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The episode sets up a story of three defendants, each with a different level of involvement in the case. The facts of the case are very complicated. One major plot thread is the differing quality of representation gained by those who have means as opposed to those forced to use the public defender's office. The story doesn't end there, though, the show takes a hard look at the difficulties of truly accessing the guilt of a defendant and the important role that motivation plays in the establishment of the guilt of the defendant. This episode works well because it is willing to not give the viewer the satisfaction of well- drawn moral lines, right and wrong, and a clear answer.

People who watch Law And Order are usually devoted fans. And those fans would have remembered Peter Gerety from a Law And Order prime episode where he played a weak and corrupt defense attorney who helped frame his own client. In that episode three years earlier Gerety surrendered his law license to avoid prosecution.

So what was his character of Dean Connors doing back in a courtroom defending Ebon Moss-Bachrach from a murder charge? I cannot believe that the Bar Association forgave him for what he pulled.

Moss-Bachrach together with Adam LaVorgna and Warren Kole have different degrees of complicity in the murder of a young girl that was also raped by two of them. Bebe Neuwirth and Amy Carlson have to sort it all out as best they can before trial.

They don't do a good job here. That's all I can say. Some nice performances are wasted because of the return of Dean Connors.