Law & Order SVU “Jersey Breakdown” Preview

Here are preview clips from Law & Order SVU “Jersey Breakdown” which will air on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 9PM ET on NBC. The previews features Mariska Hargitay, Raúl Esparza, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish, Danny Pino, and Alana De La Garza.


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Law & Order SVU “Jersey Breakdown” Promo

Here is the promo for Law & Order SVU “Jersey Breakdown” which will air on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 9PM ET on NBC. Alana De La Garza will guest star.


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Law & Order SVU “Jersey Breakdown” Episode Information

Here are the details for a new episode of Law & Order SVU, “Jersey Breakdown.”


Law & Order SVU “Jersey Breakdown” Air Date January 22, 2014 (9 PM ET/8C Wednesday NBC)

A TEENAGED RAPE VICTIM LEADS THE SVU TO AN FBI SEX TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATION AND CORRUPTION ACROSS STATE LINES. ALANA DE LA GARZA GUEST STARS.

The SVU teams up with federal prosecutor Connie Rubirosa (De La Garza) after an underage runaway is found raped and beaten under the Highline. The sex trafficking investigation leads to New Jersey strip club owner Perry Cannavaro (guest star Chaz Palminteri), who does all he can to keep the victim out of the SVU's jurisdiction. When ADA Barba (Raúl Esparza) fails to get the help he needs from Jersey law enforcement, he suspects a cover-up involving some high ranking court officials. Also starring Mariska Hargitay (Sergeant Olivia Benson), Ice T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins). Also guest starring Stefanie Scott (Clare Wilson), Dayton Callie (Judge Dolan) and Bill Sage (Bobby Masconi).


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Law & Order LA – The Silent Movie

This is what Law & Order LA would have looked like had it been produced in the silent movie era.  Enjoy!



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Law & Order LA : The Appeal

The verdict was swift – Law & Order LA was canceled. The problem is, the series didn’t have enough time to make its case. I think that the decision to cancel should be appealed. Don’t let Law & Order LA fade into oblivion. Write to the network and/or your local NBC affiliates to ask them to keep Law & Order LA alive. Here’s my video message – let’s help Morales and TJ get back on the streets, Gonzales back in RHD, and Dekker and Rubirosa back into the courtroom. What can you do to help?




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Video: Alana De La Garza on Coming to Law & Order LA

From Wolf Films, here is a video of Alana De La Garza taking about coming from Law & Order in New York to  Law & Order LA.





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Law & Order LA “Angels Knoll” Recap & Review

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Law & Order LA “Angels Knoll” was an excellent episode that blended a brutal murder, a casino heist, and a Bernie Madoff-type swindler into a very intense story. While members of the regular cast were all impressive in this episode, the guest stars brought the story to life. Victor Garber and Titus Welliver were perfectly matched as swindler and swindler’s attorney, and it was gratifying to see both  characters being outmaneuvered by DDA Joe Dekker (Terrence Howard) at the end. Jessica Collins (who will always be CSI’s “Miniature Killer” to me) was exceptional as the clueless daddy’s girl who is in complete denial about her crook of a father. Jodi Lyn O’Keefe was also perfectly creepy in her role as a paid for hire mistress who has no problem with slicing off a man’s family jewels.

It was a nice twist to the usual murder investigation to throw in a casino heist, although it was predictable that the detectives would find the armored truck empty. Alfred Molina and Corey Stoll make an excellent pair of detectives and I think the loss of this pairing is what makes me sad most about this show being canceled. These two are fun to watch and I enjoy the little tidbits we learn about them in every episode. Is there no network out there that can save this show?

Here is the recap:
Casino worker George Patrick (Nick Kiriazis) has an argument with his cousin Billy about hitting on his bride to be, and then George storms off. At a later time, Billy walks past George’s room and sees the door ajar and enters to find George dead in a blood filled bathtub.

Coroner Nishizawa (Tamlyn Tomita) is on the scene with Detectives Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina) and TJ Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll). George appeared to have been cut with a broken glass, his watch and wallet are gone. He’s also missing his “family jewels.”

The detectives speak with Billy about his argument over his bride, Abby. George told Abby that Billy was engaged before and she was upset because Billy never told her. Billy was in his own room and says he ordered room service and called his dad on the room phone. His brother and best man were with him. They confirm the alibi.

TJ thinks that George apparently called an escort service but Morales doesn’t think this is the case. They think the killers made the calls after the fact to cover their tracks.

They speak with George’s uncle who said George had money problems. George was hoping to bring Liz Bennett to the wedding but she did not show. There was a call on George’s cell to her around midnight.

The detectives speak with Liz (Jessica Collins), a teacher,  who didn’t want to go to the wedding with him. He was just too intense. She wasn’t crazy about his job and had problems with Chinese pawn brokers in the casino.

At the Wrangles Casino, the speak with the manager about the pawn brokers. The speak with one of them who said George was borrowing from her. He owed her $100K.

At George’s home, they go through his finances and found he put a down payment on a boat in Costa Rica. They wonder if George was planning a heist. They find a check to a medical supply company and the signature is George’s but all the rest of the writing is someone else’s.

Back at RHD, TJ is having trouble getting the medical supply company on the phone. Morales spoke with the boat builder who said George said he would be down there in two weeks to pay in full. They see a photo of the boat and it is called “Teacher’s Pet” and they think this means Liz was going to be a part of George’s world.

At Liz Bennett’s home, they find she appears to have cleared out. Someone took apart her internet routers, and theyfound a clip for a Beretta. They think she was George’s accomplice.

Back at the casino, Security Arms armored service heads into the casino with Liz in the front seat of the truck. The drivers get off schedule because of a printer problem and they have to get a hand written receipt. When they get outside, they see their armored truck is long gone.

Morales gets a message that an armored truck has just been stolen with $1.5 million dollars and Liz was the driver.

At the casino, they find that the printers, which were connected to a router, had been offline so the casino had to hand write a receipt. TJ thinks she hacked their printer systems. Morales finds Liz was on the job for three months, she drove to work and her car is still in the lot. The security company activated the truck's tracking device. TJ thinks George gave Liz the codes for the router and Morales said once George outlived his usefully they sliced him up. They hear that the GPS puts the truck two miles from there.

The detectives, along with a force of police, find the truck in a garage and it is already empty. They hope they can see something on a nearby security camera.

