I Killed Him for the Children

I Killed Him for the Children - Law & Order

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A Paediatric Oncologist claims she killed a man in order for him to bring joy to the terminally ill children that have died under her care.
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From Season 14, Episode 9 "Compassion" - Did a pediatric oncologist kill a con artist over a failed investment, or did she actually crack mentally over the stress of dealing with terminally-ill children?
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@yndrelbosch3678 3 жыл бұрын

I've been reading the comments and noticed no one has made mention of the fact that she remembers their names. I'm sure she remembers the name of every child she failed to save. And that, in itself, is a heartbreaking fact.

@brrrrrrrrino 3 жыл бұрын

That really got me. Her listing the kids names and their stories. Heartbreaking

@Taz48930 3 жыл бұрын

I notice that right away as my mum has bad memories and is very forgetful but she still remembers the names of the old ladies that died in the care home she worked at

@vlera8447 3 жыл бұрын

Hogwash. You can remember the names if you have motivation enough. There is nothing factual about statement.

@yndrelbosch3678 3 жыл бұрын

@@vlera8447 what isn't factual? That she remembers their names or that I think that's heartbreaking? Both statements are facts. Just because you don't think the same way I do does not make it non factual.

@CH-pv2rz 2 жыл бұрын

It was in the script...

@TheLadyKatt 2 жыл бұрын

The tears in Jacks eyes right as he calls for recess. He knows she believes every word. Her mental state snapped like a twig unable to save all those kids.

@queenesther09 10 ай бұрын

Not to mention that lousy shyster who played on all her pent up guilt and grief for his own gain.

@dietotaku 6 ай бұрын

pretty sure "i killed him so he could go to heaven with the children" isn't a valid defense. and i don't know how anyone who sees so many innocents die so young for no reason can believe there's a god in heaven deliberately killing those children.

@TPTGopher 5 ай бұрын

I've always found her to be one of the few insanity claims I actually believe, given that she went for that when (in the L&O universe) on many occasions, far less sympathetic defendants have successfully used the "fucker had it coming" defense to get away with killing far more sympathetic victims.

@CKarasu13 3 ай бұрын

@@dietotaku Not sure how you completely missed the point of the scene. It's not a valid defense, and she's not being logical. She's cracked under the stress and grief. The plea deal they give is a mercy. And given that even Jack was affected, I doubt she'd be given a much harsher sentence from the jury.

@FrankWolenczak 3 ай бұрын

@@CKarasu13 Dr. Allison was tried under the motive that he robbed her with a real estate scam. Instead, she killed him because of his latest con as a spiritual medium, a con Dr. Allison believed and was devastated to find was wrong. She argued the grief of her job coupled with the pain of the revelation drove her over the edge, and on the stand, she had a psychotic breakdown when she wept that Blake was with the children in Heaven. The prosecution was sympathetic and agreed for Dr. Allison to be institutionalized.

@dariadoo1 3 жыл бұрын

Jeez, Jack basically said why didn’t you kill yourself in order to be with the children and help them. Her reaction to that question even made Jack realize that she truly believed what she was saying. Aunt Lydia has always been a believer.

@dfgolez5821 3 жыл бұрын

I lol'd on this too much 😂

@kiayawilliams5714 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was her, she’s a good actress

@adikusuma3839 3 жыл бұрын

How was her reaction? What was her answer?

@ThePrincessCH 3 жыл бұрын

@@adikusuma3839 You're watching it.

@aaronjames5276 Жыл бұрын

Jack asked an excellent question. Of course, she’s so dumb that she falls for yet another con. But that’s what con men are good at. That’s why they’re able to steal from people and manage to convince their victims that they brought it on themselves. There are a lot of dumb people.

@rddev8382 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing children die as part of your job, yeah I can see how that would be just a constant emotional blow

@rddev8382 3 жыл бұрын

@@Art_thecl0wn Hope your Brother stays strong

@jaimeduncan6167 2 жыл бұрын

some people just become insensitive. It's harsh.

@alexs5744 2 жыл бұрын

You couldn’t pay me enough to have a job like that. I’d rather dig trenches the rest of my life.

@Valeska687 Жыл бұрын

I worked as security at children's hospital a very long time ago. I didn't last very long.

@Randomkitty74 3 жыл бұрын

I actually cried at that last scene. She really didn't think she was doing enough, even though they were at the stage that nothing could help them. But I think she was really the best thing for those children. Props to the actress for making me cry, it felt very real.

