Written By Peter Blauner and Warren Leight
Directed By Michael Smith
Tucker's retirement party is interrupted when a police officer walks in uninvited, claiming she was raped by a former Internal Affairs officer that Tucker had previously cleared. They start an investigation that is almost immediately complicated when the police officer commits suicide. Meanwhile, Tucker confides in Benson some devastating news about himself that ends in complete tragedy.
This Episode Provides Examples Of:
- Back for the Dead: Tucker.
- Driven to Suicide: Tucker kills himself so his new wife doesn’t have to watch him slowly die of cancer.
- Killed Off for Real: Ed Tucker.
- Secretly Dying: Tucker is dying of lung cancer that has metastasized to his brain, causing memory loss. He kills himself at the end of the episode so that his new wife doesn’t have to watch him slowly die.