Back at RHD, they find George rented the garage a month ago. On the security footage, they see a woman zip by on a wheelchair and wonder if that was purchased at the medical supply company. The woman gets on a bus.

They check with the bus company to see where she got off, and track the suspect to a car in the park and ride that is registered to Dan Rathman (Patrick Heusinger). He said he sold the car 3 months ago to his sister – and his sister is Liz Bennett. They tell him what is going on and he refuses to say any more, and moves to make a phone call.

Back at RHD, TJ tells Morales that 12 minutes after they left, Dan called Liz’s cell and was on long enough to leave a message. Five minutes later he got a call from a no name cell. That same cell called Liz’s school two hours earlier and also Kennedy & Associates, a law firm in San Francisco. Morales says Charles Kennedy is a big time criminal lawyer. There was also a call to a Joseph Silman in Folsom.

At State Prison in Folsom, they find Silman is captain of A Block. Joe has been there for 10 years and is a clean record and his wife has MS. They also hear that another call to Silman was made  20 minutes ago and Morales asks when Silman gets off work.

At a restaurant where the detectives are watching Silman,  Morales moans about his marriage, saying it was cursed. They found a rattlesnake under a car in the church parking lot. There were a lot of cops at the wedding and many of them pulled out their guns to shoot it. He thinks it was an omen. They see Liz arrive in a blond wig and she passes an envelope to Silman. They follow Liz out of the restaurant and arrest her. Silman sees this and when he moves to walk away, TJ is waiting there and arrests him. TJ opens the envelope and it has a wad of cash in it. Silman asks for a lawyer. After they have the two of them taken away, they open the trunk to her car and it is empty. They do find a hotel room key, Silman’s phone number, and a CDC inmate number. She apparently was going to break someone out.

Back at the prison, the warden looks at his records and find the inmate in question is Walter Calvin (Victor Garber), a man who swindled $30 billion, and his oldest son committed suicide but also has another son Dan and a daughter – Elizabeth. Liz was going to bust him out of jail.

They speak with Calvin about it and he doesn’t believe it. His attorney Charles Kennedy (Titus Welliver) says their logic is wrong. He adds that Calvin cares for his daughter but he won’t let him talk his way into a maximum security prison for her. Calvin said whatever she did had nothing to do with him. TJ notices the cuts on his head and Calvin says he slipped in the shower.

Later, DDA Joe Dekker (Terrence Howard) and DDA Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) speak with Liz who denies killing George. They ask about the robbery and mention the injuries on her father, and think she was buying him protection. Her lawyer (Melinda Page Hamilton) says Liz was told unless she paid Stilman they could not guarantee her father’s safety. She also said he has no money and he didn’t do anything.

Afterwards, Rubirosa thinks this threat against her father’s life could get her an acquittal. Dekker says for the truck heist, not the murder, and Rubirosa says they are a long way from proving that. Rubirosa says Liz is deluded about her father. Dekker thinks Liz makes a powerful witness for herself. He says they need to find the holes in her story.

Rubirosa speaks with Dan and she said Liz was always daddy’s girl. He says his father is toxic. People assumed his brother Alex was in on Calvin’s scam and he killed himself. His mother would not allow Liz to visit in prison and only allowed her to communicate through lawyers. They say a video of her father 3 months ago who looked like he had been injured and said he needed money for protection. Liz wanted Dan’s help but he just didn’t care.

Back at the county jail, Rubirosa and Dekker talk to Silman about the injuries Calvin had three months ago. Dekker said they checked that all the other injuries occurred all happened before his lawyer was to arrive and all reports were written by Silman. They think these injuries were deliberate and part of a shakedown for protection money. Silman says Calvin was shaking down his daughter as all his money was overseas and he needed he daughter to get fresh cash. The money was because even in prison, Calvin liked the good life.

At the apartment of Jenn Mackie (Jody Lyn O’Keefe) Dekker and Rubirosa press her about the nice things she got from Calvin, so she could share conjugal visits with him. She got $5,000 in an envelope in the back of the limo when she was ready to go home. She last saw him months ago and Calvin said cash was coming in and the little princess was getting it.

Afterwards, Rubirosa and Dekker talk about what they just learned and that Liz probably had no idea she was being swindled too. They think Calvin was the brains behind the heist.

In court, Calvin is being charged with conspiracy to commit murder and grand theft, and Calvin pleads not guilty. Afterwards, Kennedy says that piling on another 25 years won’t make a difference to Calvin, but Dekker counters that is make a difference where he spends it and that Pelican Bay supermax could house people that Calvin swindled. Dekker wants them to get the justice they deserve.

Back in the office, Dekker and Rubirosa try to enlighten the clueless Liz who is in denial. They make her an offer but she refuses to sell out her father. After Liz leaves, her attorney says they need to talk about her retainer. Calvin’s lawyer said he would take care of it. She got it a few days ago and it had been wired through a series of banks but something in the wiring instructions caught her attention. She did not want any tax trouble so she traced it back to the originating bank. The money is from an offshore account, the Commercial Bank Of Madagascar. She wonders if the money is what Calvin swindled and if they could aid in the recovery of that money, would it help Liz? Dekker says they will look into it. Dekker wonders if they can use this information to turn Calvin.

Later, they speak with Calvin about it who says he is broke. They discuss the money in the bank in Madagascar and Kennedy says they will never get that money unless they give Calvin consideration. Calvin says it will take time to unravel where the money ended up, it was a complex deal and many banks were in on it and they were greedy. Kennedy wants minimum security for Calvin and Dekker wants information on George Patrick’s killing. But Calvin won’t lie to help them convict Liz.

Back at the office, Dekker speaks on the phone to DA Jerry Hardin, and afterwards he tells Rubirosa that Hardin has the Feds salivating at recovering the money. Rubirosa says her old boss Jack McCoy would have gone ahead on principle and tell the Feds to screw themselves. Dekker say so would Jerry Hardin 15 years ago and he might again one day. Looking through stacks of files, Rubirosa notices that a bank account in Bermuda used to buy his wife a condo years ago is the same number as the bank in Madagascar.

At Mel Gardens, Rubirosa speaks with Mrs. Rathman – her maiden name, she took that name after she divorced Calvin and had her sons take that name also, Liz taking her grandmother’s name of Bennett. Rubirosa brings up the bank account numbers, and Rathman laughs about the Madagascar bank. Calvin once borrowed money against an non-existent coin collection at the bank. She says that bank will have them chasing their tail for years. She recalls a large garden they once had and said their life was built on lies.

