Another murder investigation on Law & Order Season 21 Episode 5 will keep Kevin and Frank occupied next week. While the previous episode gave us a look at a family court judge named David Keating ending up dead after he was hit with a fire extinguisher in a parking garage. Meanwhile, Frank and Kevin had to work on this fast and extensively since there was a lot of pressure from above due to the victim being a reputed judge.
On the other hand, things started to look sketchy for David as well when the detectives started digging deeper. Whereas, the case got even more tricky when a famous tennis player named Lucy McDaniel became the prime suspect in the murder case. However, it looked as if Lucy’s father was the reason behind her losing her cool and murdering David. While A.D.A Samantha did something to help Lucy behind Nolan’s back.
The immensely popular television series that had been one of the most loved shows in the US has returned once again since it was canceled back in 2010. That is why the show has also intrigued a lot of viewers to get back to it. Although, after the first four episodes in the season, they are now eager to watch Law & Order Season 21 Episode 5. But first, let us find out what went down in the previous episode.
Law & Order Season 21 Episode 4 Recap
Episode 4 of Law & Order Season 21 came out on 17th March 2022 and was titled “Fault Lines”. The episode saw Frank and Kevin investigating the murder of a family court judge David Keating who was smashed to death with a fire extinguisher in a parking garage near his apartment. As they moved ahead with the investigation, they first ruled out two men who were possible suspects in the murder. The first man had a grudge against Keating for separating him from his son by putting out a restraining order against him.
But his alibi checked out that he was in no way near Keating at the time of the murder. Next, Frank and Kevin went to a hotel where Keaton had attended an event for an unrecognized school. After digging in deeper, it was found that even though he earned a lot, he was still in debt due to his gambling problems. This led to the second man being a suspect who was threatening Keating to pay back the money he owed him. But the man’s alibi checked out too since he left with the money after getting it from Keating and Keating was killed minutes after that.
In the meantime, Kate informed Kevin that the results of the DNA from the hair found on the fire extinguisher proved that it was of a woman. Furthermore, it also described other traits of the woman. Telling this to the suspect, he mentioned that he saw a woman rushing by him and was wearing glasses after she stepped out of a black SUV. Eventually, they tracked the woman who was a world-class tennis player Lucy.
The evidence had already been proved as the DNA was a match with her, so the murder trial began. At first, the defendant tried to put the blame on the second suspect since he had a record of assault. But all of that didn’t do much help to them.
So they moved forward with the motion that Lucy was mentally unstable which led to her not realizing the difference between right and wrong. During all of this, Nolan and Samantha learned that Lucy’s father Tom was her legal guardian for the past six years and was paying Keating to deny Lucy’s requests for going on vacations, marry her boyfriend, and more. All in all, she didn’t have the freedom of making her own decisions. So, Nolan offered her lawyer and father an offer to plead guilty and do the time in prison for manslaughter instead of murder.
But Tom refused the offer, saying that he’ll win the case, and didn’t even tell her. This meant that Lucy’s lawyer was also corrupt and working for Tom. So she went behind Nolan’s back and asked Kevin to meet Lucy in prison and tell her everything about her father’s doing. Eventually, Lucy didn’t listen to her father anymore and pleaded guilty, going to jail for manslaughter since she accepted Nolan’s offer. In the end, however, Nolan told Samantha to never go behind his back like this, or he will fire her.
Law & Order Season 21 Episode 5: Release Date, Spoilers & Air Time
“Law & Order Season 21 Episode 5 will release on 7th April 2022 at 8 pm ET on NBC.” Additionally, the episode will be titled “Free Speech”. The episode will see a conspiracy behind the death of a congressional candidate as Kevin and Frank investigate it.
Watch Law & Order Season 21 Episode 5 Online – Streaming Details
Law & Order Season 21 airs every Thursday at 8 pm ET on NBC in the United States. Moreover, the show also streams on the Peacock streaming service. While it is also available to watch on Hulu and Youtube TV. Meanwhile, the show airs every Thursday on Citytv in Canada as well.