@rcslyman8929 3 жыл бұрын

"Look, this has nothing to do with the patient. It's all about you. You are afraid of death, and you can't be. You're in Medicine. You've got to accept the fact that everything we do here, everything... is a stall. We're just trying to keep the game going, that's it. But ultimately it always ends up the same way." - Perry Cox

@samjones6046 2 жыл бұрын

@@rcslyman8929 it's different with Dr Cox and this doctor. Dr Cox was a great physician, who saw death as a part of life and could rationalize it to some extent. Vast majority of his patients were older , many even elderly. Even then he got to save many and this is the same Dr Cox who had a breakdown over losing patients to a botched organ transfer. The patients who died were all adults, the youngest being a 30-40s father. This doctor specialized in an area of medicine where it was often terminal cases and children. Seeing children die is something that's so horrible that most people who do change instantaneously. Seeing children die so often, eventually you just become the harbinger of death, even in your own mind.

@HeronCoyote1234 2 жыл бұрын

Ann Dowd is a gifted actress, to be sure.

@mangafq8 Жыл бұрын

It didn't feel real to me at all.

@kaybee4132 Жыл бұрын

@RC Slyman @Sam Jones Love your posts here - nothing like putting life in perspective. Death is real and a part of life. It does seem like robbery when a child dies or is dying vs an adult. However, all of it is sad. But as in Perry Cox's statement, " it's a stall". That took me out. We as humans have to learn to deal with & discuss it at many levels.

@gutz1981 3 жыл бұрын

She believed it. She fell so deep into it all, she chose the dream over the harsh reality.

@TrueAuthenticSweets 2 жыл бұрын

Dream how?

@sws212 Жыл бұрын

@@TrueAuthenticSweets This particular doctor had no filter in the episode. Most doctors in her career field are meant to build emotional barriers and safeguards like going to therapy or finding outside outlets to relieve very heavy stress. She went 100% into those kids and it emotional wrecked her every time. her career was basically suicidal.

@adambrown3918 3 жыл бұрын

Ann Dowd is a phenomenal actress! She plays great villians too such as Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid's Tale. So convincing! Great job. 😊

@MSW96 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if that was her (Haven’t seen Handmaid’s yet). I love her voice!

@maryclaremayo6157 3 жыл бұрын

@@MSW96 With age her voice has deepened and has such gravitas and as Aunt Lydia, elicits fear. She is incredible.

@nikkikennedy3080 3 жыл бұрын

@@maryclaremayo6157 well put

@growlinghands4696 3 жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen The Leftovers, you should - she plays a complicated cult leader after a catastrophic event. She does more not talking than most actors can with pages of dialogue.

@kush225 3 жыл бұрын

VERY convincing, I hate her so much😭😭😭

@juliantapia1407 3 жыл бұрын

Her grief completely cracked her

@angemaidment5640 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in a hospital, having various operations and treatments as part of a medical condition. As sick as I often was, the kids with cancer left a mark on me. I would get to know some of them during one stay, and never saw them again. I could only imagine how much those kids touched the lives of the medical staff.

@2degucitas 3 жыл бұрын

That must have been hard, getting to know a kid only to have then go off, never to see them again.

@opossumpadaum7433 Жыл бұрын

This speaks volumes for the need of psychological support for those working these kinds of jobs where they are forced to witness death day in and day out, especially children

@nikidalzell9615 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the look on Jack’s face when she says she failed...the ‘sometimes I hate my job’ what she did was wrong in every definition. But what she had to see everyday in her job watching children die, alone in pain and surely terrified. Her heart was in the right place but that just showed how so many who give so much knowing how a lot of time the inevitable is only around the corner and there’s not really anyone who will support them through it with bleeding them dry either.

@Braddah_Sense 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it's because they both have similar jobs. Neither is preventing, it's cleaning up the pieces. Trying to make best out of a bad situation after the fact (homicide or terminal cancer). I thought it to be that the words of the doctor hit Jack because he feels that too in some way. Unable to help in time, to stop the suffering (only get justice but not prevent it).

@alexs5744 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the look of, “The state doesn’t pay me enough for this bullshit”.

@HeronCoyote1234 2 жыл бұрын

I saw Jack’s look as “No way am I going to win this case.” If I were on that jury, I probably couldn’t convict for so many reasons. She really believed what she did was for the children. Would her life be better served going back to work to help at whatever capacity she could? I think sending her to prison would serve no purpose.

@misspinkpunkykat 2 жыл бұрын

When my brother was in medical school, he said pediatric oncology was his worst residential rotation because he knew not all of the children were going to survive.

