This episode has Jerry Orbach and Chris Noth investigating the death of a fourteen year old good kid from a nice Catholic school. Turns out he really is a
good kid, but some at that prep school ain't so good.
At the bottom of this is the old code of the street that says don't rat out anyone which in this case is added the caveat not even to protect your own life. The innocent victim got in the way of a bullet that another good kid Danny Gerard fired at gun dealer Guillermo Diaz.
It might have gone differently had Gerard hit what he aimed at, but such was not the case. As it happens Gerard's father is a former detective Robert Hogan who is not above calling in some old favors from friends on the force. He tries to call one in from Orbach. Hogan and Orbach's scene is a classic.
It's tragic all around.
At the bottom of this is the old code of the street that says don't rat out anyone which in this case is added the caveat not even to protect your own life. The innocent victim got in the way of a bullet that another good kid Danny Gerard fired at gun dealer Guillermo Diaz.
It might have gone differently had Gerard hit what he aimed at, but such was not the case. As it happens Gerard's father is a former detective Robert Hogan who is not above calling in some old favors from friends on the force. He tries to call one in from Orbach. Hogan and Orbach's scene is a classic.
It's tragic all around.