Grace Rivera lies in an alley; she was beaten, strangled, and sexually assaulted. She
was close enough to death to warrant a call to homicide; Falsone and Lewis report to the
scene. There they meet Stivers, who represents the sex crimes unit. Rivera's attack marks
the third sexual assault in Federal Hill in three months; because of this and the fact that
the victim is still alive, Stivers thinks that the case should be handed to her. Eventually it is settled that homicide and sex crimes would work the case jointly. Munch brings in Ivy Kiriakis, Rivera's roommate; she tells the detectives that they
were supposed to meet last night but Grace never showed. Grace Rivera soon becomes
conscious and Falsone, Lewis, and Stivers go interview her. She can't remember
what happened to her, but is reluctantly enlightened by Falsone, who is visibly nervous
at the idea of interviewing the victim.
Mary Pembleton is overdue for the delivery of the new baby; Bayliss suggests a salad
that supposedly "kick-starts pregnant women." Frank listens and takes Mary out to eat
the salad. Mary informs him that she'll wait 48 hours, then go along with inducing
pregnancy. Frank tells his wife that working homicide is no longer his life; Mary,
Olivia, and the new baby are.
It is revealed that Rivera was drunk at the time of the attack; unfortunately, there appears
to be no physical evidence at the scene or on Rivera's person. A canvass of all the bars
in Federal Hill turns up nothing. The case is potentially put down when Stivers gets
a call from Philadelphia sex crimes, who says that a Ted Ganz did time for assault and
rape in the Pennsylvania state pen. Ganz' mother lives in Federal Hill.
Frank and Tim are intercepted by an excited Ballard, who tells Pembleton that she got
a call: Mary is in labor. Frank and Tim head over to the hospital, where they learn that a
complication has arisen. The two sit and worry, hoping for the best, when news arrives:
Mary and the new son are doing just fine.
The detectives round up Ganz and stick him in the Box, where Falsone tries to beat a
confession out of him but gets nothing. Falsone tells Stivers and Lewis to recanvass
the drinking establishments; they do so and find out that Matt Northrup ran a tab for
Rivera the night before. Falsone catches a bite mark on Northrup's arm and asks where
it's from; Northrup answers by running. He is caught by Falsone, who gives him a piece
of his mind through his fists. The bite mark is matched to a dental impression of Grace Rivera's teeth, and it is
later confirmed that Rivera was minutes away from death, which all adds up to a more
severe sentence for Northrup. Falsone goes back to City Hospital to tell Rivera, but
receives the bad news; Grace died about an hour ago from massive hemorrhaging to the brain.
Kellerman meets with Georgia Rae Mahoney, who tells him that she has a surveillance tape
of Kellerman icing Luther. Mike rushes over to Luther's condo and asks the landlord
if there were any cameras in Luther's suite; the answer is yes, they're down in storage
right now. Kellerman takes the cameras from him and goes to an electronics store,
where the clerk says that the equipment is fully capable of showing Luther's last moments. Stepping deeper into it, Kellerman meets with Georgia Rae again at Luther's grave, where
she informs him that she hasn't decided what she'll do to avenge her brother's death...yet. |
Starring
Richard Belzer Det. John Munch
Andre Braugher Det. Frank Pembleton
Reed Diamond Det. Mike Kellerman
Michelle Forbes Chief ME Julianna Cox
Peter Gerety Det. Stuart Gharty
Clark Johnson Det. Meldrick Lewis
Yaphet Kotto Lt. Al Giardello
Kyle Secor Det. Tim Bayliss
Jon Seda Det. Paul Falsone
Callie Thorne Det. Laura Ballard
Guest Starring
Alison Folland Grace Rivera
Toni Lewis Det. Terri Stivers
Hazelle Goodman Georgia Rae Mahoney
Ami Brabson Mary Whelan-Pembleton
Helen Carey ASA Maggie Conroy
Granville Adams Ofcr. Westby
Christopher James Fischer Matt Northrup
Sean Whitesell Dr. Eli DeVilbiss
With
Susan Allenbach Dr. Porter
Stephen Angus Alex Carew
Rick Holloway Ted Ganz
Billie Jackson Lt. Kate McClendon
Katrina Owens Angela Tripp
Charles Pendleton Manny Norman
Holly Twyford Ivy Kiriakis
H. Michael Walls Anders Corolli
Music heard in Birthday
Big Head Todd and the Monsters Circle
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