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Mila is arrested for murder on the theory she tricked Nolan to get him sent to prison. Her lawyer loses a motion to dismiss as her immunity was for the suicides not for murder. O'Dell testifies Mila had him doctor the report with her and Larry's consent to frame Nolan. Nolan in turn testifies he was given a phony report; he admits he didn't see Mila set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she is against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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Mila is arrested for murder on the theory she tricked Nolan to get him sent to prison. Her lawyer loses a motion to dismiss as her immunity was for the suicides not for murder. O'Dell testifies Mila had him doctor the report with her and Larry's consent to frame Nolan. Nolan in turn testifies he was given a phony report; he admits he didn't see Mila set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she is against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires tries to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Mila is unlikely to be re-tried thanks to her father's confession, but it is a confession that was followed by his suicide right in front of her. [=McCoy=] notes that now she has to deal with the grief that the families of the people she and her father helped commit suicide experienced. Based on her reaction in the courtroom, it won't be easy for her to get through it.
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Mila is arrested for murder on the theory she tricked Nolan to get him sent to prison. Her lawyer loses a motion to dismiss as her immunity was for the suicides not for murder. O'Dell testifies Mila had him doctor the report with her and Larry's consent to frame Nolan. Nolan in turn testifies he was given a phony report; he cannot
testify as to who set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
testify as to who set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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Mila is arrested for murder on the theory she tricked Nolan to get him sent to prison. Her lawyer loses a motion to dismiss as her immunity was for the suicides not for murder. O'Dell testifies Mila had him doctor the report with her and Larry's consent to frame Nolan. Nolan in turn testifies he was given a phony report; he cannot
testify as to whoadmits he didn't see Mila set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us is against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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testify as to who set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks
Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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testify as to who set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks
asks Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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Nolan's lawyer puts the pressure on new DA Jack [=McCoy=] who was appointed to fill the end of Branch's term. [=McCoy=] is not happy with Cutter making the move before consulting his boss. A motion to dismiss is denied and Nolan tries to cut a no jail time plea. He claims he was not the source of the faulty report and that Mila and Larry came to him. He reveals his source, a lab tech named Rick O'Dell who claims there were two reports, one wrong one right. He claims to have tried to contact Nolan, but his nervous behavior isn't convincing. O'Dell is a friend with Mila and [=McCoy=] thinks her father was pulling the strings. He again claims he is not violating his parole. The case takes ''another'' strange turn when it turns out Mila and Larry went to camp as teenagers; she even wrote a letter where she notes Larry is a fan and would want to die if he had a more serious condition. She also rails against Nolan for sending him to prison while he collected an Emmy.
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Nolan's lawyer puts the pressure on new DA Jack [=McCoy=] who was appointed to fill the end of Branch's term. [=McCoy=] is not happy with Cutter making the move before consulting his boss. A motion to dismiss is denied and Nolan tries to cut a no jail time plea. He claims he was not the source of the faulty report and that Mila and Larry came to him. He reveals his source, a lab tech named Rick O'Dell who claims there were two reports, one wrong one right. He claims to have tried to contact Nolan, but his nervous behavior isn't convincing. O'Dell is a friend with Mila and [=McCoy=] thinks her father was pulling the strings. He again claims he is not violating his parole. The case takes ''another'' strange turn when it turns out Mila and Larry went to camp as teenagers; she even wrote a letter to her father where she notes Larry is a fan and would want to die if he had a more serious condition. She also rails against Nolan for sending him to prison while he collected an Emmy.
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* SchiffOneLiner: It's [=McCoy's=] first on screen case as DA and he wastes no time getting a line in like his first boss, the TropeNamer.
* TakingTheHeat: Dave Lingard's last moments on Earth are spent confessing to his daughter's crimes. Cutter was able to break through it with questions that would prove he was lying, but the Propofol kills the doctor first. However, the ending implies there will be no re-trial, so it may have worked.
* TakingTheHeat: Dave Lingard's last moments on Earth are spent confessing to his daughter's crimes. Cutter was able to break through it with questions that would prove he was lying, but the Propofol kills the doctor first. However, the ending implies there will be no re-trial, so it may have worked.
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Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Profopal and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Profopal Propofol and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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* FirstDayFromHell: Jack [=McCoy=] has been appointed to fill the end of Arthur Branch's term. His new ADA immediately arrests a journalist based on his work and the defense attorney rails against the new DA to the press. [=McCoy=] is less than thrilled Cutter made that call without consulting him.
