History Recap / LawAndOrderS5E10HouseCounsel

* DidntThinkThisThrough: In order to get leverage against Kopell, [=McCoy=] wants Furini to testify against him. Furini will do so only if he gets immunity for anything he says on the stand. He uses this opportunity to confess to 4 murders, knowing that the state can no longer prosecute for them. Not surprisingly, Schiff lays into [=McCoy=] for not doing this trope.

* AmoralAttorney: Defending a mobster in court is one thing; Koppel facilitated a bribe to a juror, which led to his murder and Koppel being convicted of conspiracy to murder charges.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason for Lampert's murder is that, having been bribed as a juror, he knows who bribed him. The police say that if his ex-wife, who had seen the person who contacted Lampert, would also be murdered if she didn't help get the people responsible locked up in prison.

* JuryAndWitnessTampering: The reason Lempert was murdered is that he was bribed, as a jurer, to prevent the conviction of Dosso.

* OnePhoneCall: As the first arrest scene ends, the line "You have the right to make one phone --" as the scene ends.

* JuryAndWitnessTampering: The reason Lempert was murdered is that he was bribed, as a jurer, to prevent the conviction of Dosso.

* AmoralAttorney: Defending a mobster in court is one thing; Koppel facilitated a bribe to a juror, which led to his murder and Koppel being convicted of conspiracy to murder charges.

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Two friends conclude an amateur basketball game at the YMCA. They chat happily as they leave the gym. One, David Lempert, asks if the other wants a pizza, but hw says no -- his wife will be worried, since the game ran very late. He stops to call his wife on a pay phone. He eyes another woman as he makes the call, then talks with someone on the phone, who says she wants to go out for pizza. As he talks, shots are fired outside, but he doesn't notice. He agrees, says he'll take a cab over, then hangs up. When he leaves the building, he sees Lempert dead in the street.

"So does my Lieutenant. That doesn't stop me from taking a three hour lunch break every now and again."\\

Sharon Esserman says that it was terrible being stuck in that hotel. There was no TV, books, or magazines, they couldn't go outside their rooms even for ice, and couldn't talk on the phone without a court officer present. When Briscoe asks about Lempert, she says that Lempert was the one who hung the jury. Everyone else thought that Dosso was guilty in a weak, but Lempert just kept saying he didn't believe it. Logan asks if he was bought off, but the juror doesn't see how -- the court officers never left them alone. She thinks that Lempert was just a jerk.

In her office, Van Buren points out that all they on Furini is jury tampering in the 2nd degree, which isn't even a felony. Briscoe grumbles that bribing a juror has such a light penalty, but Van Buren just says that legislators are idiots. Briscoe says he feels bad for Lempert, who got killed for trying to keep Emily in college. Van Buren says that Lempert took money from the mob and he's a bad guy. Briscoe still feels bad for Lempert, and Van Buren tells them to arrest Furini. Logan is surprised that they're getting him on a misdeamonr, and Van Buren sarcastically asks if they have better things to do. Logan says that they might be able to get a wiretap with Priscilla's statement; ideally, they could get evidence implicating Furini in Lempert's murder. Van Buren tells them to talk to the Organized Crime Control Bureau.

Back in jail, Furini again refuses to testify against Dosso. [=McCoy=] says that he can testify against Mark instead. Furini is surprised. Kincaid asks about Murphy, who isn't there, but Furini says he's tired of lawyers. He wants a deal, and insists on a five year sentence. He also makes clear that he won't testify against Dosso, and he wants immunity on any and all crimes he might confess to on the stand.

--Claire Kincaid and Jack [=McCoy=]

->"What'd you do, simonize[[hottip:*:this word means 'wax']] the Lincoln before you called us down here?"\\

In [=McCoy'=s] office, Mark and Anna Kopell enter. Anna is furious, and Mark says that [=McCoy=] could have just called him. [=McCoy=] says he wants Mark scared, and Mark says it isn't working, although he did scare Anna and his kids. He asks if this makes [=McCoy=] happy, but [=McCoy=] just says that he's upset that Mark is a felon. Mark says that, even if Dosso bribed the clerk, he's innocent. The two argue, and then Anna accuses [=McCoy=] of just being interested in one-upping Mark. [=McCoy=] says that Anna might want to leave, but she says that he knows the Kopell family and shouldn’t be doing this. [=McCoy=] says that Mark can end this by surrendering Dosso, but Anna says this would lead to Mark's death. Mark snaps at Anna to be quiet, then rejects the deal.

--Jack [=McCoy=] and Maria gance

->"What'd you do, simonize[[hottip:*: this word means 'wax']] the Lincoln before you called us down here?"\\

->"What'd you do, simonize[[hottip:*this word means 'wax']] the Lincoln before you called us down here?"\\

->"If he had anything else, she wouldn't be driving an '83 Buick. All her classmates drive BMWs."\\

"Yeah, I got the shirt."\\