@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 2 жыл бұрын

Ugh, I can't imagine how much pain that must be to feel like you can't do anything but help make the time they have left as painless as possible… 😔😢

@HeronCoyote1234 2 жыл бұрын

I once read that someone did not believe in God because of two words: “pediatric oncology”. He has a point.

@flickcentergaming680 5 ай бұрын

@@HeronCoyote1234 I am of the opinion that a God can be loving OR omnipotent, not both. If He truly controls everything (good and bad) that happens on Earth, He cannot be loving. People who love people don't give them fatal cancer.

@askthehealerofthebroken4516 3 жыл бұрын

I have not seen this episode, but I see this clip that's under 7 minutes long and I am bawling. You could tell the cross examiner called a recess, because he realized she's losing it and truly believes the dead kids and babies were going to have a guardian.....it sounds like Gidian took advantage of her grief to get funds and she killed him truly believing he was going to help the kids not be alone....Gidian caused his own death

@RobinPM86 3 жыл бұрын

HE was going to lose it. Didn't you see the tears in his eyes? It's horrible when children have to die from cancer or any other disease, probably more horrible when a doctor realizes she can do nothing to prevent it.

@q851230 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to her in the end of this ep?

@askthehealerofthebroken4516 3 жыл бұрын

@@q851230 I have not seen this episode. However if you look 10 comments below my post, you'll find Voidcadet posted a dialogue between the two lawyers Jack and Swift. Pretty sure it's lagit dialogue from the episode.

@orangefox1231 3 жыл бұрын

@@askthehealerofthebroken4516 It is. I know this episode practically by heart

@MrBda241 2 жыл бұрын

@@q851230 I believe she is to be held in a Psychiatric ward to see if she is any fit to continue without any supervision, but it's a decision everyone agreed on since they think it's for the best.

@thomasplouffe1363 3 жыл бұрын

She just wanted those children to live, but couldn’t because of how sick they were, my hearts killing me

@123haninhk 3 жыл бұрын

Even Jack seems to pity the woman.

@codenamejinza 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, who wouldn't?

@123haninhk 3 жыл бұрын

@@codenamejinza Well, Jack 😅 He was known very ruthless.

@yesterdayitrained 3 жыл бұрын

When he realized she really believed- truly believed- suddenly his job became much more complicated- and much more sad.

@matthewforsyth284 3 жыл бұрын

yeah after obviously was crazy and clearly not out for revenge.

@BryantFinlay 3 жыл бұрын

He arranges for her to plead out with a reduced sentence

@wanfu5634 3 жыл бұрын

That creeping realization she is a True Believer.

@mangafq8 Жыл бұрын

If she were a True Believer, she would let God's will be done, not her will. Jesus, I play my Trust in Thee.

@alexs5744 3 жыл бұрын

I lost my sister to a brain tumor almost 13 years ago and it hurt me. Still hurts me to this day but I can’t imagine the hell that cancer doctors have to endure.

@suzawilo 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss 💔 Also lost a sister but to another illness.

@alexs5744 3 жыл бұрын

@@suzawilo Sorry to hear that. It’s awful losing a loved one.

@fruitpunch-mouth 3 жыл бұрын

my condolences, it's always hardest to lose a loved one to the big C. hold on to the memories you have of her and let her life inspire you to live your life with attributes she passed on to you.

@matthewforsyth284 3 жыл бұрын

@@suzawilo aww well I know how that feels and I know your talking about children and girls unfortunately dieing but still to be honest I know what’s it’s like to loose a loved one because I lost my grandpa Jim to bone cancer.

@suzawilo 3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewforsyth284 Loss is loss💔🙏🏽

@drogo1913 3 жыл бұрын

Much as I want to berate her-- I can’t... I place myself in her position of watching innocent children younger than my youngest niece dying and inspire of my years of training and practice they still die of advanced stages of cancers and tumors-- I would have lost my sanity in less than a day repeating that cycle and their grieving families.

@goldenvulture6818 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't excuse what she did & it doesn't make her sympathetic

@drogo1913 3 жыл бұрын

@@goldenvulture6818 I know that

@MR.LMR1996 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't excuse what she did. But she IS in need of a lot of help. Not punishment.

@drogo1913 3 жыл бұрын

@@MR.LMR1996 I know and I’m not trying to absolve anything about what she chose to do but, I’m also looking at it from both sides. Like I said I wouldn’t last a day in that situation my morality, compassion and guilt seeing those poor kids suffering from advanced diseases and I couldn’t help despite my years of training would’ve destroyed me....what about you? What would you do different???