Back at the prison, Rubirosa and Dekker confront Calvin and Kennedy on the bogus bank and says Kennedy participated in the deception. Calvin offers information on George’s murder case. Liz told him George was making problems for her by spending money that they did not yet have on a house and boat in Costa Rica. He was blackmailing her into marrying him. She told him she cut him with a broken champagne glass. Dekker says they need corroboration, and Kennedy says there is a recording between Calvin and Liz where she says she wants to make Patrick go away. They must agree to minimum security for Calvin in order to get the recording. Dekker says if the recording is everything they say, they are agreed.

Back in Dekker’s office, they listen to the recording of Liz and Calvin. Liz is afraid George will mess this up and says she just wanted George to go away. Calvin told her not to talk this way. Liz says ever since George found out she was his daughter, he calls her the little princess. They recall that Jenn Mackie used that same name to describe Liz.

They bring Jenn in to RHD for questioning. TJ and Morales confront her on a previous attack she made against a man 10 years ago that was similar to the one on George. Her cell phone also shows she was in the immediate area that night. She said she was in town visiting her sister. They accuse Calvin of putting her up to this but she says he is just a nice old man who is going to die in prison. Meanwhile, Dekker and Rubirosa think that Calvin masterminded the murder and think Liz got George into the tub and Jenn killed him. They need someone to break to prove it.

Dekker and Rubirosa play the recording back to Liz and tell her Calvin and his lawyer only kept the part of the recording that implicated her in the murder. She denies killing George. They play back the video of Jenn talking to the detectives about Liz's brothers and that her father said Liz was the “little monkey” because Liz would do whatever he wanted. She tells a story about when Liz was little her father had her on his lap and he sped up and went so fast that Liz peed her pants and he thought it was funny.  She adds that Calvin said if he could do it again he would not have kids. Liz demands they turn off the video. Dekker presses her on her humiliation that day, and Liz is still in denial. Dekker presses that Calvin sold her out for a larger cell and a softer mattress. Even her lawyer encourages her to talk. Liz talks about how her father took care of her when she fell in Yosemite and she will never turn against him. After Liz leaves,  Rubirosa thinks now the only person they have a case against is Liz but they don’t think she did the actual killing and all they can prove against Calvin is grand theft. Dekker says something you have to live with, and when Rubirosa moans about Calvin getting into a minimum security prison, Dekker adds some things you don’t.

In court, the Judge Dryer (Francesca P. Roberts) reads the new agreement for Calvin and Kennedy mentions they have an agreement with Dekker to serve the remainder of his term in a minimum security facility. But the judge does not see that in the paperwork. Dekker comments that the agreement is void and he spoke to the department of corrections who will be transporting Calvin to the maximum security prison in Pelican Bay. Calvin and Kennedy are shocked, saying they had an agreement. Dekker says they declined to prosecute Liz, but the attorney said that does not matter. They gave Dekker the evidence. Dekker said the evidence is misleading and given in bad faith and the deal is off. The judge tells them to take away Calvin and bring in the next case. Calvin is livid and yells out. He begs Liz to save him and tell them she killed that idiot. She is shocked. When she stands silent he yells at her and asks her what the hell is she good for. Liz remains stunned.

She approaches the defense table for allocution to grand theft, and Dekker is ready to proceed. Liz sits there sobbing as we fade to black.

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Law & Order LA “Big Rock Mesa” Recap & Review

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Law & Order LA “Big Rock Mesa” was an interesting look into what happens when desperate people living in a fire zone put their homes ahead of someone’s life. In this case, the murder of two homeless people and a law student are explained away by someone claiming they were protecting their property. Sadly, the threat to their property was greater from living in a neighborhood that is a tinderbox than it was from any homeless people. While I agree that a homeowner has the right to protect their homes and property from intruders, these clueless homeowners can’t seem to comprehend that the threat of fire is a more deadly intruder.

While this wasn’t an action packed episode, it still provided an interesting investigation and look into California law. Dekker and Rubirosa were disappointed that they lost the battle, but in my opinion, they had a weak case to start. Maybe Dekker bit off more than he could chew when he decided to break the deal with Denton and go after him for murder. As that killing happened in Denton’s garage, I can understand the jury seeing that as self defense, and that may have tainted the jury’s opinion on all the rest.

Here is the recap:
A wildfire near Big Rock Mesa is burning. Residents clamor to enter the fire zone to save their homes but are turned away. After the fire is out, news crews and fire fighters are on the scene, and 3 charred bodies are found – one of them has been shot in the head.

Detectives Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina) and “TJ” Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll) are on the scene. There was a previous fire in the area and brake fluid – used as an accelerant - was found at both fires, implying both fires were started by the same person. They think the three dead people walked in on the arsonist.

Coroner Nishizawa (Tamlyn Tomita) says the fire was not the cause of death. One was killed by a blow to the head, another from a stab to the head, the third from a gunshot. The bodies can’t be identified because they can’t get prints or match dental records, but one of them has teeth that looks like there has been some orthodontic work and the body has a titanium knee replacement with a serial number.

The detectives try to get a profile on the arsonist. They find that for the first fire, a match and tin foil device was used with brake fluid as a starter. The second fire was just with matches. The first fire was set near Mulholland.

The detectives head to the Rock Slide Inn on Mulholland and get a lead. They check out one of the guys, Duane, who was there with his brother in law Blake. TJ sees burn ointment in the guy’s truck. Duane said Blake burned himself on the engine block.

The detectives speak with Blake Humphry and find that Blake aced the firefighter exam but decided against the job as the money wasn’t right.

They speak with one of the fire chiefs and found Blake had all the red flags for pyromania. They bring Duane in to RHD for questioning who insists he had nothing to do with the fire and said he only drove Blake up there. He thinks Blake did both fires as he was bragging about how much smarter he was than the fire department.

Later, with Blake in interrogation, they confront him about the fires. They play up to his fire starting skills. Blake looks confused when they ask him about the second fire and when they complement him on the skillful fire, he says he started it too. Morales presses on details,  and Blake adds he used foil and matches. The detectives speak with the arson guy who said there was no foil at the second fire – Blake didn’t set it and they wonder if it is a copycat.

