History Recap / LawAndOrderS8E4Harvest

A young mom named Nancy O'Neill is severely injured in a drive-by shooting, and subsequently dies. The shooter, Elias Camacho, is charged with murder. Ross begins preparing for Camacho's trial, even requesting that her friend and fellow prosecutor Charlie Harmon let her have the case (which he does in exchange for being allowed to prosecute a murder trial soon), Ross notices a discrepancy in Nancy's hospital record. It suggests that her organs were removed for donation ''before'' she was declared legally dead.

* ChekhovsGunman: Charlie Harmon shows up here a few episodes before his major appearance in [[Recap/LawAndOrderS8E8Shadow Shadow]].

* OrganTheft: Nancy was a registered organ donor, but Cosgrove's actions still amount to this. He harvested her organs when she was still alive so he could carry out a transplant for his new employer.

The defence attempts to demonstrate that Nancy was brain-dead when her organs were harvested. But [=McCoy=] produces evidence that Cosgrove requested a morphine drip for her before removing her organs, indicating he knew she was alive. Cosgrove accepts a plea but justifies his actions by saying that Nancy's death saved the life of a young teenager who received her organs. The [=DA=]s do not agree with this assessment, and are relieved when the jury subsequently convicts Camacho.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Harmon shows up a few episodes before his major appearance in [[Recap/LawAndOrderS8E8Shadow Shadow]].
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: From tracking down Elias Camacho (first half) to the case against Cosgrove (second half.)

** Ross poses as a naive prosecutor who gets Camacho to surrender the murder weapon by tricking him and his lawyer into getting reduced charges and lower bail on the drug trafficking charge he was in Rikers for on a NYC gun give back program. The attorney moves to suppress, but loses because neither he nor his client asked if the gun was wanted as evidence in anther crime and Ross ''did'' follow through with the reduced charges and bail agreement. The judge tells Ross he will speak with the ethics board and Schiff, but there appears to be no consequences.

A young mom named Nancy O'Neill is severely injured in a drive-by shooting, and subsequently dies. The shooter, Elias Camacho, is charged with murder. While preparing for Camacho's trial, Ross notices a discrepancy in Nancy's hospital record. It suggests that her organs were removed for donation ''before'' she was declared legally dead.

* IllBoy: Much is made of the fact that Nancy's heart and liver saved the life of a desperately ill teenager.

To be proven brain-dead, Nancy would have to fail the "apnea test" as to whether she could breathe unassisted, and the test must be witnessed by a neurosurgeon. Dr. Donald Cosgrove, who carried out the test, claims his co-worker Dr. Hsu was supervising but Hsu denies it. The evidence against Cosgrove is strong enough to jointly try him and Camacho for Nancy's murder. [=McCoy=]'s case is that Cosgrove killed Nancy in order to secure a job at a prestigious hospital where he performed a difficult transplant using her organs.

The defence attempts to prove that Nancy was brain-dead when her organs were harvested. But [=McCoy=] produces evidence that Cosgrove requested a morphine drip for her before removing her organs, indicating he knew she was alive. Cosgrove accepts a plea but justifies his actions by saying that Nancy's death saved the life of a young teenager who received her organs. The [=DA=]s do not agree with this assessment, and are relieved when the jury subsequently convicts Camacho.

To be proven brain-dead, Nancy would have to fail the "apnea test" as to whether she could breathe unassisted, and the test must be witnessed by a neurosurgeon. Dr. Donald Cosgrove, who carried out the test, claims his co-worker Dr. Hsu oversaw the test but Hsu denies it. The evidence against Cosgrove is strong enough to jointly try him and Camacho for Nancy's murder. [=McCoy=]'s case is that Cosgrove killed Nancy in order to secure a job at a prestigious hospital where he performed a difficult transplant using her organs.

To be proven brain-dead, Nancy would have to fail the "apnea test" as to whether she could breathe unassisted and the test must be witnessed by a neurosurgeon. Dr. Donald Cosgrove, who carried out the test, claims his co-worker Dr. Hsu oversaw the test but Hsu denies it. The evidence against Cosgrove is strong enough to jointly try him and Camacho for Nancy's murder. [=McCoy=]'s case is that Cosgrove killed Nancy in order to secure a job at a prestigious hospital where he performed a difficult transplant using her organs.

To be proven brain-dead, Nancy would have to fail the "apnea test" as to whether she could breathe unassisted. Dr. Donald Cosgrove, who performed the test, has now been hired by another hospital where he carried out a difficult transplant using her organs. The circumstances are highly suspicious since the apnea test had to be witnessed by a neurosurgeon. Cosgrove insists his then co-worker Dr. Hsu oversaw the test, but Hsu denies it. Cosgrove and Camacho are jointly put on trial for Nancy's murder.

To be proven brain dead, Nancy would have to fail the "apnea test" as to whether she could breathe unassisted. Dr. Donald Cosgrove, who performed the test, has now been hired by another hospital where he carried out a difficult transplant using her organs. The circumstances are highly suspicious since the apnea test had to be witnessed by a neurosurgeon. Cosgrove insists his then co-worker Dr. Hsu oversaw the test, but Hsu denies it. Cosgrove and Camacho are jointly put on trial for Nancy's murder.

To be proven brain dead, Nancy would have to fail the "apnea test" as to whether she could breathe unassisted. Dr. Donald Cosgrove, who performed the test, has now been hired by another hospital where he carried out a difficult transplant using her organs. The circumstances are highly suspicious since the apnea test had to be witnessed by a neurosurgeon. Cosgrove insists his then co-worker Dr. Hsu oversaw the test, but Hsu denies it. There is enough evidence to support charges against both Cosgrove and Camacho, so they are jointly put on trial for Nancy's murder.