History Recap / LawAndOrderS2E3Aria

The [=DA=]'s office must now prove that Mrs. Blaine knew her actions were making Priscilla suicidal. In order to get vital testimony from Priscilla's psychiatrist, they successfully petition a probate judge to appoint Priscilla's sister as executor of her estate in place of Mrs. Blaine. At trial, Stone produces a tape that Priscilla recorded before her death, in which she performed a dramatic monologue where her character tells her mother of her intention to commit suicide. Mrs. Blaine had seen the tape a week before Priscilla's death, evidence she knew her daughter was suicidal. Robinette recalls that at the probate hearing, Mrs. Blaine stated that she had encouraged Priscilla to ask her co-worker for drugs in order to relax her enough to have sex on camera. The judge admits Mrs. Blaine's testimony from the hearing as evidence, and her lawyer agrees to a plea deal for manslaughter. Later, Stone and Robinette reflect that Mrs. Blaine did love Priscilla but will probably never realize why she was wrong.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: [[{{InvokedTrope}} Invoked.]] Mrs. Blaine believed that the controversy from having starred in porn could help her daughter launch a mainstream acting career.

* TechnicianVsPerformer: Priscilla was a technician when it came to acting, while her sister is said to have been a performer (before she gave it up altogether).
* TheUnfavorite: Priscilla's older sister became this to their mother when she quit acting, to the point where she was kicked out of the house and had not spoken to her mother or sister (the latter likely at the mother's insistence) in years.

* SadisitcChoice: Invoked by the probate judge deciding the executor of Priscilla's estate, who explicitly states that he doesn't think either of the applicants are capable of being the executor and is also well aware that the prosecution had something to do with setting up the hearing in the first place. However, he also notes that with all that said, he can't in good faith ignore that one of the applicants is accused of murdering Priscilla.

* StageMom: Mrs. Blaine was a very dedicated example.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Mrs. Blaine appears to have some sort of mental disorder or deficiency, most likely sociopathy, but it's never definitively mentioned.

At a prestigious drama school, a student named Priscilla Blaine collapses and dies from a drug overdose. Logan and Cerreta learn that Priscilla's mother pushed her into a stage career and then into working in porn - even signing Priscilla up to shoot as the lead in a hardcore movie she didn't want to do. Stone reluctantly agrees to bring charges of criminally negligent homicide against Mrs. Blaine, on the grounds that Priscilla wouldn't have killed herself if not for her mother forcing her into porn.

At a prestigious drama school, a student named Priscilla Blaine collapses and dies from a drug overdose. Logan and Cerreta learn that Priscilla's mother had pushed her daughters into a stage career, and the pressure on Priscilla increased when her more talented sister decided to quit. Furthermore, Priscilla had been working in porn at the behest of her mother. Another porn actress ultimately confesses to giving Priscilla the drugs that killed her. Priscilla had thus far been just stripping on camera and refused to have sex, but Mrs. Blaine pushed her into a starring role in a hardcore movie that was just about to start filming. Stone reluctantly agrees to bring charges of criminally negligent homicide against Mrs. Blaine, on the grounds that Priscilla wouldn't have killed herself if not for her mother forcing her into porn.

!!!This episode contains examples of:

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Mrs. Blaine believed that the controversy from having starred in porn could help her daughter launch a mainstream acting career.

* VicariouslyAmbitious: It is mentioned that Mrs. Blaine had wanted to be an actress, but had to give up her dream when she had children.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: {{Invoked|Trope}} Mrs. Blaine believed that the controversy from having starred in porn could help her daughter launch a mainstream acting career.

* TechnicianVsPerformer: Priscilla and her sister apparently fitted this trope with regard to their stage careers.

* LesserOfTwoEvils: The probate judge deciding Priscilla's estate says that he doesn't think either side has the moral high ground; but, given the murder charges against Mrs. Blaine, reluctantly grants the [=DA=]'s office their request.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: [[invoked]] Mrs. Blaine believed that the controversy from having starred in porn could help her daughter launch a mainstream acting career.

* TheUnfavorite: Priscilla's older sister was this to their mother. Whereas she fussed over and obsessively doted on her, she was considered untalented and forgotten, to the point where she was kicked out of the house and had not spoken to either woman in years.

* BlackBestFriend: Priscilla had one.

* TechnicianVsPerformer: Priscilla and her sister apparently fitted this trope with regard to their stage careers.

* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Mrs. Blaine believed that the controversy from having starred in porn could help her daughter launch a mainstream acting career.