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* FirstDayFromHell: ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Poor Nina Cassady is gone and no explanation or hint is given. Arthur Branch at least gets a mention even if there is no explanation as to how and why he left the DA's office.[[note]]Fred Dalton Thompson left to get back into politics. The circumstances of Milena Govich's departure are more murky, but it seems that the producers didn't like the character. [[/note]]
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** Jack [=McCoy=] has been appointed to fill the end of Arthur Branch's term. His new ADA immediately arrests a journalist based on his work and the defense attorney rails against the new DA to the press. [=McCoy=] is less than thrilled Cutter made that call without consultinghim.him.
** Cyrus Lupo wasn't even planning on coming back to the States and being a homicide detective, but his brother's suicide and the aftermath have a long term effect on his life.
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** Jack [=McCoy=] has been appointed to fill the end of Arthur Branch's term. His new ADA immediately arrests a journalist based on his work and the defense attorney rails against the new DA to the press. [=McCoy=] is less than thrilled Cutter made that call without consulting
** Cyrus Lupo wasn't even planning on coming back to the States and being a homicide detective, but his brother's suicide and the aftermath have a long term effect on his life.
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Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Profopal and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Profopal and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.off.
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* FirstDayFromHell: Jack [=McCoy=] has been appointed to fill the end of Arthur Branch's term. His new ADA immediately arrests a journalist based on his work and the defense attorney rails against the new DA to the press. [=McCoy=] is less than thrilled Cutter made that call without consulting him.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: As noted above, Cutter makes a controversial decision without consulting Jack leading to tension between the two. This is the first of many times Cutter's ambitious moves will create conflict with his boss.
* ThanatosGambit: Larry goes along with the scheme to frame Nolan to get revenge for the latter's show getting Dave Lingard sent to prison.
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* FirstDayFromHell: Jack [=McCoy=] has been appointed to fill the end of Arthur Branch's term. His new ADA immediately arrests a journalist based on his work and the defense attorney rails against the new DA to the press. [=McCoy=] is less than thrilled Cutter made that call without consulting him.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: As noted above, Cutter makes a controversial decision without consulting Jack leading to tension between the two. This is the first of many times Cutter's ambitious moves will create conflict with his boss.
* ThanatosGambit: Larry goes along with the scheme to frame Nolan to get revenge for the latter's show getting Dave Lingard sent to prison.
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Nolan's lawyer puts the pressure on new DA Jack =McCoy= who was appointed to fill the end of Branch's term. =McCoy= is not happy with Cutter making the move before consulting his boss. A motion to dismiss is denied and Nolan tries to cut a no jail time plea. He claims he was not the source of the faulty report and that Mila and Larry came to him. He reveals his source, a lab tech named Rick O'Dell who claims there were two reports, one wrong one right. He claims to have tried to contact Nolan, but his nervous behavior isn't convincing. O'Dell is a friend with Mila and =McCoy= thinks her father was pulling the strings. He again claims he is not violating his parole. The case takes ''another'' strange turn when it turns out Mila and Larry went to camp as teenagers; she even wrote a letter where she notes Larry is a fan and would want to die if he had a more serious condition. She also rails against Nolan for sending him to prison while he collected an Emmy.
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Nolan's lawyer puts the pressure on new DA Jack =McCoy= [=McCoy=] who was appointed to fill the end of Branch's term. =McCoy= [=McCoy=] is not happy with Cutter making the move before consulting his boss. A motion to dismiss is denied and Nolan tries to cut a no jail time plea. He claims he was not the source of the faulty report and that Mila and Larry came to him. He reveals his source, a lab tech named Rick O'Dell who claims there were two reports, one wrong one right. He claims to have tried to contact Nolan, but his nervous behavior isn't convincing. O'Dell is a friend with Mila and =McCoy= [=McCoy=] thinks her father was pulling the strings. He again claims he is not violating his parole. The case takes ''another'' strange turn when it turns out Mila and Larry went to camp as teenagers; she even wrote a letter where she notes Larry is a fan and would want to die if he had a more serious condition. She also rails against Nolan for sending him to prison while he collected an Emmy.
