Shear Stupidity

Sinclair has brought to the stand Hector Acevedo, the man who Rodriguez roughed up when he found it was Acevedo who broke into his mother's apartment and robbed and beat her. Then he calls Det. Olivera to the stand, the one witness to Rodriguez's treatment of Acevedo. Haywood asks for a sidebar and gets sometime to prepare for this witness, whose testimony might be damaging, but Rodriguez isn't worried. The detectives are on the scene of the assault of Ron Szudarek. They interview the victim's next door neighbor, but the guilt on his face is only caused by the fact he is smoking behind his wife's back. Back at the squad there is discussion about Olivera and the trial as well as what information they've gathered on their case. Medavoy and Jones are reported to be on their way to interview Bob Drazin, an employee of the victim's barber shop. In the meantime, a woman comes into the squad to report that her husband is missing; Sipowicz and Clark agree to look into it for her, even th

Hector Acevedo, une vieille connaissance du lieutenant Rodriguez, vient témoigner contre lui au procès. Sinclair décide ensuite d'appeler Carmen Olivera à la barre pour qu'elle puisse donner sa version des faits. Cependant, un homme, violemment battu et torturé, est retrouvé inconscient dans l'appartement d'Acevedo. Les inspecteurs pensent immédiatement à un règlement de compte. Parallèlement, une femme vient déclarer la disparition de son époux, un père aimant et dévoué. Elle soupçonne le cousin de ce dernier, un petit voyou, d'en être responsable. L'affaire prend une nouvelle tournure lorsque l'épouse est elle-même violemment agressée...