L&O: Lupo sleeps with a murder suspect and Van Buren gets cancer

L&O S20 E5 “Just a Girl in the World”

“Wait. You’re saying the cop behind me was humping the suspect when he came across a nightie connected to the murder? Your honor, I’m going to need a minute to bang my head against a wall.”

“Wait. You’re saying the cop behind me was humping the suspect when he came across a nightie connected to the murder? Your honor, I’m going to need a minute to bang my head against a wall.”

The murder of a crime tech and a thwarted attack have Lupo and Bernard looking for a man targeting Asian women. Lupo breaks the rules by sleeping with the witness, but when he discovers a key piece of evidence in her apartment he realizes she's a suspect.

Meantime, Van Buren learns her stage II cervical cancer was caused by an HPV infection from her ex-husband (that son of a bitch!).

We're talking about Law & Order season 20 episode 2 "Just a Girl in the World." Our returning guest is Lani Diane Rich from Chipperish Media.

This episode is inspired by the case of Kari Ferrell, the so-called "hipster grifter."