@MR.LMR1996 3 жыл бұрын

@@drogo1913 I don't think anyone could cope and put up with a job and life like this unless they've been numbed to the death of others long before.

@gulabjam1 3 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful performance! It got me tearing for the pain she feels

@rosepuff321 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, she's a really good actress

@suzawilo 3 жыл бұрын

@@rosepuff321 Amazing even.

@rickardkaufman3988 3 жыл бұрын

You should check out The Handmaid's Tale and The Leftovers. She's amazing in those shows.

@suzawilo 3 жыл бұрын

@@rickardkaufman3988 Leftovers I've seen. Handmaid been trying to avoid, for reasons.

@rickardkaufman3988 3 жыл бұрын

@@suzawilo Haven't see The Leftovers but her acting on The Handmaid's Tale is very brutal to the point I knew she would an Emmy when she was nominated for the 1st season.

@gideonjones8088 2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen an actor so realistically talk through tears like that

@marysisak2359 2 жыл бұрын

This was one of the most dramatic scenes I have ever seen. I have watched it several times and tear up every time including this one. She is one hell of an actress and the changing expression on McCoy's face to her action is also stellar. Still crying.

@mangafq8 Жыл бұрын

dry eyes here.

@paulastiles5507 7 ай бұрын

My favorite of hers is when she played the sister in "Pro Se." So heartbreaking.

@marysisak2359 7 ай бұрын

@@paulastiles5507 I will have to try and find that. Thanks.

@paulastiles5507 7 ай бұрын

@@marysisak2359You're welcome! The episode is called "Pro Se" and it's season 6, episode 21.

@orangefox1231 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a crime that she didn’t get the guest emmy for this. I’ve seen many award snubs, this is at the very top. She is so moving here. Impossible to not feel her pain

@mangafq8 Жыл бұрын

She didn't do it for me.

@jasonprimrose8179 Жыл бұрын

This woman’s acting is completely mind boggling. If you can make someone cry in minutes without context, you are so powerful.

@zelly4914 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine counselors need a great deal of counseling as well.

@DominicNJ73 3 жыл бұрын

We do. Not all of us, of course, but those of us that work with the profoundly damaged do have regular sessions. My work centers on men who were abused as children, physically/sexually/emotionally and returning veterans who have PTSD. It becomes overwhelming, living their most horrific experiences through their memories, sharing in their pain and their grief, seeing how the traumas of their past still carry into their adult lives. Some I can help, some I can help a little and others I can't do much but let them relive and reprocess the same trauma over and over again. It's hard seeing my brothers in so much pain and not being able to help all of them.

@EdgyShooter Жыл бұрын

She broke, she got to a point of seeing all that death happening to people who hadn't even had a chance to act in a way that could possibly condem them and it destroyed her, so she grasped on to this belief because without it she'd fall apart entirely. Brilliant actress, really conveyed the desperation to cling onto her belief and the heart wrenching things the character had experienced for years on end

@cunningsmile4166 9 ай бұрын

5:34 Thats when he broke. He couldnt keep going. Hes seeing a woman who killed without malice. But out of pain and delusion.

@garwynrosser8907 Жыл бұрын

It's a clever outcome to a episode of Law and Order. The con-man was so good at convincing this Doctor that the children needed him that she killed him to be with them. She needed him to be with them because she spent her whole life watching them suffer and die. Sadly, in the end he was never going to join them anywhere and he was killed to soothe the guilt of Doctors own perceived failures. She was truly compassionate and truly broken by her responsibilities.

@dryb3301 11 ай бұрын

Con man got what he deserved and no one even went to prison for his murder. Talk about karma

@WolfRamAndHart 10 ай бұрын

@@dryb3301 The point Jack was trying to make, was exactly that. She killed him for personal motives. But based on her testimony, she was so far gone, she would have justifiably killed about anyone. Its at least diminished capacity, but she's probably insane.

@dryb3301 10 ай бұрын

@@WolfRamAndHart probably? ??? She's the definition of insanity. So far gone and not an ounce of insight

@paulastiles5507 7 ай бұрын

@@WolfRamAndHartYes, that's what scary. She's at the point where she's so far gone she can justify killing just about anyone "for the children" to herself. She's not evil, but she is very, very dangerous and should not be out of custody.