Later, the detectives speak with David Holloway's parents – David is the one who had the knee replacement. They last spoke with him Sunday and the detectives learn that David worked with the homeless. The detectives speak with a woman at the shelter about David and also find that Freddie Roga has not been seen there for a few days and he matches the description of one of the bodies. Freddie wanted to rescue his girlfriend Jenny who stayed at the camp – and it seems Jenny is the third body.

The detectives drive to Big Rock Mesa, and Morales notices landscaping gravel and also colored glass, like what Freddie had in his boots. They speak with some of the residents. Morales speaks with Patrick Denton (Lee Tergesen) and TJ speaks with Joe. Denton picks out Jenny from the photos and Joe has also noticed the homeless in the area. Neither seem to have a good opinion of the homeless.

Morales and TJ speak with one of the homeless, Ray, who says they get chased off the mountains all the time. It was too scary up there but  saw people having a pool party while the fire burned nearby. Afterwards, TJ comments all the pools he saw up there were drained, and Morales wonders if they used pool water to fight the fire.

Back at RHD, Morales has confirmation that fire fighters cut the water to the homes on Monday at noon. TJ says the houses in Big Rock Mesa are equipped with smart meters and the DWP can monitor electricity use day to day. Power spiked on one of the days that they were supposed to be evacuated. They think someone was using the pump to take water from the pool to spray on to the roof. They wonder if the homeowners had a run in with the homeless. TJ knows someone who runs a news chopper and calls to see if he can get footage of the guys on their roofs.

At the KNBC Helipad, they speak with Britney who said the area was a no fly zone and they got no footage. Morales says the homeowners don’t know that.

Later, Britney meets with Joe and Patrick ask says they have great footage of them on their roofs but need them to sign a release before they show it. The guys want to buy the footage and don’t want the attention because they weren’t supposed to be there. After the two men leave, Britney gives a recording of the conversation to the detectives, who will use it to get a search warrant.

As they serve the warrants to the Dentons and find that an area of the garage has been cleaned with bleach in the last week. They also see a saw blade that matches a wound on of the dead homeless. They arrest Denton.

Later, DDA Joe Dekker (Terrence Howard) moans to DDA Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) that Denton got bail. The evidence is slim and Dekker thinks someone helped Denton carry the bodies and set the fire. They decide to start with Joe.

Dekker and Rubirosa question Joe who said they had nothing to do with killing the homeless people. Dekker turns up the heat on him, and all he will admit to is pumping out their pools.

Rubirosa speaks with Mrs. Burt (Denise Crosby) who said Joe and Patrick helped her hose down her roof and then they left. She said Patrick’s home appeared broken into. She also has three deep scratches on her arm which she says are from her cat and she said the cat ran off in the fire.

Back with the Coroner, Rubirosa finds that the homeless woman had one of her fingers splinted, and if she would have scratched someone it would have left 3 marks. Freddie had a cut on his skull and Rubirosa wonders if it was from a blade tool used to clear brush.

At Joe’s, the detectives search for such a tool. TJ sees a brush axe in a photo and asks where is it, and Joe said he got rid of it months ago.

Back in the office, Rubirosa goes over what they found with Dekker. Dekker says there are 3 suspects and no weapons, blood, or forensics. He says they need to offer Denton a deal because he could have viewed Holloway as an intruder and shot him in self defense. Rubirosa reminds him he was in the garage – and Dekker reminds her that in California, the home includes the garage. They argue about Dekker’s approach – and Dekker says not to come inside his house without an invitation.

Later, Denton and his attorney are in Dekker’s office, along with Rubirosa. They discuss the offer, and Dekker won’t contest self defense but Denton will have to serve 2 years for arson. If he refuses he will be charged with aggravated arson and serve 9 years in prison. Denton tells them that they heard looters were setting fires and he heard a noise in the garage and saw the three homeless in his garage. He told them to get out and one of them moved toward him and he shot one of them and the others took off. Joe and Diana saw them and one of them turned on Joe and Joe hit him with an axe. The woman was going off on Diana and Diane hit her with a brick. He explains how they panicked and knew no one would believe it was self defense so they started a fire like the other fire in the area.

Later, the detective arrest Joe and Diana. TJ comments that you kill someone in your garage you get a walk but kill them a few feet away and they throw the book at you. Morales comments about the legal shades of gray.

Joe and Diana, along with their lawyer Mr. Miklin (Bradley Whitford) speak with Dekker and they make a counter offer but Dekker refuses. Miklin thinks Joe and Diana will be viewed as underdogs at trial. After they leave, Rubirosa sees that the Big Rock Mesa homeowners are being sued because a group claims that protecting homes in a fire zone is a burden on taxpayers. One of the lawyers has an email address at Pepperdine, also where David Holloway attended.

At Pepperdine Law School, Dekker and Rubirosa find that David was worried that the homeowners were targeting the homeless. David wanted to push back at them, saying people should not build in high risk areas. David kept his name off the suit to protect his friends. Afterwards, Dekker says it is odd that Denton never mentioned this lawsuit.

Dekker and Rubirosa speak with Anna Denton who was aware of the lawsuit. She did hear others in garage that day and that one said they were going to run him out of the canyon. She balks at answering but Dekker presses. Patrick walks in and asks what is going on, and Dekker said that now their deal is off.

In court, the defense argues marital privilege for Anna Denton but Dekker wins the argument as Anna made the statements to a third party. She testifies that she heard someone tell her husband they would run him out of the canyon, and her husband knew it was the man who was suing them. She heard others yelling and then she heard a shot. She saw someone lying on the ground and Patrick told her to get back in the house and lock the door. The defense attorney asks her about the homeless camping in the canyon, and she said it frightens her. She saw a drunk and dirty man in her yard once asking her for beer money. They were terrified during the fire and her husband was protecting her.

Later, Patrick is on the stand explaining what happened and what Holloway said and that Holloway went for the gun and the others ran off. He says they were stupid to cover up the deaths and said they were afraid they would lose everything. It was his father’s home since 1962 and was passed along to him. They can’t afford to live anywhere else.

Under cross, Dekker wonders if he knows why they were in his garage and that Denton just did not care. Dekker brings up other encounters Denton has had with the homeless. Dekker wonders why Denton did just didn’t just leave the garage, and shows them Denton was blocking the way of the others to exit. He adds the gun shot was from someone who was standing in the doorway, and accused Denton of wanting the confrontation. Dekker accuses him of forcing the confrontation and doubts that Denton was not concerned for his wife’s safety.

