History Recap / LawAndOrderS4E3Discord

* AlliterativeName: '''C'''larence '''C'''armichael.

* AliterativeName: '''C'''larence '''C'''armichael.

* Foreshadowing: When Stone fires Kincaid he says he experts her to resign after the acquittal. This hints at the ending as since S Squared is found guilty, Kincaid will get to keep her job.

In the hospital, Detectives Briscoe and Logan talk to the nurse. The nurse says that they can confirm the lady had sex, but not that it was rape. The victim's name is Julia Wood, and she says her assailant was famous heavy metal artist C Squared. Briscoe's never heard of him. Back in the precinct, Logan exposits that C Squared, real name Clarence Carmichael, is incredibly rich and has no previous offenses. The doctors found no evidence of rape; while there was bruising, that could just be due to C Squared outweighing Julia by a factor of two. Van Buren plays a clip from one of C Squared's concerts, which contain misogynistic and sexually explicit lyrics. Logan is unconvinced, but Van Buren believes Julia.

->"If Ann-Margret had asked me to go dancing when I was on the altar, I would have said 'I don't.'"\\

"Great lyrics. Early Cole Porter."\\

* ShoutOut: To Music/BobMarley's "I Shot the Sheriff", when C-Squared jokingly admits to shooting the sheriff but not the deputy.
* VictimBlaming: Schiff blames Julia for her own rape, since she went to C Squared's room voluntarily and should have known what would happen.

->"Okay, you got me. I shot the sheriff. But the deputy, I swear, that was some other dude."\\

Teddy threatens a false arrest charge, to no avail. Handcuffed, C Squared leaves as his fanclub cheers.

Julia's father, Michael Wood, complains about the tabloids in Stone's office. Michael doesn't want to pursue the case -- the reporters are going through his garbage and camping on his lawn. He wants to stop the case and get off the headlines. Julia says she can't continue, despite Stone's reassurances that he'll try to protect her privacy. Later, Schiff says it's for the best -- the jury wouldn't have believed that Julia had gone up to C Squared's room innocently. Stone says that mugging victims never seem to need to explain why they're out alone at night. Schiff implies that Julia shouldn't have expected anything else to happen, likining the case to a child, told not to eat candy, being left with a jar of M&M's. Stone objects to this characterization.

In the evening in the DA's office, Kincaid talks to Stone about transfering. Stone brings up a mistake he once made that cost the office a case; he was forgiven by his boss, and he thinks that Kincaid deserves the same second chance.

--Ben Stone

->"If Anne Margeret had asked me to go dancing when I was on the altar, I would have said 'I don't.'"\\

--Ben Stone