Plot summary
Les Tarney, an Associate-Inspector General with the US HHS is found dead after apparently choking to death. Nichols and Stevens suspect that he was murdered, possibly by his girlfriend ( Sara DeRosa ). The impatient Bureau Chief of Trial Division ADA Roydell Getty ( Nick Sandow ) has her charged against the wishes of detectives Nichols and Stevens. When his girlfriend apparently commits suicide on her release, the detectives investigate further and find that Tarney was blackmailing two doctors, Joel Silverstern ( Daniel London ) and Shelly Springe ( Kelly AuCoin ), who had bought a hospital and were upcoding their clients.
Additionally, their financial backers were retired Italian mobsters; Dominic "Dom" Fabrigazzi Jr. ( Lenny Venito ), Anthony "Blev" Blevvins ( Vincent Curatola ), and Theodore "Cubby" Viviano ( Peter Appel ). The deal had been set up by Henry Di Piano ( Adam Rothenberg ), son of mobster Magglio "Mag" Di Piano ( Joseph Siravo ) who is currently in Prison. Nichols risks suspension by promising Piano that his ailing mentor, Fabrigazzi, will not go to jail if he owns up and confesses to Killing Tarney to protect his investment. Cathy Moriarty guest stars as Annie Gentillo.
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