At closing, the Miklin thinks there is reasonable doubt and asks the jury what they would have done in the same situation. But Dekker counters that Miklin is just trying to scare them by quoting them the numbers of the homeless, and Dekker tries to make them seem like real human beings. He says homelessness can happen to anyone and asks the jury to put themselves in the shoes of the homeless and to also recall their own encounters with the homeless and that they never killed a homeless person in anger. He says this is not self defense.

The jury later finds all of them not guilty of murder, but are deadlocked on the arson count. The judge releases the jury.

Afterwards, Rubirosa comments to Dekker that retrying them on arson may seem like sour grapes. They hear a juror talking to the news about their verdict and the juror says they are entitled to feel safe in their own homes. Dekker comments he asked 12 people to put their conscience before their anger, and as he sees Holloway’s parents crying, Dekker goes on to say he failed them. Rubirosa adds “We failed.” As they both walk off, we fade to black.



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Law & Order LA “Angels Knoll” Advance Photos

Here are advance photos from Law & Order LA “Angels Knoll" which will air on Wednesday May 25 , 2011 at 10PM ET/9C on NBC. The photos feature Alfred Molina, Corey Stoll, Terrence Howard, and Alana De La Garza.

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Law & Order LA “Angels Knoll” Episode Information

Here is the information for a new episode of Law & Order LA “Angels Knoll” which features guest star Victor Garber. (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AIRING ON A WEDNESDAY!)

Law & Order LA “Angels Knoll” Air Date Wednesday May 25 , 2011 (10PM ET/9C NBC)

DETECTIVES MORALES (ALFRED MOLINA) AND JARUSZALSKI (COREY STOLL) INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF A CASINO WORKER—VICTOR GARBER GUEST STARS


Following a heated argument with his cousin, casino worker George Patrick (guest star Nick Kiriazis) is found brutally murdered in his hotel bathtub. However, after talking with the victim’s girlfriend, they discover that more than one crime has been committed. Meanwhile, DDA’s Dekker (Terrence Howard) and Rubirosa (Alana de la Garza) reluctantly strike a deal with those involved in order to convict the real mastermind. Rachel Ticotin also stars.

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Law & Order LA “Hayden Tract” Recap & Review

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Law & Order LA “Hayden Tract” was an incredibly disjointed episode that tried to cram two stories together that deserved a full hour of their own. TJ’s hunting down of Rex’s killer seemed shoehorned into an otherwise interesting story about a schizophrenic man who killed many people because of an imaginary daughter. I also found it hard to believe that the killing of a State Senator and 6 other people would have been handed off to two detectives on a Robbery Homicide team. I would have expected many more people working the case, such as the Feds or even Homeland Security. But with only the LA Robbery Homicide Division on the case, the whole investigation was flat and bordering on boring.

While I don’t have any issue with a storyline involving TJ (Corey Stoll) wanting to hunt down Rex Winter’s killer, I felt that it detracted from the story about the mass shooting. If I were telling TJ's story, I would have picked up an episode with TJ getting his smackdown in the parking garage, and have that incident trigger finding Vargas and getting him in custody and then to stand trial. Maybe that will be coming down the road – but since Law & Order LA is now on a very short road, I’m not sure if we will get closure on that issue. Maybe at the time this episode was filmed the producers felt they were going to have time to build a continuing story about finding Rex’s killer.

As far as the legal side of the show, had it not been for Alana De La Garza, I would have hated it. Terrence Howard completely failed in this episode. I had hopes in the first two episodes after the reboot that Terrence would settle in with his role. This episode only made me realize that I was dreaming. He is just not right for this role and in my opinion, may be one of the biggest reasons why Law & Order LA is not resonating with fans of the Law & Order brand or with new viewers. He’s too stiff and too unnatural in how he delivers his lines; I compare him to one of those giant standup cardboard cut-outs. I am not saying Terrence is a poor actor; I don’t think that this is the right role for him. Terrence Howard doesn’t have chemistry with ANYONE on the show. The whole argument between Dekker and Rubirosa about the proper legal course of action seemed forced, which didn’t help matters any.

Shawn Hatosy did a fine job as the crazy killer, it’s just a shame that TJ’s side trip and back story detracted from Hatosy’s time on screen. I also enjoyed Currie Graham's short time in this episode; nobody does a creepy/slimey attorney like he does!

Here is the recap:

At a rally with State Senator Celeste Kelman (Jennifer Riker) a gunman, screaming about his daughter, opens continuous fire on the crowd, killing 7 people, including the Senator. Detectives Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina) and “TJ” Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll) are called to the scene, along with other police and medical. They ask for all the cell phones to be gathered up, and speak to a man who had a carry permit but happened to be away from the scene at the time of the shooting. They speak with a man from the Senator’s staff who thinks it was a right and left wing kooks. He tells them someone in the crowd yelled something about his daughter. They speak with another witness who confirms the man who shot them yelled something about his daughter. The man’s son noticed the shooter was wearing skateboarder shoes.

Back at RHD, the detectives, along with Lt. Arleen Gonzales, watch the phone videos and hear the shooter yelling about his daughter. They see the man has a glock 17 and the shoes, and also see he ran into the nearby building.

They return to the building and find that an access card is required to get the elevator and staircases. A security guard said that a week ago, he saw someone from a messenger service a week ago go into a maintenance access corridor who said he got lost. They check with the messenger service and find that John Freeman was the man who was at the building that day, he hasn’t been at work for a few days and his daughter Ariel went missing last year. She disappeared on her way to school, and it broke up his marriage. They obtain a flier from when John was trying to find her.

Later, Morales tells TJ that Ariel is not reported missing on the National Registry but her name comes up on web site listings about missing children. Freeman seems all over the place in trying to find her, including at the Mormon Temple in LA. The detectives head there and find that Freeman caused a disturbance and accused another group of taking her, and the church is not affiliated with that group.

Back at RHD, they also found that Freeman was picked up at the Elizabeth Smart trial but was later released. But, Freeman used the name Lawrence Sheppard, who has no record but bought a gun in a store outside Lodi 3 years ago, a glock 26.

