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* ChekhovsGun: Ehrlich's broken lockbox. How it was broken becomes important later.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Realizing his case against Liriano is falling apart (but not knowing that the District Attorney's office is monitoring the shadow trial), Harmon mentions the lockbox and the fact that the hinges were broken to establish that Liriano killed Ehrlich as a simple robbery motive. But Ross realizes that the broken hinges are a specific detail that wasn't recorded in the police report as the report simply stated that the lockbox was "broken". When she examines the lockbox later and sees the broken hinges, she realizes that Harmon only knew about the broken hinges because Harmon killed Ehrlich.
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But Liriano isn't the killer - he intended to surrender to police, confident that Baker would get the case thrown out. The [=DA=]s arrange with Liriano and a judge to stage a false prosecution and find out if Baker is working with someone inside the judicial system. To prevent Baker getting suspicious, they decide not to tell Harmon the prosecution is a ruse. In a secretly recorded conversation with Liriano, Baker says he does have an accomplice. The [=DA=]s think it's the trial judge. But Ross questions why Harmon is giving Briscoe instructions that would help the defense, effectively setting him up to fail. She discovers Harmon has been involved in almost all Baker's past narcotics cases.
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But Liriano isn't the killer - he intended to surrender to police, confident that Baker would get the case charges thrown out. The [=DA=]s arrange with Liriano and a judge to stage a false prosecution and find out if Baker is working with someone inside the judicial system. To prevent Baker getting suspicious, they decide not to tell Harmon the prosecution is a ruse. In a secretly recorded conversation with Liriano, Baker says he does have an accomplice. The [=DA=]s think it's the trial judge. But Ross questions why Harmon is giving Briscoe instructions that would help the defense, effectively setting him up to fail. She discovers Harmon has been involved in almost all Baker's past narcotics cases.
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The [=DA=]s arrange with Liriano and a judge to stage a false prosecution and find out if Baker is working with someone inside the judicial system. To prevent Baker getting suspicious, they decide not to tell Harmon the prosecution is a ruse. In a secretly recorded conversation with Liriano, Baker says he does have an accomplice. The [=DA=]s think it's the trial judge. But Ross questions why Harmon is giving Briscoe instructions that would help the defense, effectively setting him up to fail. She discovers Harmon has been involved in almost all Baker's past narcotics cases.
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But Liriano isn't the killer - he intended to surrender to police, confident that Baker would get the case thrown out. The [=DA=]s arrange with Liriano and a judge to stage a false prosecution and find out if Baker is working with someone inside the judicial system. To prevent Baker getting suspicious, they decide not to tell Harmon the prosecution is a ruse. In a secretly recorded conversation with Liriano, Baker says he does have an accomplice. The [=DA=]s think it's the trial judge. But Ross questions why Harmon is giving Briscoe instructions that would help the defense, effectively setting him up to fail. She discovers Harmon has been involved in almost all Baker's past narcotics cases.
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Harmon threatens that unless he's offered the bare minimum plea, he'll ensure every defendant he's ever convicted will sue the [=DA=]'s office. But after some further investigation, Ross discovers that Harmon's wife made wire transfers to an offshore account for him. Rather than let his wife be prosecuted as an accessory, Harmon agrees to a deal for murder and bribery. He says that because Ross had a wealthy husband, she doesn't have financial problems and has no idea what the real world is like. She points out that she would have helped him; but privately questions if he was right.
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Harmon threatens that unless he's offered the bare minimum plea, he'll ensure every defendant he's ever convicted will sue the [=DA=]'s office. But after some further investigation, then Ross discovers that Harmon's wife made wire transfers to an offshore account for him. Rather than let his wife be prosecuted as an accessory, Harmon agrees to a deal for murder and bribery. He says that because Ross had a wealthy husband, she doesn't have financial problems and has no idea what the real world is like. She points out that she would have helped him; but privately questions if he was right.
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The murder of a bail bondman uncovers a lawyer who's able to fix cases for high fees; Adam Schiff wants to find the attorney's partner within the system.
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The [=DA=]s arrange with Liriano and a judge to stage a false prosecution and find out if Baker is working with someone inside the
At the motion hearing, Harmon gives an exact description of the lockbox - which wasn't mentioned in the police reports, nor did he look at the box himself. He could only have known about it if he were there when Ehrlich was killed. When Baker is confronted with the evidence against him, he takes a plea. He says it was Harmon's idea to fix cases. Ehrlich found out, and demanded a cut of the money, so Harmon killed him. Harmon is charged with murder, but the judge excludes all evidence from the staged prosecution of Liriano.