@voidcadet 3 жыл бұрын

Jack McCoy: Four minutes. Swift: Always have to play the tough guy, don't you? Jack McCoy: Tough has nothing to do with this. Swift: You feel for the woman, Jack. It doesn't make you weak. Jack McCoy: Three minutes. Swift: I could win this case, you know. Jack McCoy: Not when the judge instructs the jury on the definition of legal insanity. Swift: Ten years is a long time. Jack McCoy: She killed a man. Swift: A scoundrel. Ten years, or... until a panel of three medical professionals certify she's not a threat to herself or others. Jack McCoy: Doctors to be chosen by my office. Swift: But in the private psychiatric facility of her choice. Jack McCoy: To be approved of by me and located within my jurisdiction. One minute. Swift: Done. Jack McCoy: I'll tell the judge. Swift: It's not a bad thing, Jack. Jack McCoy: What? Swift: Having a heart.

@samin096 Жыл бұрын

You memorized that? Don’t blame you I remember this episode amongst all when I first saw it more then 15 years back

@RachelRamirezCaroline Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing what happened during that recess! I’m so glad she didn’t go to prison but instead went to a psychiatric facility.

@Fatherofheroesandheroines 2 жыл бұрын

My oldest daughter has been in remission for a form of child leukemia, don't ask me the name I am very bad with the medical names. This one hit me hard, as we nearly lost her twice to cancer. I cry every single time this episode is on, because I also felt that pain.

@papabumba478 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like she gres delusions because it’s the only way she could deal with what she was seeing on a daily basis. She genuinely believed what she was saying

@bellerain381 2 жыл бұрын

With all the grief she was holding in, my guess is that it was a matter of time before she snapped.

@kevindolan9 Жыл бұрын

She’s just completely broken after years of seeing children under her supervision die from cancer. She obviously needed anything no matter how small or out there to keep her together. I can’t imagine how many dead kids she “sees” from time to time, I sympathize with her but she still committed murder that ended a the life con artist who would’ve been arrested and give other swindled people closure.

@travisjohnson6676 3 жыл бұрын

the acting of the guest actors (most of whom you've never heard of) is routinely superlative

@jadebolt4416 3 жыл бұрын

I think part way through the sentencing Jack lost his will to truly see her punished/convicted. The lady burned out and became delusional. She should have resignd the moment the job became too much for her though i understand mental health wasn't viewed as important back then as it is now. If he wanted her to do truly hard time then he would have played it from her victim's point of view; She killed the guy so he needlessly could play eternal baby sitter. She mentioned how the children were happy ect, but what about her victim? was he happy? He wasn't dying of a terminal illness or anything and while unfair he still had life left in him, that she stole from him. Those kids were in heaven with no pain or suffering, they weren't alone as she claimed they were with God/angels- it was the parents who needed consoling. So the con of speaking to the dead gave them comfort- a comfort she took from other parents who could have used this conman to 'commune'.

@FraeuleinLuischen 3 жыл бұрын

Aunt Lydia always worries about the children

@2degucitas 3 жыл бұрын

Who is Aunt Lydia?

@kush225 3 жыл бұрын

@@2degucitas She plays Aunt Lydia in The Handmaid's Tale.

@JeannieHart Жыл бұрын

Plot twist!! This dang scene has me in tears every time. 🥺😄 The actress did a superb job!! You know she is not just broken and torn, she has lost her mind regarding those babies and your heart breaks for her. Love this show!! It shines the light on topics not often discussed. Burnout for healthcare workers is real.💙💜

@paigekp121 3 жыл бұрын

I cried my heart out not sure how the actors managed to film that without breaking down

@mangafq8 Жыл бұрын

I found it rather strange that the woman wanted to play God so it didn't hit me at all actually. And I am a cancer survivor myself.

@goconnor0304 3 жыл бұрын

Ann Dowd - a wonderful actress!

@edwardmoore5325 2 жыл бұрын

Is she the actress that plays Frazier s agent Bebe?

@goconnor0304 2 жыл бұрын

@@edwardmoore5325 No. The actress you are thinking of is Harriet Sansom Harris.

@kiatequila424 3 жыл бұрын

The show will never get old to me

@dryb3301 2 жыл бұрын

This is why I quit working in pediatrics. Death of a child makes a permanent scar in your heart

@paulsmallriver6066 3 жыл бұрын

That actress pulled me into her heart with that sorrow and grief and sadness. Dear gawd!

@ytw101 3 жыл бұрын

Delusional comes from denying the truth. And the truth can set you free, but can hurt just as being in a life of lies. But unlike lies, truth can help you heal and learn from them. While lying fester and rots. What she did was no different then the terminal illness that took those lives.