When they arrive at the home in Lodi, with reinforcements, a woman (Robin Weigert) with two children approaches as they are at the door and tells them that is her house. She says Larry Sheppard is her brother, he hasn’t lived there for 2 years and now lives in Stockton. They also find Larry has no daughter - he’s schizophrenic. He was diagnosed in college and never hurt anyone. He also can’t have a daughter as he had a vasectomy. Morales says they will have someone watch the house and says if she hears from him she has to let them know.

Back at RHD after a search of Larry’s Stockton apartment, TJ finds Larry was at a lunch for the Senator months ago, buying a ticket under the company name. They look at a video of the lunch and Larry asking an odd question and the Senator responds that it may not be the best time to talk about Shadow Hill but the problem may be his patch. Shadow Hills is a computer game about a man and his missing daughter, and the Senator’s previous company made the game.

They go to the company, Helix,  and find they get inquiries from players on codes, but one person called for information to get into the architecture of the game, which is proprietary information. The man later tried to hack into their mainframe.

Back at RHD, TJ is looking at surveillance photos of Cesar Vargas, and in one of the photos sees a woman with tattoos, including one of a skull.  He writes back to b.stevens and says “Caborca – need local contact.” He quickly shuts down his PC as Morales approaches. He tells Morales he found messages on a Shadow Hills web site that could be from Sheppard. They were 3 days before the shooting and all about a missing child and that it seems he is still on the hunt. Someone seems to be leaving Sheppard messages which seems to be encouraging Sheppard. Morales says two computers were used in the hacking attempt; one is untraceable, the other is in Fontana.

At the apartment of Samantha Lorber, they speak with a young girl and she says it is not her. She then says she just tells “John” to not give up. Samantha herself was abducted and she tells them about her ordeal and how she escaped and no one came to rescue her. They tell her Ariel does not exist and "John" does not have a daughter. They tell her he is mentally ill, and show her photos of all the people he shot. She does not know where he is at, but said he wrote her a note saying soon Ariel would be free. They ask her to get a message to him and tell him that she has good news.

Later, when Sheppard (Shawn Hatosy) goes to meet Samantha, he’s met by an undercover cop but he disables her and runs. The detectives and police chase him and corner him on a rooftop. They order him to put down his gun but he puts it up to his neck, but Morales reminds him about Ariel. He puts it down and is then cuffed. He is irate and asks them how much they are paying them.

Larry Sheppard is at arraignment and his attorney pleads not guilty by reason of insanity. But another attorney, Max Hern (Currie Graham) enters and announces he is now representing Larry. Larry pleads not guilty. ADA Joe Dekker (Terrence Howard) says they will be going for the death penalty. The judge orders a 1368 exam to see if he is competent and holds him without bail, his sister says she is here for him.

After Larry is taken off, Dekker and ADA Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) get on Max about why he is going the not guilty route. Max says Larry did not shoot those people and there is more than one bloody hand on that gun.

Meanwhile. TJ heads into Mexico – with a gun.

Back in Dekker’s office, he and Rubirosa watch Max point a finger at Celeste Kelman for defying both extremes of the political spectrum and that Larry is just a patsy served up my lazy cops and cynical prosecutors. Dekker doesn’t speak highly of Max Hern. Rubirosa says Max is exploiting a mentally ill man and asking for the death penalty plays into his hands. Dekker says they need to use any means to keep Sheppard off the streets.

TJ is in a bar, giving a man a photo of Cesar and the woman, and the man tells him to go back to his hotel.

At the California Institution for Men, a doctor tells Rubirosa that Larry is deemed competent to stand trial. It wasn’t within his scope to determine if Larry is insane. Rubirosa asks what would happen if Larry went to State Prison, and he shows her the small cages where the mentally ill inmates are held during therapy sessions. If Larry was found not guilty by reason of insanity, Larry would go to Patton State Hospital where he would get treatment appropriate to his condition,

Back in Mexico, TJ meets with the tattooed woman and he speaks with her about Cesar. He tells her that Cesar killed his partner in front of his wife and daughter. She gives him a number and says when he is ready,  to call. When she leaves he points his gun at the door, but take his eyes off the door to see Morales calling him.

Back in court, Morales is on the stand taking about how they arrested Sheppard. Under cross examination, Hern brings up what he thinks were other death threats that he says the detectives did not investigate. Dekker says they have shown cause to proceed to trial, and Hern says to bring it on. He adds that Larry is sure he does not want to change his plea. Rubirosa tells Dekker this is appalling and says Hern is not acting in Sheppard’s best interests. Dekker says Sheppard was found competent to assist in his own defense and it is not up to them to interfere.

Afterwards, Rubirosa speaks with Larry’s sister who is also upset with Hern but says Larry is afraid if he says he is insane they will stop looking for the girl. Rubirosa says they would be willing to take a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity and that Larry would get proper treatment.

Back in the office, Dekker says now Sheppard wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. He adds that Hern told him about her discussion with Larry’s sister. Dekker is irate about what Rubirosa did and tells her not to use this office to push her social issues. She reminds him that the fair administration of justice is a social issue. He tells her he had dinner with Mike Cutter in New York and that he told her she tried to pull something like this before. He says that they have higher crime rates in LA and have no room for a loose cannon.

Later, TJ returns and as he gets out of his car, someone hold a gun to his head. They move to beat him up but TJ fight back and shoots one of them. As the other one fights with TJ, TJ eventually wins the battle and cuffs the man to a car.

Later, with police and Morales and Gonzales on the scene, Morales thinks the men had plans to take TJ away in the trunk of their car. Gonzales asks him if this is about Vargas but he minimizes it. Morales also said he knows TJ was in Mexico and asks what is going on. They find that one of the men had Casey’s address on it.

At Casey Winters' (Teri Polo) home, TJ tells her she has to pack up and take the kids to her mother’s, as Vargas sent two guys after him and they had her address. He adds he had to start something and now has to finish it.

Meanwhile, Sheppard makes a new plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, and confirms to Dekker he committed the crime. Dekker brings up that he also has to admit that he is deluded that he has a daughter. Dekker tries to press Sheppard’s buttons but Sheppard keeps silent and the judge allows the change in plea. The judge orders a psych evaluation.

Afterwards, Rubirosa and Dekker argue about Sheppard. Dekker is not convinced mental illness made him pull the trigger, and now the burden of proof is on them. He is putting Rubirosa in charge of the team of experts and if they can convince a loose cannon like her that Sheppard wasn’t motivated by his insanity they should have no problem with the jury.