Harmon threatens that unless he's offered the bare minimum plea, he'll ensure every defendant he's ever convicted will sue the [=DA=]'s office. But after some further investigation, Ross discovers that Harmon's wife made wire transfers to an offshore account for him. Rather than let his wife be prosecuted as an accessory, Harmon agrees to a deal for murder and bribery. He says that because Ross had a wealthy husband, she doesn't have financial problems and has no idea what the real world is like. She points out that she would have helped him; but privately questions if he was right.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Liriano is a violent drug dealer with every intention to continue, and he agrees to the fake prosecution partly to intimidate rivals by making it look like he killed someone. But the [=DA=]s make a deal to drop the drug charges against him so that they can catch Baker.
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* HoistOnHisOwnPetard: A few episodes back, in [[Recap/LawAndOrderS8E4Harvest Harvest]], Harmon said he wanted to prosecute a murder case and made a trade with Ross to ensure this would come to pass. In this episode, he invokes that trade and is able to get in position to undermine the case against the guy that the police and prosecutors think killed the bondman. Unfortunately for him, his machinations are obvious enough that everyone else begins to see his own corruption, and his plans fall apart.
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* HoistOnHisOwnPetard: HoistByHisOwnPetard: A few episodes back, in [[Recap/LawAndOrderS8E4Harvest Harvest]], Harmon said he wanted to prosecute a murder case and made a trade with Ross to ensure this would come to pass. In this episode, he invokes that trade and is able to get in position to undermine the case against the guy that the police and prosecutors think killed the bondman. Unfortunately for him, his machinations are obvious enough that everyone else begins to see his own corruption, and his plans fall apart.
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* HoistOnHisOwnPetard: A few episodes back, in [[Recap/LawAndOrderS8E4Harvest Harvest]], Harmon said he wanted to prosecute a murder case and made a trade with Ross to ensure this would come to pass. In this episode, he invokes that trade and is able to get in position to undermine the case against the guy that the police and prosecutors think killed the bondman. Unfortunately for him, his machinations are obvious enough that everyone else begins to see his own corruption, and his plans fall apart.
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* BeingGoodSucks: Between McCoy and Ross at the end.
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* BeingGoodSucks: Between McCoy [=McCoy=] and Ross at the end.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Harmon rather cruelly calls Ross a "dilettante" with a rich ex-husband.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Harmon rather cruelly calls Ross a "dilettante" with a rich ex-husband.ex-husband.
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Director: Matthew Penn
Writer: Richard Sweren
The murder of a bail bondman uncovers a lawyer who's able to fix cases for high fees; Adam Schiff wants to find the attorney's partner within the system.
!!!This episode contains examples of:
*BeingGoodSucks: Between McCoy and Ross at the end.
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' You did the right thing.
-->'''[Ross]:''' It doesn't feel like I did.
*DayInTheLimelight: For Jamie Ross. The murderer turns out to be a friend of hers.
*ItsPersonal: Adam Schiff takes the idea someone in his office is tanking cases for money very seriously. It becomes even more personal when the culprit is a friend of Jamie Ross.
*PlayingDrunk: Lennie plays drunk (or maybe just crazy) to someone about to use a payphone to distract him long enough for someone else to use it.
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Harmon rather cruelly calls Ross a "dilettante" with a rich ex-husband.
Writer: Richard Sweren
The murder of a bail bondman uncovers a lawyer who's able to fix cases for high fees; Adam Schiff wants to find the attorney's partner within the system.
!!!This episode contains examples of:
*BeingGoodSucks: Between McCoy and Ross at the end.
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' You did the right thing.
-->'''[Ross]:''' It doesn't feel like I did.
*DayInTheLimelight: For Jamie Ross. The murderer turns out to be a friend of hers.
*ItsPersonal: Adam Schiff takes the idea someone in his office is tanking cases for money very seriously. It becomes even more personal when the culprit is a friend of Jamie Ross.
*PlayingDrunk: Lennie plays drunk (or maybe just crazy) to someone about to use a payphone to distract him long enough for someone else to use it.
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Harmon rather cruelly calls Ross a "dilettante" with a rich ex-husband.