@rutger5000 3 жыл бұрын

The greatest delusion is truth. It's the only one you need to free yourself from. The only value truth provides that can't be found in lies is practical. Important to be sure, but not a stable foundation for any philosophy. Her delusion could have supported her through a cruelling career in which she could have saved many children. Because she believed in truth she didn't recognize the delusion for what it was. As a result she used it irresponsibly. If she recognized truth only for the practical tool that it is, then she could recognize her delusions as well. She could have believed in them to gain strength, without the need to act on them and murder a man.

@kellielynne253 3 жыл бұрын

Awww, I remember crying so much when I saw this episode

@colummccrudden101 3 жыл бұрын

Sitting here painting my model trains on whole marathon of these cases clips I see her in absolute agony all built up Then i see Jack slowly seeing the full picture, i fully wanted him to shed a tear, for the kids, or for her absolute depth of depression and sorrow.

@creatip123 Жыл бұрын

man, the eye acting of both her and mccoy was so good in this clip....

@lkhuey 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great but sad episode. Ann Dowd is a powerhouse.

@vandaway1 3 жыл бұрын

Goddammit KZfaq! I was just laughing at Chris Pratt doing an impression of Towie and now I'm full blown ugly crying at 3 in the afternoon! I was so not prepared for this!

@JosephDutra Жыл бұрын

Ann Dowd truly is an amazing actress. How is it only until recent years she’s finally getting the recognition she deserves?!

@dmf1301 3 жыл бұрын

She has a point. Obviously all this 'communicating with the dead' medium stuff is just rubbish (to me)... but if people who are suffering truly believe and find comfort in the 'knowledge' that their passed love one is safe and happy, then it's a good thing.

@goldenvulture6818 3 жыл бұрын

Its not a good thing at all. Believing in any kind of mythology is no different than being a drug addict or alcoholic who willingly chooses to keep consuming either substance.

@WobblesandBean 3 жыл бұрын

I completely disagree. These people every last so-called "psychic" are grifting are forever having the memory of their loved ones tainted. They are hijacking a dead person's dignity and poisoning their relatives into believing a total lie.

@ugan2 3 жыл бұрын

Except when it comes to them being conned. People will legit give up everything just to get that sense of comfort instead of taking the steps to move on. She's a prime example of this. She clearly needed psychiatric help to deal with the trauma of her job but instead this man gave her that comfort fix that fed into her break instead helping her move on. Result: she killed him thinking he could help the kids It's like that episode of Leverage (I know it exaggerates but it still gets the point) where a psychic was cleaning out everything a pregnant, grieving widow had so she could get some type of comfort with talking to her late.husband. It got to the point that she only had the house to use as payment and was considering selling it.

@dmf1301 3 жыл бұрын

@@ugan2 Good point. It's harmful when some charlatan takes advantage of you and steals all your money or tries to scare you. :(

@lovewhitey2027 3 жыл бұрын

@@dmf1301 it is Everywhere from banking, medical mafia, to your shady boss .Many so called healers can temporarily relieve for $30 the pain of this Demon run world 🔥

@GhostDrummer 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know who acted their scene better, the doctor or Jack.

@MrBda241 2 жыл бұрын

When the Insanity Defense really is legit and you can't help but feel sorry for her.

@lyzettesalazar 3 жыл бұрын

This was truly heartbreaking

@seerofsorrow 3 жыл бұрын

I know this going to be super contriversal of me to say but. I really think for patients that really don't have a hope and want to go.... we should just let them go. I can't imagine in being in that much constant pain. And it's one thing to be in that much pain with the understanding it will eventually stop. But..... just never ending..... I wouldn't wish that on literally anyone.

@alexs5744 3 жыл бұрын

Me neither and I speak from experience.

@patrickrhodes4679 4 ай бұрын

The look on Jack's face at the end always gets me it's just so sad.

@matthewhardy5610 Жыл бұрын

I love this scene . . . the acting, script, and message all so very powerful.

@dirdib69 7 ай бұрын

Being a caregiver for even one terminal patient can have a devastating effect on a person. My mother was my father's caregiver during his last year battling with stage 4 cancer. Hospice came in for the last few days, but the strain of it very nearly killed my mother and her own health was never really the same.

@akabeeks9074 3 жыл бұрын

That was heartbreaking

@koschke3909 3 жыл бұрын

I love this series so much, oh jeez

@muchambrosia Жыл бұрын

Oh dear, this is heart wrenching

@mayfriend2959 3 жыл бұрын

So, uh, I'm in tears. Her face... her voice... Jesus.

@LadyB_20 3 жыл бұрын

Great performance!!