Later, Rubirosa and the psych doctor watch a recording of Sheppard talk about Ariel and he seems to talk about a miscarriage. The doctor says Sheppard is shoring up his delusions with facts, but the methods Sheppard talked about are 10 years old. Sheppard was in college then, and that is when he was first diagnosed.

At Meadow Hill Park, they speak with Sondra Miller who was Larry’s girlfriend in college. The picture he used of Ariel is really of Sondra and that while she was pregnant she noticed changes in his behavior. She had an abortion after Larry got sicker. Larry was furious and sent her letters warning anyone who got between him and his child. Dekker asks her for the letters.

In the prison meeting area, Dekker and Rubirosa meet with Sheppard and Hern. They show him a sonogram they got from Sondra Miller and that Sondra had an abortion. They also bring up the violent letters that Larry wrote, and that Larry felt the Senator got in his way of finding Ariel. Larry becomes irate and then uncontrollable. Dekker tells Hern that this is what the jury will see and they will reject his insanity plea and with victim impact statements, Larry will get the death penalty. Hern counters with life without parole and asks that the death penalty come off the table. Dekker says he will get back to him.

Dekker speaks with the victims and families. After doing so, Dekker makes his decision. We then see Larry in court, allocating to his crime. Dekker asks, in lieu of having victims and their family testify later for a possible release, he asks Coroner Miwako Nishizawa (Tamlyn Tomita) to read the autopsies of the seven victims, and she does so.

Back at RHD, Morales tells Gonzales that TJ had some sick days coming, and then walks off to make a call. But he gets no answer. Elsewhere, a phone sitting on a bed rings, and we fade to black.




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Law & Order: LA Sizzle Reel & Message to Fans from Showrunner Rene Balcer

From Wolf Films, here’s a Law & Order LA “Sizzle Reel” along with a special message from showrunner Rene Balcer. Here’s hoping Law & Order LA returns for another season!




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Law & Order LA “Hayden Tract” Promo

Here is the promo for Law & Order LA “Hayden Tract” which will air on Monday. May 16, 2011 at 10PM ET.




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Law & Order LA “Runyon Canyon” Recap & Review

Law & Order LA “Runyon Canyon” was a lifeless episode, more along the lines of what we saw before the series went on hiatus. Alfred Molina and Corey Stoll still make a strong pairing, but I was disappointed in the legal side of the episode. There was an attempt to add tension to the case when Dekker decides to go ahead with the trial despite evidence that the woman he is trying is not the killer, but it falls flat. Sometimes Terrence Howard sounds like he is not speaking naturally, almost as if he is trying too hard to inject drama into the dialog. I have always been impressed with his performance in movies, but for some reason he seems like a fish out of water in this show.

The case involves the murder of a squeaky clean college co-ed, and attempts to make us question our preconceived notion of college kids. Everyone expects the guys to experiment sexually but no one wants to believe that the girls can be just as adventurous, especially when thinking about one’s own children. Sadly, the topic bored me, maybe because there is nothing new with a story of the exploits of college kids, even if it ends in murder.

Here is the recap:
A pre-med freshman Beth Garrett (Jillian Nelson) is found laying in the hills, tortured and strangled to death. Detectives Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina) and “TJ” Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll) are called to the scene. The girl has a sorority tattoo. They later speak with her friend who said Beth was focused on her studies and last saw her going to the library. TJ finds a lacy thong in her room.

Lt. Arleen Gonzales (Rachel Ticotin) and the detectives speak with Beth’s parents who think their daughter was very innocent. They later find Beth had glass in her foot and found cocaine residue on it, maybe from a crack pipe. They also find she got a text from Sylvie Lester saying “We are on.”

They speak with Sylvie (Rachel Dipillo) who said the text was about getting together to study. Sylvie went home to sleep and Sylvie said Beth went for a swim. They check on the records and find Beth did not swipe her card in to swim that night but found that Jesse Beckman swiped in right behind Beth when she came to the pool earlier in the week.

They question Jesse (Luke Kleintank) who said he does not know Beth. He said she just likes to swim and when they see one of Sylvie’s drawings in his room, they confront him with cheating on Sylvie with Beth. He said Sylvie was acting weird so he went to talk to Beth about Sylvie. He was at the basketball game on campus the night Beth was killed.

They talk with Roger Darden (Scott Michael Foster), who has the basketball season ticket seat next to Jesse, he said he saw Jesse at the game. But TJ trips him up with a comment about the coach at the game and they know Roger is lying. They think not only is Roger covering for Jesse but he may be an accomplice.

Back at RHD,  they discuss that they found someone who was also at the game who said Jesse and Roger both left the game at the half. They find Roger has a job and was working Tuesday night guarding an empty house in Runyon Canyon.

The detectives go to the empty house and it appears it is being used as “party central.” They find a broken crack pipe and also a room filled with graffiti, a mattress, condoms, and “nasty” stuff.

Back at RHD, the detectives tell Gonzales that Beth’s blood was found in the house, blood samples from 22 others and semen from 19. Roger's prints  can be placed on a baggie with traces of a drug called Salvia. They later speak with Roger and his rep from the ULA legal clinic present and he said Jesse was not there. They confront him about the blood evidence, and he still denies being there, saying he drove to get a sandwich. But the detectives are happy because Roger inadvertently admitted to operating his vehicle under the use of a drug and since he had a previous DUI they can now impound an search his vehicle.

They check out his car, and there is no trace of the victim but they find something on a cup in the car that may place Jesse in there They are able get a warrant and then match wax from a candle in Jesse’s room to wax found on Beth’s body. As they now have his prints, he admits he was at the mansion the week before with Roger and that is when he brought the candles. There was no electricity in the mansion. They outline some scenarios that implicate him, but before he can answer, his rep from the ULA legal clinic arrives and tells them the interview is over. Morales tells Jesse that the first one that speaks up gets the deal.

Later, TJ tells them he found that Sylvie got the lawyers for Jesse and Roger. Morales looks at one of Sylvie’s drawings from Jesse’s place and finds it may match the handprint on Beth’s neck. They check with M.E. Nishizawa (Tamlyn Tomita) who says the hand print marches but is not the one that killed Beth. She thinks it is from erotic asphyxia.

