Directed by Creator/DavidPlatt

Written by Creator/DavidBlack

A fire breaks out at a hi-rise building that was still under construction; it should have been empty, but a woman was inside and died in the blaze. It becomes apparent that the fire was the work of a professional arsonist that had access to the building. Green and Briscoe connect the fire to "Coyote": a loosely-aligned organization of young environmental activists who started the fire in protest at a community garden being destroyed to make way for the building. Paul Rochet, the owner of an organic farm, runs Coyote's website. He denies that he facilitates their activities in any way, but the website had instructed Coyote's members to target the building. Rochet is totally unconcerned about the risk of innocent civilians being killed as a result of Coyote's activities, and refuses to stop posting online. [=McCoy=] does not have enough evidence to charge him with incitement.

Four members of Coyote are charged over the death. Kent Quigley planned the fire and bought gasoline; three other activists (Emily Hoyt, Noah Stadler, and Clark Moore) came from out of town and started the fire. They were not aware anyone was inside the building. On the stand, Quigley makes the death sound accidental and gives an emotional speech about how much the garden meant to the community, influencing the jury in his favor. However, when an expert witness describes the horrific circumstances in which the victim would have died, Hoyt agrees to a plea deal in exchange for her testimony against the other defendants. She and Quigley each get five years in jail. Stadler and Moore will receive heavier sentences for manslaughter but Lewin says they will just become "martyrs" for their cause.

!!!This episode contains examples of:
* AccidentalMurder: The activists never meant to kill anyone.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's never confirmed that Rochet was directly involved in the fire, although the D.A.'s office are certainly suspicious of him.
* BittersweetEnding: Hoyt and Quigley have taken a plea and will serve five years for their crimes, whereas Moore and Stadler will serve longer sentences, but now Lewin thinks that the outcome of this trial will encourage similar crimes. And heaven knows what will become of the rest of Coyote.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The arson death is described in pretty grisly terms.
* DirtyCoward:
** The construction worker the victim was having an affair with, who ran away while she was inside and the building was on fire and didn't come forward to the police.
** Rochet (assuming that he was involved in the fire) due to refusing to either confess himself to gan leniency for Stadler and Moore, or to issue a statement asking his followers not to do anything similar.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hoyt breaks down, upset upon hearing the medical examiner testify and agrees to plead guilty.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Based on the activities of the Earth Liberation Front.
* TheIdealist: All the defendants fit this trope.
* VillainousGentrification: The construction over a community garden is presented this way, at least in the eyes of Quigley and his negators.