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Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Profopal and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. =McCoy= notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Profopal and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. =McCoy= [=McCoy=] notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
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Thomas Lupo commits suicide via overdose in a hotel with the help of an unseen partner. After his body is discovered, it's noted his watch and wedding band are missing. His wife notes he was distant in the previous weeks and tells Green and his temporary partner Joe Cormack to speak to Thomas' brother Cyrus, a former patrolman in the 2-7,
now working over seas for the NYPD Counter Terrorism division. Lupo is adamant his brother would not commit suicide, having defeated cancer five years prior. At his brother's home, he discovers the missing watch and ring in a lock box in the garage. Lupo uses Green's name to get Rodgers to test Thomas' body for cancer; sure enough it returned, and was stage four. He was killed by an injection of Potassium Chloride. Green discovers Lupo planned his affairs, mortgaging his business to pay off his mortgage for his wife and children. Lupo pushes for a formal investigation with him teaming with Green, which is turned down as it is against policy. Shortly after Lupo leaves Van Buren's office a call comes in; another death matching Thomas' has been discovered.
Rodgers notes both Thomas and the new victim, Larry Driscoll, were killed with the same cocktail of three drugs, which are administered in a sequence. It's the M.O. of "Dr Death" Dave Lingard, recently released after 10 years in prison for helping with assisted suicide. An advocate for the right to end one's life, he was convicted after admitting on television to helping with a suicide. Lupo is waiting outside Van Buren's office for news, and she shuts the door. She tells Green she is putting Lupo with him on this case; the second victim eliminates the conflict of interest; Green is skeptical but accepts. Lingard denies culpability, stating someone stole his formula but Green notes no one used it while he was in prison. Lingard claims he is strictly following his parole, not evening giving advice before going on a rant about "the tyrants" who make the laws against assisted suicide.
Following up a lead, the detectives find a nurse named Mila, who the detectives deduce is Lingard's daughter. She too is an advocate of assisted suicide, and admits to dispensing advice, but stops short of admitting to administering the injections. She claims the men committed suicide on their own and that video exists proving it. The footage is held by Bill Nolan, the journalist whose interview sent the senior Lingard to prison. Nolan gives the detectives the videos and they watch them with Van Buren and Rubirosa. Larry is seen on camera hooked up to the machine speaking to Nolan. He gives the reason for his death as being diagnosed with ALS, and not wanting to die a slow death. However, his medical file shows Type Four Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a non lethal condition. Rodgers says Larry was misdiagnosed a few weeks prior. Given immunity, a case would be hard to prosecute given the taped statements, Mila claims Nolan gave Larry a false medical report in order to convince him to go through with the suicide so Nolan could film it. When new ADA Michael Cutter gets Mila to confirm Larry would not commit suicide without the ALS diagnosis, he has Nolan arrested for second degree manslaughter.
Nolan's lawyer puts the pressure on new DA Jack =McCoy= who was appointed to fill the end of Branch's term. =McCoy= is not happy with Cutter making the move before consulting his boss. A motion to dismiss is denied and Nolan tries to cut a no jail time plea. He claims he was not the source of the faulty report and that Mila and Larry came to him. He reveals his source, a lab tech named Rick O'Dell who claims there were two reports, one wrong one right. He claims to have tried to contact Nolan, but his nervous behavior isn't convincing. O'Dell is a friend with Mila and =McCoy= thinks her father was pulling the strings. He again claims he is not violating his parole. The case takes ''another'' strange turn when it turns out Mila and Larry went to camp as teenagers; she even wrote a letter where she notes Larry is a fan and would want to die if he had a more serious condition. She also rails against Nolan for sending him to prison while he collected an Emmy.
Mila is arrested for murder on the theory she tricked Nolan to get him sent to prison. Her lawyer loses a motion to dismiss as her immunity was for the suicides not for murder. O'Dell testifies Mila had him doctor the report with her and Larry's consent to frame Nolan. Nolan in turn testifies he was given a phony report; he cannot
testify as to who set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks
Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Profopal and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. =McCoy= notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
now working over seas for the NYPD Counter Terrorism division. Lupo is adamant his brother would not commit suicide, having defeated cancer five years prior. At his brother's home, he discovers the missing watch and ring in a lock box in the garage. Lupo uses Green's name to get Rodgers to test Thomas' body for cancer; sure enough it returned, and was stage four. He was killed by an injection of Potassium Chloride. Green discovers Lupo planned his affairs, mortgaging his business to pay off his mortgage for his wife and children. Lupo pushes for a formal investigation with him teaming with Green, which is turned down as it is against policy. Shortly after Lupo leaves Van Buren's office a call comes in; another death matching Thomas' has been discovered.
