabic aptitude when applying to the NYPD for fear of being refused a job, and for some reason it was never found in his background checks.

So what started out as domestic spy work for the CIA soon turned into interrogation and eventually torture sessions, including water boarding, which Green eventually admitted while he was being interrogated by two FBI agents.

Being charged with using illegal torture techniques was bad enough considering the current climate surrounding torture. But what really sent Ed packing was an incident involving former partner Lennie Briscoe. One night, not long after Lennie had taken the job as a DA Investigator, the two got together for dinner to catch up. (Lennie retired only to return as a DA Investigator on L&O Trial by Jury.) After dinner, Lennie dropped Ed off at his apartment.

What follows is Ed's court testimony:

The Testimony

Detective Briscoe must have looked back and saw that I didn't go into my apartment, but rather into the car with Harris and Roe (CIA agents). He must have tailed us all the way to the warehouse where the interrogations were occurring.

Cutter: "You mean the torture - water boarding and other techniques ruled as illegal under international not to mention New York State law. Withdrawn. What happened next, Mr. Green?"

Green: "As I said, Detective Briscoe had tailed us to the warehouse. One of the CIA agents caught him as he was trying to leave the warehouse.

Cutter: Why was he leaving?

Green: "I would guess to get back-up."

Cutter: "Go on."

Green: "When they brought him into the interrogation room and he saw me (Green lowers hid head as voice begins breaking)...I never saw that look before. He knew right then what was going on. He knew I had been lying to him all those years and he knew that he had been betrayed."

Cutter: "Then what happened, Mr. Green?"

Green: "Detective Roe took Detective Briscoe into the next room and there was one gun shot. (Green looks away from all the eyes that are on him in the courtroom as his own eyes begin to well up.)

That was the big scene of course. Any avid followers of Law & Order know that the actor who played Briscoe, Jerry Orbach, died of prostate cancer in 1994, not long after stating on Trial By Jury. It was said that Briscoe had died as well, but details of his death were never given, leaving it open for this wonderful episode. Well now that I ruined it for you your Wednesday night is now open. Just kidding. There are other twists that I didn't uncover that will keep it as interesting as ever. So tune in and check it out. I know I will.