Law & Order/Recap/S05/E17 Act of God: Difference between revisions

Ambulances, firemen, and police have converged on the rubble. Morris tells the cops he didn't see anything, and explains that he was cleaning up after his dog. One of the local cops finds the bag of dog feces.

 

"No!"|Cop and Mike Logan}}

 

At the precinct, Van Buren asks where the dynamite came from, and the detectives say that there was none on site -- it was a renovation job. Van Buren complains that construction sites tend to yield lots of suspects. Briscoe lists a few, ending with insurance scams. The detectives go talk to Mr. Alex Gaston, the owner of the property. At his office, Gaston discusses the history of the project. The detectives get Gaston to admit that he'll collect $4.8 million, but he says that the insurance money pales in comparison to what he would have made in rent. Gaston is adamant that he didn't do it.

 

"Yes, I know. But it wasn't mine."|Mike Logan and Alex Gaston}}

 

Briscoe testifies, and Hartman brings up Palley's arrest. Briscoe has to say that they suspected Palley, and that no evidence arose to explain the suspicious facts about Palley. McCoy makes Briscoe admit that no one had checked to see if Palley had taken his clothes to the laundry, that no one had found bomb-making materials in his possession, and that no one on the police had even known that Hank Chappel existed.

 

"I suppose so."|Jack McCoy and Lennie Briscoe}}

 

Hank testifies in his own defense. He admits to shooting at the construction site in a drunken rage, but says he only wanted to scare Palley. He says that he couldn't have blown up the building unless he was sober, and he wasn't sober often at that time. He insists he didn't blow up the building. McCoy brings up that Hank's blasting license was suspended after he showed up drunk and assaulted the general contractor. He tricks Hank into saying that he could have rigged a simple bomb when he was drunk, and gets him to admit that he wished Palley was dead.

 

"No. But you tried."|Hank Chappel and Jack McCoy}}