Spoilers are unmarked per Spoilers Off. You Have Been Warned
Written By Patrick Harbinson
Directed By Felix Alcala
An assault and carjacking is revealed to be connected to illegal trafficking in painkillers apparently headed by an elderly woman (Melinda Dillon). Meanwhile, Stabler abuses his authority as an officer to get Kathleen's DUI swept under the rug.
Tropes
- Big, Screwed-Up Family: The drug-dealing couple. He makes his elderly mother stand outside in the cold for hours selling her prescription painkillers, she beats up junkies for money and throws another woman's baby out the window of a moving car. He ends up stabbing her to death.
- Plot Parallel: In a roundabout manner, the A plot with Jenny and Kevin Rogers mirrors the B plot with Elliot and his daughter Kathleen, specifically Double Aesop about parents doing things (even horrible things) for their children.
