This Law And Order story is a real heartbreaker. Armand Schultz is driving through Washington Heights after getting off the George Washington Bridge and runs afoul of some real bad dudes, one of them was drunkenly waving a pistol around and shooting it into his car and Schultz's wife is critically wounded.
With a little bit of trickery on the part of Carey Lowell they nail the shooter Carlos Pizarro. But she and Sam Waterston note some time line discrepancies as to when she was actually pronounced dead.
The arrogance of some in the medical profession is truly astounding. The surgeon who operated on her is Michael Nouri and it's his last day at that hospital. He's getting top dollar not for just himself, but he's bringing in the victim's heart and lungs for transplant. Nouri might have just hurried the victim's date with eternity.
Legal necessity compels Waterston and Lowell to try Nouri and Pizarro for the murder. Nouri resents even being associated with this gang banger and can't comprehend the seriousness and the ethical problems of what he did.
Nouri and Pizarro, an unlikely pair of murderers both give some outstanding performances. David Marshall Grant makes a brief appearance as another ADA and a friend of Lowell's. He will figure prominently in a future episode.
It's a legal quagmire for the NY County DA's office.
With a little bit of trickery on the part of Carey Lowell they nail the shooter Carlos Pizarro. But she and Sam Waterston note some time line discrepancies as to when she was actually pronounced dead.
The arrogance of some in the medical profession is truly astounding. The surgeon who operated on her is Michael Nouri and it's his last day at that hospital. He's getting top dollar not for just himself, but he's bringing in the victim's heart and lungs for transplant. Nouri might have just hurried the victim's date with eternity.
Legal necessity compels Waterston and Lowell to try Nouri and Pizarro for the murder. Nouri resents even being associated with this gang banger and can't comprehend the seriousness and the ethical problems of what he did.
Nouri and Pizarro, an unlikely pair of murderers both give some outstanding performances. David Marshall Grant makes a brief appearance as another ADA and a friend of Lowell's. He will figure prominently in a future episode.
It's a legal quagmire for the NY County DA's office.