@shawncouch2243 3 жыл бұрын

Insanity plea looking pretty much in the bag...

@teianheru4 2 жыл бұрын

This was by far one of my favourite episodes. It's raining in my house for the week, goodbye.

@randomperson-mv9lr 3 ай бұрын

It’s the fact she not just remembers their names but their stories and their last moments

@dondraper3871 2 ай бұрын

Ann Dowd plays central roles in 2 of the best, most touching and "trying hard not to cry" episodes of Law and Order (this one and Pro Se). I am happy she is finally getting the recognition she deserves but it should have come much sooner.

@MandA1900 3 жыл бұрын

I wish this tv series would be released on dvd I really want to start collecting them!

@GAshoneybear 3 жыл бұрын

They have the entire run in a DVD set on Amazon.

@MandA1900 3 жыл бұрын

@@GAshoneybear I know but they are region 1 and 4 which won’t play in England, then again I was looking at the complete boxset not the individual seasons I’ll have to double check to make sure none of them are region 2 x

@matador521 3 жыл бұрын

@@MandA1900 the first few seasons were produced in Region 2 but that stopped some time ago and they can only be had second-hand now - and very expensive too! I think the Region 2 DVDs stopped at season 7 so that wouldn't help with this episode anyway. Everyone is switching to streaming for the convenience! For what it's worth I just bought season 14 on Prime even though I've already got the Region 1 DVD.

@ashleymoore9187 2 жыл бұрын

Most of it is now on peacock app

@glennbarnes9245 6 ай бұрын

Ann Dowd is always phenomenal. A great character actor and a treat to watch

@labyrinthgirl17 9 ай бұрын

I lost my mom to stage four ovarian cancer when I was 16, so even though it was my parent, not my (hypothetical) child, that I lost, I understand why that doctor mentally snapped. To have to see and experience that over and over again every day, it would take a toll on most people eventually.

@santiagoluistoralesmarengo2112 Жыл бұрын

wwoooowwww la actriz es Genial .... no pensé sentirme tan emocional con un simple corto de KZfaq!!! mis sinceras felicitaciones a una Gran actriz

@coffeeaddictexpress5038 3 жыл бұрын

Lydia always cares for the babies lol.

@aaronburgin1442 3 жыл бұрын

Ann Dowd. She is so good.

@obliviouz 2 жыл бұрын

2:53 - McCoy: "Oh boy, I guess here we go..."

@sexy_garbage 9 ай бұрын

Wait a frickin minute. You’re telling me the dad from Lantern Hill is the main guy in Law and Order??? Crazy. I grew up with lantern hill because it was my mom’s favorite movie but this is honestly the first I’ve actually really seen law and order.

@madyalvarez428 3 жыл бұрын

I have a mom facing stage IV cancer. She talks constantly about how she can’t imagine how it must be for a child. Every day I see her suffer more and more. Every day I pray she lives to tomorrow. I could not in good conscience vote on a jury to imprison a woman like her, who worked tirelessly to save innocent children who didn’t deserve the awful disease that is cancer. She believed what she was saying.

@genesisstanley8163 3 жыл бұрын

I will keep your mom in my prayers🥺🙌🏾🙏🏾 Prayer is powerful

@yesterdayitrained 3 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry- I hope she is still with you.

@madyalvarez428 3 жыл бұрын

@@yesterdayitrained thankfully yes! they also think that her tumors are “dead or dying” and she’s very close to getting life saving surgery :-) she’s only 46 so we are very hopeful

@madyalvarez428 3 жыл бұрын

@@genesisstanley8163 thank you so much; everyone’s prayers have made it possible for my mom to improve drastically- they think it’s possible that she will enter remission before the end of this year thanks to her new chemo + everyone’s love and kind thoughts

@MMuraseofSandvich 3 жыл бұрын

McCoy really should take advantage of the rule where a hostile witness can be restricted to "yes or no" answers (Stone did to great effect). It is the best way to stop a defendant from using the witness stand as a pulpit.

@RazielTheUnborn 2 жыл бұрын

He couldn't in this case because he didn't ask a question that came be answered with a yes or no. If he phrased the question in a way so that it could, then yeah.

@michaelsinclair8733 3 жыл бұрын

They pick the best actors and actresses to play the Suspects and the Defendants all too well.

