Beatrice Winde

The combination of the murder of two children, Costas’ pregnancy and Russell’s drinking problem begin to take their toll on Sipowicz.

When a young, pregnant Nigerian girl goes into fatal convulsions, 20 heroin-filled condoms are found in her stomach. Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Logan (Chris Noth) must track down those responsible for the drugs and consequently the girl's murder. But can the D.A.'s office make charges stick when the culprit is a Nigerian Tribal Chief?

Racial tensions reach dangerously high levels after the fatal hit and run of a twelve-year-old. Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) is soon in the hot seat as locals question the amount of attention (or lack thereof) that the case is receiving.

Johnny Vega (Gary Busey) used to be a huge singer, and he still gets recognized on the street. He is a regular at Noonan's, a local Irish pub, and has been patronizing the establishment every Friday night for the past ten years. After a routine dinner with his wife Mary Ann, he comes rushing into the restaurant and tells the owner his wife has been shot. Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) are on the scene and piece together the timeline. Vega and his wife had left the restaurant around 9:00, then Vega came back to switch a bet he had placed and left again, only to return a few minutes later in shock, saying his wife had been shot. He had a panic attack and was taken home. Briscoe and Green go to Vega's house to question him and find his manager, Arthur Cahill (Joe Piscopo), and grown children, Peter (David Allan Case) and Jason, visiting the panicked singer. Their theory is that Mary Ann was mugged while Vega went back to switch the bet.