They speak with Sylvie about her hand print drawing and show her on the body where it was found – it matches the strangulation marks. She says Beth was alive the last time she saw her in the mansion. Sylvie says that Beth wanted to party and she wanted to try salvia. They went there with Jesse and Roger and it got crazy. She started making out with Roger and wanted to try the chocking thing so she did it for her. She got freaked out by Jesse and said Beth ran off and they did not find her. The detectives arrest her.

Morales and DDA Joe Dekker (Terrence Howard) have Jesse in for questioning, his legal rep present. He denies killing Beth but adds that Sylvie told her to make out with Beth, and the whole thing was Sylvie’s idea and she told them what to do. Meanwhile, ADA Connie Rubirosa (Alana De La Garza) has Roger in for questioning and he says the same thing. He said Sylvie choking her was what freaked Beth out. Jesse said Sylvie said she would destroy them if it ever came out.

Later, Morales, TJ, Rubirosa and Dekker discuss what they learned. The talk about how to convince a jury that Sylvie is that cold. Rubirosa wants the case to be based on facts, not perception.

Back at RHD, Gonzales and Rubirosa talk to Sylvie’s parents. They are stunned to hear these things about Sylvie. Her mother suggest they talk to Melanie Patterson who had been friends with Sylvie since high school.

Rubirosa speaks with Melanie who says Sylvie got weird when she got to college and Sylvie tried to kiss her and got hurt when she turned her down. She said when they pledge the sorority, Sylvie hurt her physically and Melanie has not talked to her since. She says she and Sylvie used to take her dog to the dog park on Mulholland.

At the preliminary hearing for Sylvie, Dekker outlines the case against Sylvie and they have cause to proceed to trial. Her attorney, Mr. Citron (Reed Diamond), tries to make Sylvie out to look too innocent. Dekker says she is a perverse sadist, and the judge says they have shown cause to proceed to trial.

At RHD, Sylvie’s mother speaks with Gonzales, and she is very upset over what is happening. She says the girl Dekker described is not her Silvia. After she leaves, Gonzales seems to get an idea and pulls a book off her shelf. Meanwhile, TJ gets a message which outlines Cesar Vargas sightings and emails back for photos. He closes his PC quickly when Gonzales comes out with the book and asks TJ and Morales if it bothers them that the only evidence that Beth was in Sylvie’s car was a few hairs in the front seat. They also said there was no evidence of Silvia at the dump site. She tells them it is worth another look.

The detectives go back to the ME who says the strangulation marks occurred during a struggle and that the killer was trying to hold on. She also found dog hairs on the body and in her lungs. She thinks the hairs were breathed in while inside a house.. But there were no dog hairs in Sylvie’s car or at Roger’s or the mansion. They think the real killer is out there, walking a black and white dog.

The detectives and Gonzales give this information to Dekker and Rubirosa. They think it is an unknown suspect. Dekker says the evidence is vapor, they are going to trial and there is no doubt here. After Dekker and Rubirosa leave, Gonzales tells the detectives to play it out and check the dog park.

Dekker and Rubirosa speak with Beth’s parents who are angry at Sylvie and that she is showing no remorse. They tell Dekker they are counting on him for a guilty verdict. After they leave, Rubirosa tells Dekker that 3 good cops think they are jumping the gun. Dekker says he does not answer to them and only the facts, not perception, matter.

The detectives are at Nichols Canyon Dog Park asking about a black and white terrier, but they get nothing. They continue to search. Later, a woman comes in after seeing one of the flyers the detectives handed out. She says there is a man who comes with one black and one white terrier and uses them to hit on women in the park and he has not been around since Beth was killed. She said he was supposedly on a reality show.

Later, at a bar, Morales speaks with Dekker about the case, saying he is not convinced Sylvie did it. Morales says Citron is a smart attorney and Morales is not sure he can’t handle him without perjuring himself. Dekker says he would never ask him to do that.

In court, Morales is on the stand and challenges Morales that he made a decision on the case based on his own morality. He says he based his decision on his experience. Citron mentioned there was no trace that Sylvie transported the body. He asks Morales if he is satisfied that they have pursued every lead with the crime, and Morales says no, he says he never considers a case closed until there is a finding of guilt and only the jury can do that.

Afterwards, TJ brings him information on the guy with the 2 Scotties,  Trevor Cannon, who  is on probation for assault. After he got thrown off a dating show, he beat up someone in a bar.

The detectives question Trevor (Rand Holdren) and when they ask to take samples of the dogs’ hair, Trevor says his dogs would not like that. When Morales makes a move for Trevor’s shoulder saying he has some dog hair there, Trevor grabs his arm. TJ tells him he just violated his parole and they arrest him.

Meanwhile, Sylvie is in court and on the stand and she describes what happened, saying the boys were awkward and she had to tell them what to do. She said Beth cut her foot when she ran out and Roger got her,  but later Beth ran out an left and so did Sylvie. Rubirosa gets a message and tells Dekker that the cops have another suspect, but  Dekker decides to go on an questions her about what they did to Sylvie and that she has no compassion. The detectives have Trevor in interrogation, asking about how he got dumped on the reality show. He said it was worth the paycheck. TJ brings up the episode clip  showing Trevor was dumped and the detectives mock him. This makes Trevor irate.

Dekker continues to question Sylvie about her lies and that she didn’t want Beth to file a complaint. Sylvie insists she could not find Beth after she left, and Dekker presses her on how she killed Sylvie, but Sylvie still denies it.

Trevor is still being questioned when Dekker and Rubirosa arrive. Dekker tells Gonzales that double jeopardy has attached and if they pull out now, they cannot retry Sylvie if they are wrong about Trevor.

Morales and TJ question Trevor on his whereabouts relative to where his cell phone placed him. He says he ran an errand for his mom and then helped her with her laundry. Rubirosa gets a text saying Sylvie’s lawyer now wants to meet to take a plea. Dekker tells her to call the lawyer and they will meet in 15 minutes in his office. But they hear Morales question Trevor and say the path to his mother’s house is near where the body was found. They continue to press him and Morales says there is Trevor with rage about his mom, and then half naked college girl sitting next to him in the car crying. He accuses him of touching her and that Beth told him not to and commanded him to stop, just like his mom. Trevor nods that Morales has it right, he fought back and he could not stop himself.

Back in court, the judge tells the jury that the state has dropped all charges against Sylvie and tells Sylvie she is free to go. Sylvie’s parents are happy. But as everyone leaves the courtroom, Beth’s patents glare at Dekker. He is walking out of the empty courtroom as we fade to black.


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