@lemifap2369 3 жыл бұрын

Under his eye witches

@hardsimmer 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@Bergen98 2 жыл бұрын

I am a med student - and one speciality I always thought of as the most difficult was pediatric oncology. How do my fellow doctors and nurses manage to do their jobs every day? If I was in here place, I would start thinking about "children in afterlife, happy" too

@kirkjones9827 2 жыл бұрын

Great answer. Powerful

@votemonty1815 Жыл бұрын

Admitting failure is by far the hardest thing to do on the stand. 😢

@leylanivalencia5778 3 жыл бұрын

Is that Aunt Lydia? Holy moly

@michaelduggan1890 Жыл бұрын

Some of the best actors on Law and Order are the ones who we don't know their names but they are real closers . They are amazing actors.

@Adam-je2xs 2 жыл бұрын

What a gut punch scene, wow

@caitlinlyons8376 3 жыл бұрын

Hey it’s Ann Dowd, she’s so young, fantastic actress

@richardpoynton4026 6 ай бұрын

Very good acting!

@tessadelafuente9318 2 жыл бұрын

This is just sad 😞

@lindiwengwevela524 3 жыл бұрын

Holy smokes, it's Aunt Lydia!

@NixonRules963 8 ай бұрын

McCoy is a fascinating attorney. He has proven himself willing and capable of using unethical and underhanded tactics to obtain a conviction, often prioritizing his sense of justice above the justice system itself. However he's also shown that he will only prosecute someone for what he believes they did. He has the chance to secure convictions for worst crimes but sometimes will take a deal for a lesser crime because he truly believes they only committed the lesser crime. Here he realizes that she truly believed she was sending a person to the afterlife to accompany the many dead children she thinks are there alone, and he realizes she is in fact mentally ill, though under the law she technically committed murder.

@peterweber3830 2 жыл бұрын

Great performance, Jack even goes soft

@MattAlbie 2 жыл бұрын

One of those days at work that absolutely sucks

@creativewriter3887 2 ай бұрын

Aunt Lydia's back story? lol

@ssjjosh2001 2 жыл бұрын

In every aspect....a truely tragic and pitiable character.

@allanfifield8256 2 жыл бұрын

Great acting

@TheHELEN62 2 жыл бұрын

This woman is one hell of an actress

@sohailsubhani477 3 жыл бұрын

Hei, pack of Law & Order. I live in Norway (the country). I would like to get all the episodes of all the seasons of the original Law & Order. I tried every which way to get it with no luck. Any thoughts on how can I get them (No CDs please). I prefer streaming or some sort of digital copies. I am willing to pay. I tried Amazon, Prime tv, Peacock, Apple, Google, Microsoft. When it comes to making a payment they do not accept a credit card that is not issued in the US. Any suggestions, please.

@addo2419 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe Paypal?

@terrynasonisasupervillain9017 3 жыл бұрын

I love law and order

@mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr 3 жыл бұрын

I can get behind that. It's one of those shows I never really get tired of.

@suzawilo 3 жыл бұрын

@@mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr I've dreamt of a channel that'd show just Law and Order, SVU and original CSI. 🙏🏽

@mmmuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiiirrrrr 3 жыл бұрын

@@suzawilo I'm into it

@scattysafari7742 3 жыл бұрын

Aunt Lydia really had an interesting life before Gilead, huh?

@RabbitTeaPot 3 жыл бұрын

….I’m gonna double check but I’m almost 100% sure that’s Aunt Lydia.

@asherikamichaela8425 3 жыл бұрын

Question, ma'am. In Heaven, where everything is supposed to be perfect/beautiful/eternal/etc, why would the kids even _need_ a guardian? Why would they need to have someone make them feel better when it's supposed to be all bliss, all the time, forever? EOL/Hospice care is certainly stressful, and can be mind-breaking. I see that in some of my Medicare and Medicaid clients and their caregivers. But this is really pushing the bounds of sanity. I haven't seen this episode in its entirety. Does anyone know if she was given a psych eval or anything?

@asherikamichaela8425 2 жыл бұрын

@Annistar Probably so.

@axiomist4488 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing piece of writing. I'm sitting here, not able to stop the tears. She actually got to Malone (?). He almost cried. She didn't poison the man out of any evil motive, she really believes what she says. I think she should get a slap on the wrist and found not guilty. She's suffered enough . Bless all the little kids who die such an unjust death. I mean the real ones. It's not fair ..

@dakotastein9499 Жыл бұрын

You can't just kill someone and get off scot free because you believe you had good intentions.

@rebecca4680 Жыл бұрын

@@dakotastein9499 . You can be sent to a psychiatric institution and released when deemed safe instead of 10 yr prison sentence. She clearly didn't have malicious intent and needs psychiatric help more than punishment.