History Recap / LawAndOrderS2E11HisHourUponTheStage

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The restaurant where Silver's body was stored is one of these.

* SmugSnake: Ketchum

The body of a missing Broadway producer, Joshua Foster, is found abandoned in a Dumpster. He died five years previously and his corpse was refrigerated. Foster's business partner Gary Wallace becomes the prime suspect with the discovery that their then-current show was running out of money. Logan and Cerreta learn that Wallace's driver was hired to kill Foster. The killer has since died, but it turns out the mastermind behind Foster's death was his fiancée Leslie Hart. She helped Foster finance the show via her connections to criminal kingpin Elliot Ketchum. Foster thought she was having an affair with Wallace, so he threatened to abandon the production and turn Hart over to the police. She had Foster killed, then continued to profit from the show.

Stone is disgusted at how manipulative Hart is, and he resolves to have her sent to jail. He reluctantly grants Ketchum a lenient plea deal in exchange for his testimony. But since two of the key witnesses are criminals and the third is Hart's jealous ex, the case is in jeopardy. So Stone and Robinette approach the killer's accomplice, who testifies to Wallace's involvement in the murder. Faced with the threat of a life sentence, Wallace testifies that Foster threatened to report Hart to the police, so she took out a hit on him. Stone then produces a recording of a previous statement Hart gave under oath, which is inconsistent with her present testimony. Hart is convicted of murder and plans to appeal, although Stone thinks she will lose. He tells Schiff that she sees others as pawns rather than people, and may not even have understood the significance of Foster's death - in her mind, he just "left the stage".

Stone is disgusted at how manipulative Hart is, and he resolves to have her sent to jail. He reluctantly grants Ketchum a lenient plea deal in exchange for his testimony. But since two of the key witnesses are criminals and the third is Hart's jealous ex, the case is in jeopardy. So Stone and Robinette approach the killer's accomplice, who testifies to Wallace's involvement in the murder. Faced with the threat of a life sentence, Wallace testifies that Foster threatened to report Hart to the police, so she took out a hit on him. Stone then produces a recording of a previous statement Hart gave under oath, which is inconsistent with her present testimony. Hart is convicted of murder and plans to appeal, although Stone thinks she will lose. He tells Schiff that she sees others as pawns rather than people, and may not even have understood the significance of Foster's death - in her mind, he just "left the stage."

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* SmugSnake: Ketchum

The body of a missing Broadway producer, Joshua Foster, is found abandoned in a Dumpster. He died five years previously and his corpse was refrigerated. Foster's business partner Gary Wallace becomes the prime suspect with the discovery that their then-current show was running out of money. A little more investigation leads Logan and Cerreta to learn that Wallace's driver was hired to kill Foster. The killer has since died, but it turns out the mastermind behind Foster's death was his fiancee Leslie Hart. She helped Foster finance the show via her connections to criminal kingpin Elliot Ketchum. Foster thought she was having an affair with Wallace, so he threatened to abandon the production and turn Hart over to the police. She had Foster killed, then continued to profit from the show.

Stone is disgusted at how manipulative Hart is, and he resolves to have her sent to jail. He reluctantly grants Ketchum a lenient plea deal in exchange for his testimony. But since two of the key witnesses are criminals and the third is Hart's jealous ex, the case is in jeopardy. Stone and Robinette approach the killer's accomplice: his brother-in-law, who helped him hide the body. This witness testifies to Wallace's involvement in the murder. With the threat of a life sentence for murder, Wallace testifies that Hart ordered his driver to kill Foster when Foster threatened to report her to the police. Stone then produces a recording of a previous statement Hart gave under oath, which is inconsistent with her present testimony. She is convicted of murder and plans to appeal, although Stone thinks she will lose. He tells Schiff that she sees others as pawns rather than people, and may not even have understood the significance of Foster's death - in her mind, he just "left the stage."

Directed by Creator/SteveCohen

The body of a missing Broadway producer, Joshua Foster, is found abandoned in a Dumpster. He died five years previously and his corpse was refrigerated. Foster's business partner Gary Wallace becomes the prime suspect with the discovery that their then-current show was running out of money. A little more investigation leads to the discovery that Wallace's driver was hired to kill Foster. The killer has since died, but it turns out the mastermind behind Foster's death was his fiancee Leslie Hart. She helped Foster finance the show via her connections to criminal kingpin Elliot Ketchum. Foster thought she was having an affair with Wallace, so he threatened to abandon the production and turn Hart over to the police. She had Foster killed, then continued to profit from the show.