History Recap / LawAndOrderS4E17Mayhem

* AcquittedTooLate: Briscoe and Logan are looking for a serial killer with giant, thick glasses and think they've found him when they find Scott Hexter. There are some doubts about his guilt, but he has no corroborated alibi for the murders in question and meets the description. Near the end of the episode, they find out from his mother and his boyfriend that he was out seeing the boyfriend at the time of the murders and was afraid of being outed as gay to his mom, even though his mom already knew. The detectives hurry back to the prison where he's being held, only to find that shortly before they arrived, Scott had been stabbed to death by another inmate who wanted his bologna sandwich.

Kincaid asks for evidence or proof of abuse. Kaskel says that it's very hard to prove rape, as Kincaid should know (see: [[Recap/LawAndOrderS4E3Discord Discord (episode)]]). Logan and Kaskel argue, and Kincaid says that Louisa still had no right to mutilate Bruno. Kaskel argues that Kincaid has never convicted anyone of marital rape, so going to the cops would be pointless. Then Van Buren knocks, saying that there's another homicide they need to investigate.

* One of the stories from episode would be concluded in the ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Entitled".

* GroinInjury: Bruno D'Angelo's wife cuts off his penis because he cheated on her. Ultimately he does not survive.

Scofield's manager tells the detectives that he was an excellent model, and had just moved to New York from Amarillo, Texas, with his fiancé. Originally, Scofield was supposed to work in soap operas, but it didn't work out -- he had an attractive face, but little in the way of acting abilities. There was a lot invested in Scofield, though, so he went to work in magazine shoots -- he hadn't yet made back the company's investment in him. Logan remarks that, since Scofield lived in Greenwich, he must have had some money, but the manager is surprised by that. She says that just the other day she gave him a cash advance so he had rent money.

----

* One of the stories from episode would be concluded in the ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' episode "Entitled"

* Note: unlike most episodes, this episode does not use the 'CHUNG-CHUNG' sound effect during the scene cards. Rather, it uses a ticking stopwatch sound. Furthermore, the scene cards display the time to the second, not the minute.

Logan, on the phone, argues with someone to get information on a parking ticket. Briscoe tells the person he's calling that he worked very hard to get his basketball tickets and thus doesn't want to miss the game. Logan hangs up, having gotten the information he wants. Briscoe does too, saying that his partner for the game canceled, so Logan can come. Then Van Buren walks by, saying that a Scott Hexter is in an interrogation room. Hexter, brought in on a minor traffic violation, drives a tan Chevrolet, has a dozen outstanding parking tickets, and fits Templeton's and Zelda's descriptions.

The two leave to try to make it to the game.