When the wife of comedy club owner Michael Dobson (Larry Miller) is shot, the detectives look into whether he did, and whether it is worth risking the comatose Mrs. Dobson's life to retrieve a potential piece of evidence from her.
Tropes in this episode
- Artistic License – Medicine: A patient with a Glascow Coma Score of 4 like Mrs. Dobson would be intubated and on a ventilator, not a cannula into her nose.
- At Least I Admit It: Michael Dobson admits he is a jerk and proclaims his innocence at the same time:"I don't need you to tell me I'm a sonuvabitch. Been one for a long time. I like it. The hours are good and there's no heavy lifting. But I happen to be a sonuvabitch whose wife was shot by some other sonuvabitch."
- Awful Wedded Life: The Dobsons were in one of these.
- The Bad Guy Wins: To paraphrase: The incredibly unpleasant guy who had motive and opportunity gets away with arranging to shoot his wife in the head. Probably."Thanks. No alimony!"
- Quip to Black: Schiff gets this one to close the episode, after he and McCoy discuss all the reasons someone can get away with murder in court:"Or innocent?"
