Slava Schoot

Uncle Junior's associate Mikey Palmice stirs things up by making Junior think Tony wants to be next in line for boss. Meanwhile, Tony, Paulie and Silvio deal with Hasidic family problems.

The philandering wife of an arrogant plastic surgeon disappears, and the detectives suspect his efforts to find her are insincere.

Assistant DA's McCoy and Carmichael become entangled in the dangerous world of the Russian Mafia when witnesses are found dead and evidence is destroyed. In order to safely investigate, McCoy (Sam Waterston) puts the suspects behind bars without sufficient evidence, and risks violating their civil liberties. As the grim situation continues to unravel, McCoy and Carmichael (Angie Harmon) must prove the connection between the Russian defendants and a large-scale money laundering enterprise before they are released on technicalities. Benjamin Bratt, Jerry Orbach and S. Epatha Merkerson also star.

Two people are shot on the sidewalk and a diamond dealer is kidnapped. The suspects escaped in a van and the victims were shot by Uzi machine guns. A black man, whose car blocked off the intersection for the van driver, escaped into a subway station. The deceased are a banker, John Hammins, and a mother of two, who was out shopping for a diamond ring. Hammins also apparently tried to assist the kidnapped victim. The man who was kidnapped is identified as Richard Powell, a diamond dealer. His wife and father anxiously await word from the kidnappers, but they hear nothing. Then they get a call that the van has been found. Powell is dead, his hand severed and his throat cut. Briscoe (Jerry Orbach ) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) are able to recreate Powell's last stops, and realize he met Hammins at a bank near the crime scene.