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Detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames investigate a diamond heist in a house that left its two occupants and one of the robbers dead. Karl Atwood, the criminal who planned the heist, attempts to trick the police into thinking that the robbery was mob-related, but the detectives uncover the deception when they track down a lead that shows that he served time in a Canadian prison, and has skipped parole and crossed the border. Goren and Eames interview Atwood's girlfriend, Gia, and tell her that he was infected with AIDS in prison, and that he has passed it on to her. They promise to be lenient on her and get her treatment if she will help them to apprehend Atwood. She arranges to meet with Atwood, and when the buyers for the diamonds arrive at a hotel, Goren and Eames arrest everybody. They inform Gia that she has not contracted AIDS.

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Detectives Robert Goren and Alexandra Eames investigate a diamond heist in a house that left two occupants and one thief dead. The criminal who planned the robbery, Karl Atwood ( Jake Weber ), jumped parole in Canada and crossed the border and attempted to deceive the police into believing the theft is related to the mafia. Goren and Eames track down and interview Atwood's girlfriend Gia ( Michele Hicks ) and suggest to her that Atwood contracted AIDS in prison and has infected her, offering leniency and medical treatment if she helps them arrest Atwood. She leads them to Atwood, and when diamond buyers appear, Goren and Eames arrest them all. Goren then informs Gia that he lied about her being infected with HIV. Special appearance by Dianne Wiest as DA Nora Lewin

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