My comments: A solid episode which not only featured a conflict for Nolan Price, but also a conflict between Jack and his daughter Rebecca (played by Sam Waterston’s daughter Elisabeth Waterston).
Nolan, likely not realizing he was suffering from PTSD from the subway shooting incident (from the episode “Camouflage”), struggles with trying a murder case against a man who was also a victim – and a hero – in another mass shooting incident. Complicating matters is the attorney for the defendant is Jack McCoy’s daughter. McCoy does his best to distance himself to avoid any appearances of being partial to his daughter, but in doing so he puts Price in the thick of it, and Price is obviously struggling with trying the man for murder. Eventually Jack gives Price some leeway to negotiate with Rebecca, but Rebecca, just as bullheaded and driven as her father, refuses to budge, thinking she can get her client cleared. When he’s found guilty, she’s clearly not happy with her father and likely there will continue to be a rift between the two. In this case, I think Jack did the right thing – there really is no excuse for murder, and even heroes have to pay the price (no pun intended).
