Mom's Away

Connie still watching her daughter catches her and a friend with a joint. She brings them to the precinct with the intention of getting to know her daughter and her adoptive parents. Sipowicz, Gibson and Clark Jr. investigate a drug related murder, while McDowell begins to help Medavoy and Jones with their homicide at a construction site, but is anxious to return to the squad. Mrs. Murray joins the detectives in the interviewing of her son Michael, who eventually gives them the name of someone they should be looking at for the murder. Upon McDowell's return she begins to interview her daughter, probing to find out information about her parents and how they've raised her. When Sipowicz returns to the house, he recognizes Connie's collar as her daughter. He re-advises her to let it go, but Connie claims that she only wants to talk with the mother, and then she can go. Sipowicz, Gibson and Clark Jr. interview Carter Freeman, but it doesn't lead anywhere. They advise him that they

A l'âge de 15 ans, Connie McDowell a fait adopter son enfant nouveau-né, incapable d'assurer sa subsistance. Les années passant, elle n'a pu se résoudre à oublier sa fille et, de loin, elle a toujours tenté de la couver d'un oeil bienveillant. Un jour, Connie surprend l'adolescente en train de fumer du haschich avec son petit ami. Elle décide de l'interpeller et de l'amener au commissariat : une façon un peu particulière de faire connaissance. Pendant ce temps, Sipowicz, Gibson et Clark junior enquêtent sur un meurtre lié à un trafic de drogue, tandis que Connie aide Medavoy et Jones, qui s'occupent d'un homicide commis sur un chantier...

Das Team untersucht den Mord an zwei Drogendealern und den Fund einer Leiche, die fälschlicherweise als Opfer des Anschlags auf das World Trade Center aufgeführt wurde. McDowell verhaftet die Tochter, die sie zur Adoption freigegeben hat.