Directed by Christopher Misiano
Written by Suzanne Oshry
Joe and Frank Russo are arrested for severely beating George Harding. They believe he raped their sister Leslie, who resides at a psychiatric hospital where Harding works. He is arrested for raping both Leslie, and Wendy Singer, a patient at another hospital where he worked; she has become pregnant whilst in a coma. The case against Harding falls apart when it emerges he did not rape Leslie. However, a DNA test shows he is the father of Wendy's baby. She dies in childbirth, and his charges are increased to murder.
Ross learns that Harding was actually paid to rape Wendy by her mother, who wanted a grandchild. The DAs need to make a deal with either Harding or Mrs. Singer to testify against the other, but can't decide which. In the absence of a better option, McCoy acquiesces to drop the murder charge and just have them both convicted of rape. Harding's parents are now applying for legal custody of the baby and McCoy is glad he doesn't have to deal with that case.
This episode contains examples of:
- Chekhov's Gun: Someone speculates early on that proving who the father of the baby is might result in a custody challenge. Guess what happens just before the credits roll.
- Child by Rape: Wendy Singer's baby.
- Daddy DNA Test
- Deal with the Devil: McCoy describes Harding's arrangement with Mrs. Singer as this.
- Death by Childbirth: Wendy.
- Dude, She's Like in a Coma: Or in this case, actually in a coma.
- Grey-and-Gray Morality: The dilemma the prosecutors are faced with. Mrs. Singer sold her sick daughter to a predator, Harding accepted money to rape a comatose woman; the DAs don't want to let either one walk, but need to make a deal with one or other.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Joe and Frank Russo.
- I Want Grandkids: Mrs. Singer, so much that she paid someone to rape her own daughter.
- Medical Rape and Impregnate: Mrs. Singer's plan.
- The Ophelia: Leslie.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Wendy dies in the middle of the episode, her parents both alive at the end.
- Raised by Grandparents: Regardless of how the judge will rule on the custody case, Wendy's baby will be raised by one set of the baby's grandparents.
- Rape and Revenge: The Russos were trying to avenge Leslie.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
- Someone To Remember Her By: Wendy's baby becomes this for her parents.
