Jack goes head-to-head with his former assistant, Jamie Ross, as he prosecutes the gunman in a high-school mass shooting.Jack goes head-to-head with his former assistant, Jamie Ross, as he prosecutes the gunman in a high-school mass shooting.Jack goes head-to-head with his former assistant, Jamie Ross, as he prosecutes the gunman in a high-school mass shooting.
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- Henry Semple
- (as Timmy Reifsnyder)
- John Laramie
- (as Kevin N. Davis)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSemple's mother mentions the "other boy" E.A.D.A. Jack McCoy and A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael prosecuted who "shot that delivery man." She is referring to Mitch Regan, the oldest of the thrill killers from a previous episode (Teenage Wasteland (2001), Episode 11.12).
- GoofsSome people believe that Henry Semple's psychologist violated privilege when she divulged her patient's name and basic psychological profile to Detectives Briscoe and Green, but she did not. The reason is that if a mental health professional has a reasonable belief that their patient is planning to harm themselves or others, they have an ethical, and legal, obligation to report that suspicion to the police. The defendant's psychologist strongly suspected her patient was the shooter, so she was within the canon of ethics and the law to divulge that suspicion to the police.
- Quotes
Jack McCoy: I'm sick of learning things about this case after the fact.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: Hey, we talked to fifty-two kids who were either in the cafeteria or had been identified as friends of Semple.
Detective Ed Green: Nobody indicated that there were prior threats.
Jack McCoy: Well, apparently someone knew.
A.D.A. Abbie Carmichael: The parents claim that Semple told some kids he was gonna shoot the place up.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: Did they have any names?
Jack McCoy: Detective, I had just told them that we had to cut Semple loose because of your screw-up. I wasn't about to let them know they knew more than we did.
Detective Lennie Briscoe: Any time you think you can do my job better than me, just let me know.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Law & Order: Trial by Jury: 41 Shots (2005)
Reifsnyder is a truly pitiable and bullied kid and sadly the episode wasn't slanted to be more sympathetic to him. Back in the day that could have been me. I could not believe how bloodthirsty Angie Harmon was in this episode.
Former second chair Carey Lowell showed up and there was a real antagonism between her and Angie Harmon. She was Reifsnyder's defense attorney.
The young man came from a good background and the parents Robert Ernest Lunney and Mia Dillon become of different minds in regard to Reifsnyder. In the end Lunney shows great strength of character.
The law has not caught up to deal with these situations. Partly because of our wonderful gun lobby. In my day there was not the easy access to guns. Some of us senior citizens could have been Reifsnyder back in the day had there been available weaponry. And bullying for all concerned was some kind of rite of passage. Still is to some troglodyte minds.
This story will give you a lot to think about.
- bkoganbing
- Jul 12, 2018