Plot summary
Pharmaceutical philanthropist Ben Langston ( Steven Weber ) disappears after announcing funding for a research grant and later a medical cadaver from the institute is found dressed in his clothes. Detectives Goren and Eames are called in and they find Langston's that body was switched and cremated. They investigate contenders for the grant: the recipient Maya Zhuang ( Camille Chen ), disgruntled losers Theo Kendall ( Clayton Apgar ) who is having an affair with Langston’s wife Lauren ( Jenna Stern ) and Sam Harris ( Charlie Barnett ) a son that Langston did not know he had until the award night.
As the investigation progresses, Goren and Eames uncover that Maya's "tiger mother" Mrs. Zhuang ( Rosalind Chao ) feared that Langston would withdraw Maya's funding and give it to Sam Harris. She killed Langston in a fit of rage then pressuered Maya into helping her dispose of the body. Meanwhile Goren's therapy sessions with Dr. Paula Gyson are not going well. Inspired in part by the "tiger mother" controversy.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Law & Order: Criminal Intent season 10. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.