Plot summary
Detective G. Lynn Bishop ( Samantha Buck ) is assigned as an interim partner to Goren after Eames ( Kathryn Erbe ) goes on maternity leave, although she still maintains a presence in the department. Bishop joins Goren in an investigation into the murder of star reporter Carl Hines' ( Anthony Mackie ) girlfriend Katya Jalenak ( Michal Sinnott ) in their apartment. Suspicion first falls on Carl, then the newspaper publisher Ben Elkins( Judd Hirsch ) and then on Carl's father Roy Hines ( Glynn Turman ). It is revealed that Carl was a serial plagiarist and when his journalist father Roy discovered the truth, he planned kill his son and then himself out of shame. However, when Katya awoke and found Roy in their apartment waiting for Carl, he panicked and killed her.
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