Law & Order/Recap/S17/E01 Fame: Difference between revisions

Exiting the room, Van Buren says that she doesn't know much about Cassidy since Cassidy was promoted and transferred so fast. All Van Buren knows is what she read in the tabloids, which reported on an incident in which Cassidy was at a beauty parlor during a shooting and performed some heroic act. That act got her press and caused her to be promoted and transferred to homicide. Cassidy, calling Van Buren 'Lou' (short for Lieutenant), says that a lot of the tabloid information was inaccurate. Van Buren establishes that Cassidy hasn't taken the relevant detective courses, and Green verifies that Cassidy does know what some criminal databases are but hasn't ever used them. Van Buren gives Cassidy her first orders.

 

"Yes ma'am."|Anita Van Buren and Nina Cassidy}}

 

Paula, crying, says she wants to be helpful but doesn't know anything. She knows nothing at all about Blanchard. Cassidy says that her brother, another cop, always spoke highly of Nick. Paula says that she read about Cassidy in the papers, after the shooting at the beauty salon. Paula compliments Cassidy, calling her brave. Cassidy promises that they will crack the case. Van Buren, angry, gestures for Green and Cassidy to follow her outside. Once there, Van Buren complains that Cassidy has already violated her orders.

 

"Watch. And learn!"|Anita Van Buren and Nina Cassidy}}

 

Green points out that the photo led to questioning from child services, and that this new photo might lead to another interrogation from them. Sweet agrees, saying that was why she wanted the photos. Blanchard was willing to sell the photos back to Sweet, but Sweet doesn't want to discuss it more. She asks if Green is accusing her of something. Green says that she and her current boyfriend have been hanging out with hard-core rappers in town. Some of them are real criminals and could have been hired to steal the photos. Sweet says that Blanchard wanted $400,000, which was less than her annual clothing budget, so the money wasn't a problem. She then says that she's exhausted, sits down, opens a magazine, and lights a cigarette.

 

"I liked it better when you didn't talk."|Sky Sweet and Nina Cassidy}}

 

In the station, Woodlief can't identify the robber from the mugshots he's looking at. Green comes in just as Woodlief goes to the bathroom, saying that the canvas of the Carvahal's neighborhood turned up nothing. Cassidy tells him that Woodlief was no help either. Green grimaces. Cassidy then acknowledges that she lost her temper with Sweet. Green says it was justified, but Cassidy says she understands if Green has to tell Van Buren. Green looks annoyed.

 

"There's seven hundred and forty, exactly."|Ed Green and Nina Cassidy}}

 

Smolka is recording when the cops come in. He admits writing Blanchard a threatening email.

 

"No. Not when a police officer's been murdered, no. I don't know what you're saying."|Justin Smolka and Ed Green}}

 

McCoy, Rubirosa, and Branch watch one of Smolka's videos, where Smolka raps in a prison environment as scantily clab women dance around him.

 

"It's incomprehensible to anyone without a lobotomy."|Jack McCoy and Connie Rubirosa}}

 

Stein, waiting in midtown with several other reporters for Sweet to exit a building, says that a New York Times reporter wouldn't be obligated to give up his sources, and neither is he. McCoy says that Stein isn't a reporter.

 

"…if it's so unimportant, what brought you to midtown?"|Adam Stein and Jack McCoy}}

 

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