History Recap / LawAndOrderS17E7InVinoVeritas

** Jack discusses his own father who was bigoted towards Jews, black people, Italians and Ukrainians. When Jack told him he was dating a Jewish girl, his father took a hand to his face.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Jack and Connie discuss the extent to which Mitch's influence can be blamed for his son John's actions. Connie points out how Jack grew up to be a tolerant man despite being raised by a bigoted father but Jack points out that his refusal to be a bigot was at least in part because he hated his father so much that he wanted to be nothing like him. Jack wonders if he could have ended up just like his father if he respected the man a little more.

Two officers in a cop car turn on the siren and lights; they want a car ahead of them to pull over. They place bets on what's wrong with the driver; one officer bets $10 that it's a DUI, the other bets $20 that it's some rich guy who can't drive. When the car stops they approach. The guy inside hands over his license and registration and tries to play off his condition by saying he just had a glass of wine a while ago, but he's obviously inebriated. When the officers tell him to step out of the car, he at first refuses, saying that he's Mitch Carroll, an important person. When the officers insist, he gets out, and the officers see that he's covered with blood. Carroll is arrested.

* NeverMyFault: Mitch blames his racism on his sleeping medication.

* SmokescreenCrime: Green deduces that Danielle's killer tried to hide her purse to make it look like her murder was simply a robbery that turned violent.

* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Subverted. Drunk driving ''isn't'' a minor crime, but the discovery of blood on Mitch's clothes soon reveals to Danielle's murder.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Mitch, who not only openly hates Jews but teaches his son to think the same way. He's also very misogynistic to Cassady in addition to mistaking her as being Jewish.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Mitch, who not only openly hates Jews but teaches his son to think the same way.

The lawyers, going home, decide to stop for drinks. Branch jokes that he doesn't want anyone judging him for what he says while drunk.

An hour later, an Inspector from police headquarters shows up. The Inspector says that they need to worry about Carroll's comments derailing the investigation, and notes that the police are already getting calls about Carroll's arrest. He orders them to write a sanitized version of the arrest report, with the comments redacted. Van Buren isn't comfortable with that, so the Inspector assures her that it's just until trial, at which point the real report can be released -- the goal is just to minimize the possibility that the anti-semitic comments will cause trouble during the investigation in the even the report is leaked. He orders them to find Carroll's crime quickly before the press gets too bad. Once he leaves, Van Buren tells Green that she's keeping copies of both the real and sanitized reports in her own files.

At the precinct, Carroll is pacing the interrogation room. Cassidy comes in, and Carroll explodes at her.

Carroll threatens Cassidy's career, saying he's got powerful friends. Cassidy tells him that she needs to know why he's bloodied and if someone is hurt or dead, but Carroll just keeps insulting her.

He goes on an anti-semitic rant, interspersed with more threats against Cassidy's career. Outside, Van Buren tells Green to make sure that he records all of Carroll's slurs and threats.

In interrogation, Carroll claims no memory of the night before. He insists this even when Green brings up the calls to John. Cassidy asks him about his anti-semitic comments, but Carroll denies ever saying them.

At the docks, an officer leads Green and Cassidy to a female body. The lack of blood indicates that the body was dumped, and Green notes that Carroll's cell phone signal bounced off a nearby tower. The officer says that they found the wrapping -- a high-quality Egyptian rug. Another officer finds a purse in a dumpster. Cassidy reads the ID in the purse, which reads 'Danielle Hertzberg.' Cassidy says that the victim was Jewish.

Cassidy reports that the neighbors were all away for the night; no one saw anything. Another officer finds Hertzberg's Blackberry; she was supposed to have dinner with a man named Don Hamilton the night she was killed.

In jail, Carroll's lawyer tells Rubirosa and Cassidy that Mitch drank alcohol and took Zolofin, a powerful sleeping pill.

--Nina Cassidy

Green finds a gun that fires the same sort of bullet found in Hertzberg's place. Cassidy sees posters for a white-supremacy music group in John Carroll's room, and Green points out that John could have committed the murder. He's at his mom's; the cops go to arrest him.

In interrogation, Green says that they found Hertzberg's blood on John's sneakers. His mom Amanda says that they can't be serious. John doesn't want to answer any questions, even when his mother insists. He tells her to shut up, and says she can't handle the truth. Cassidy asks what that means.

--Ed Green and Nina Cassidy

In court, Cassidy testifies about what they found during their search. She says that the gun was easily accessible to anyone, having no locks or safety features. Rosenthal, still wearing the yarmulke, brings up the anti-semitic remarks in the official police report. He then brings up the redacted report, pointing out that the anti-semtic statements aren't there. Cassidy has to admit that they made up a fake report without the comments, and that she signed it. Her attempts to explain backfire.

--Nina Cassidy and Mr. Rosenthal

Rosenthal asks how they can know that the sanitized one isn't the real one -- maybe the anti-semitic remarks were made up for the real reports. Rosenthal then points out that Carroll denied making the comments the next day; when Cassidy says this was just because he sobered up, and continues talking about the fake report.

Rosenthal how they can know that the sanitized one isn't the real one -- maybe the anti-semitic remarks were made up for the real reports. Rosenthal then points out that Carroll denied making the comments the next day; when Cassidy says this was just because he sobered up, and continues talking about the fake report.

--Mitch Carroll

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