Mercy

what happens

Homicide is called in when a woman is distressed at the fact the Dr. Turner helped her brother stop suffering from his colon cancer by injecting him with a lethal dose of morphine. Other members of her family were comfortable with the way he died. Pembleton and Bayliss investigate the issue of murder or mercy. Ballard and Gharty spot their city goats at a shopping mall, where Gharty was using Ballard as a consultant in his purchase of a gift. Stivers and Falsone catch a case where a schoolgirl and the owner of a pizza parlor are murdered during the holdup of the pizza parlor. Kellerman confronts Judge Gibbons and tapes their conversation about his ruling in making the wrongful death suit a jury case. Ballard and Gharty round up their city goats after they confront their mother. Gee warns the rookie homicide detectives, Stivers and Falsone about the baggage that comes with working their first case involving the death of a child. Pembleton and Bayliss' investigation of Dr. Turner's pract

who made it

directed

Alan Taylor

written

Eric Overmyer

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

• Toni Lewis as Terri Stivers
• Alfre Woodard as Dr. Roxanne Turner
• SSharon Ziman as Naomi
• Ellen McElduff as Billie Lou Hatfield
• Harlee McBride as Alyssa Dyer
• KKathryn Kelley as Donna McCord
• RRick Warner as Judge Gerald Gibbons
• CChristopher Kadish as Lindsay Schell