Rodgers notes both Thomas and the new victim, Larry Driscoll, were killed with the same cocktail of three drugs, which are administered in a sequence. It's the M.O. of "Dr Death" Dave Lingard, recently released after 10 years in prison for helping with assisted suicide. An advocate for the right to end one's life, he was convicted after admitting on television to helping with a suicide. Lupo is waiting outside Van Buren's office for news, and she shuts the door. She tells Green she is putting Lupo with him on this case; the second victim eliminates the conflict of interest; Green is skeptical but accepts. Lingard denies culpability, stating someone stole his formula but Green notes no one used it while he was in prison. Lingard claims he is strictly following his parole, not evening giving advice before going on a rant about "the tyrants" who make the laws against assisted suicide.
Following up a lead, the detectives find a nurse named Mila, who the detectives deduce is Lingard's daughter. She too is an advocate of assisted suicide, and admits to dispensing advice, but stops short of admitting to administering the injections. She claims the men committed suicide on their own and that video exists proving it. The footage is held by Bill Nolan, the journalist whose interview sent the senior Lingard to prison. Nolan gives the detectives the videos and they watch them with Van Buren and Rubirosa. Larry is seen on camera hooked up to the machine speaking to Nolan. He gives the reason for his death as being diagnosed with ALS, and not wanting to die a slow death. However, his medical file shows Type Four Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a non lethal condition. Rodgers says Larry was misdiagnosed a few weeks prior. Given immunity, a case would be hard to prosecute given the taped statements, Mila claims Nolan gave Larry a false medical report in order to convince him to go through with the suicide so Nolan could film it. When new ADA Michael Cutter gets Mila to confirm Larry would not commit suicide without the ALS diagnosis, he has Nolan arrested for second degree manslaughter.
Nolan's lawyer puts the pressure on new DA Jack =McCoy= who was appointed to fill the end of Branch's term. =McCoy= is not happy with Cutter making the move before consulting his boss. A motion to dismiss is denied and Nolan tries to cut a no jail time plea. He claims he was not the source of the faulty report and that Mila and Larry came to him. He reveals his source, a lab tech named Rick O'Dell who claims there were two reports, one wrong one right. He claims to have tried to contact Nolan, but his nervous behavior isn't convincing. O'Dell is a friend with Mila and =McCoy= thinks her father was pulling the strings. He again claims he is not violating his parole. The case takes ''another'' strange turn when it turns out Mila and Larry went to camp as teenagers; she even wrote a letter where she notes Larry is a fan and would want to die if he had a more serious condition. She also rails against Nolan for sending him to prison while he collected an Emmy.
Mila is arrested for murder on the theory she tricked Nolan to get him sent to prison. Her lawyer loses a motion to dismiss as her immunity was for the suicides not for murder. O'Dell testifies Mila had him doctor the report with her and Larry's consent to frame Nolan. Nolan in turn testifies he was given a phony report; he cannot
testify as to who set the machine up. Feeling they are losing the case they try to call Thomas' wife, but she is too humiliated. Cyrus tries to convince her, but is unable. On the stand, Mila claims she only gave the instructions for the device and application of the chemicals to give a humane death to two suffering men. On the stand, Cutter asks
Mila her thoughts on the Death Penalty to which she says she us against it on humane grounds. When pressed on why, Cutter reminds her of her work with No Executions in which she signed petitions against Lethal Injections as being painful. Yet the method used by her and her father use the same exact chemicals. She tires to deflect the blame to her father, but Cutter points out that as a nurse, she would know exactly what she was doing. Her story falls apart on the stand and in desperation Dave Lingard is called as a witness. He testifies that he is the one who assisted in the deaths of Lupo and Driscoll and the framing of Nolan. When Cutter asks him how he met those men, he avoids the question and turns it into a rant about the government. He then reveals he has injected himself with Profopal and collapses in court. A mistrial is declared; Rubiriosa thinks it will be hard to re-try because of Lingard's dying declaration. =McCoy= notes his daughter with still have to live with the one part of death she forgot about; grief. At the station, Lupo watches the video of his brother's suicide. Van Buren comes in and shuts the picture off.
