History Recap / LawAndOrderS5E9Scoundrels

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Tappan's gambit with Kopinsky by telling Curran that Kopinsky has the Curran's money.

Schiff complains about the arrest, saying they have no case. [=McCoy=] says that five people killed themselves after Tappan's bank collapsed. He and Kincaid say that they'll claim that Tappan sent John Curren at Koinsky, which shows a depraved indifference towards human life. Schiff sighs, and asks if they can prove it.

Kopinsky testifies that John ranted at him, but denies paying or asking John to kill Kopinsky. He states that John just blames him for ruining his life. St. John asks what Tappan said to John, if it wasn't an assassination request.

-->'''[=McCoy=]:'''I'm the DA. I can arrest anybody."

Leaving, Kincaid asks what the 'don't you know me by now' was all about. [=McCoy=] eventually admits that Bell was his assistant. Kincaid smiles; she knows that [=McCoy=] has had sexual relationships with all of his other female assistants (see: [[Recap/LawAndOrderS5E1SecondOpinion Second Opinion (episode)]]).

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--Jack [=McCoy=]

At the office of Wiggins and Kopinskyu, Wiggins rages that the detectives can't look at Kopinsky's files -- it would violate attorney-client privilege. Briscoe says that he thought Kopinsky did civil cases, and Wiggins says that Kopinsky did both. Kincaid snaps that their search warrant specifies that they can't use any of the material they find there in any case except the murder of Kopinsky. Wiggins examines the warrant and reluctantly admits that it seems to be in order. He doesn't know what Kopinsky was working on.

Fred Dillon, another lawyer, says that he represented the major creditors in the Tappan crash. They seized Tappan's lodge, plane, and apartments, but it was all mortgaged elsewhere. The cops ask if any of Dillon's clients heard from Kopinsky, but Dillon says they were too large. Losing a few million in Tappan's scam wasn't as big a deal for them; he says they should focus on the small investors who lost everything they owned. Logan asks if Tappan's accounts were insured, but Dillon says that a lot of them bought bonds instead of CDs, and the bonds were uninsured.

At the Glen Ivy retirement home, the cops speak to Jane and John Curren. John is Jane's son, both lost a lot of money to Tappan, and John matches the description Tanaka gave the police. John says that Kopinsky was trying to recover their money. Jane adds that they lost almost $850,000. Once her husband died, she lived in a big house, within walking distance of Madison Avenue. Now, she lives in a retirement home with a roommate. She glares at the roommate, Mrs. Greenfield, who goes back to reading her book. John asks if Kopinsky was killed because of the Tappan case. Logan says they don't know and wonders if the Currens gave him money; John says that he gave Kopinsky $1000. Jane adds that she sent him money just the other day. John adds that he hadn't seen Kopinsky recently.