How Is Major ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ Death Connected to a Stabler Brother?
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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Law & Order: Organized CrimeSeason 4 Episode 10 “Crossroads.”]
The Organized Crime Control Bureau now has to mourn one of its own.
Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) latest undercover operation on Organized Crime has him looking into an organization moving heroin tied to his brother Joe’s (Michael Trotter) drug use. And in order to maintain his cover, Stabler can’t react—as a montage of moments from the season plays—when he’s ordered to bury the body of none other than Detective Sam Bashir (Abubakr Ali) after he went missing connected to the case. He leans on the fact that he was a Marine (his tattoo) to let his anger out and question Angus (Stephen Lang) about it. Angus claims they had nothing to do with his death. Later, Mama Boone (Lois Smith) asks Angus, “We’re just doing Red Coat’s doing now?” He says it’s part of the arrangement he made to save their place; they’re buried in debt. But he made “a deal with the devil,” Mama says. Angus insists everything he’s done is for all of them.
After getting a message out, Stabler is able to pass along a message to Bell (Danielle Moné Truitt)—with Jet (Ainsley Seiger), Reyes (Rick Gonzalez), and Vargas (Tate Ellington) listening—about Sam during a VA support group. “I was part of a five-member fire team and one geeky tech that they assigned to us,” he says. “We don’t know how or when but one of our members was killed and I was the one who found him. At the time, I was separated from my unit so I wound up burying him on enemy soil. He just wanted to get back to his wife and child and unborn baby.” (Bell and Jet are later the ones to deliver the news to Sam’s wife.) He’s also able to let Bell know there’s someone above Angus.
After Stabler “proves” himself to Angus, the other man shows the undercover detective the full operation, the honey and the drugs. “We’re piggybacked onto an existing operation. My business partner likes to keep a low profile,” Angus says. While snooping around in that area later, Trisha (Rivera Reese) catches him but reveals she, too, is undercover (ATF), for months. She tells him it was Red Coat, whom Angus met overseas while working as a mercenary. His name is Julian Emery, and he’s her target.
But then Angus declares he’s paying off his partner and getting out. Stabler goes along for that meet, and Angus, as he goes to have a “private chat” with Red Coat, tells him not to hesitate if things go sideways. But Red Coat “couldn’t make it,” the two men on either side of the vehicle at the meeting say and start shooting. The one left alive insists he doesn’t know why when Angus pushes for answers. “You tell your boss he made the biggest mistake of his life. You tell him he’s next,” Angus sends along as a message. “If he wants a war, guess I got one more in me,” he says to Stabler.
Meanwhile, with Joe in the wind and Stabler not answering his calls, Randall (Dean Norris) decides to go looking for their missing brother. His investigation leads to the warehouse where Joe works. While snooping around at night (it runs in the family), he’s caught and tries to use Stabler’s name to get out of jail. (“Where’s the brotherly love?” he asks. “Down in Philly,” a cop tells him as she puts him in a holding cell.) Vargas bails him out. Then the OCCB discovers that an SUV matching the description of the vehicle Sam got into went to that same warehouse. And found in that warehouse is Sam’s blood. How deep is Joe in all this?
Trotter told TV Insider that Joe was “spiraling” when he took a family heirloom (a signed baseball) when he needed money in Episode 9. “Something else is going to have to stop him,” he said. He also teased, “the lies are going to eventually catch up to Joe.” It seems Organized Crime is getting to that point with this latest development.
How do you feel about the turns this case is taking? Let us know in the comments section, below.
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I love this show, but hate NBC for moving it to Peacock. I refuse to get another streaming service.
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I truly love this show ,I have peacock but what about all the people that can't afford another streaming channel,HOW CAN THEY WATCH THE SHOW.
I WAS ALMOST IN TEARS ALSO BCUZ YOU GROW TO LOVE THE CHARACTERS AND THEM TO LIVE AND HAVE GREAT STORYLINES.
I hope HAT NBC CHANGES their mind.
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Please do not switch to PEACOCK. the added cost will hinder me seeing my favorite show!
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What do I think? I think you killed the show by putting it on Peacock. If that's where it's going to be, then I hope the storylines are even darker, the language more colorful and the action even more violent. If it's on cable, then go for it.
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I'm so broken about Sam (Detective Bashir) Abubakr Ali why bring him in just to take him out? And so badly. It literally hurt my feelings. Had me dang near in tears.
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Big mistake moving to Peacock..it'sa great she..love Meloni but I wish he would shave
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My favorite LAW AND ORDER SHOW. STABLER IS STILL THE BEST AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN IN MY OPINION. BRING IT BACK, KEEP IT GOING FOR EVER!!!,
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This definitely was a heartbreaking episode. Extremely upsetting to say the least, but to me this show is fantastic
I really hope it gets renewed!!
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I'm in love with L&O: OC! Thursday nights are Law & Order nights in our house. My oldest and I finally have a show we can discuss. The younger kids know they get shipped off to bed early. Of course, each season os a roller coaster of emotions, bit that's what makes each of the current shows, sooooooo good!
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Love this show!!! This is the best season so far but would love to address the relationship of EO.
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I’ve love the stabler since the beginning. I really don’t care where they put him.Just don’t stop making them. When he left the show the before I lost it.😢. My dad and would never miss and he has been gone 2008. So, please please don’t cancel it ! No one can ever replace Stabler❤️
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I've been a loyal fan of this show, if for only to watch moments of Stabler and Benson. I have it set to record every episode on my DVR. That being said, I can no longer watch, as I cannot afford another streaming service. It's unfortunate that the powers of be don't care about the fans. I'll continue watching SVU on a regular free channel.
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Love Law & Order: Organized Crime but since they moved to Peacock, I'm disappointed. I can't afford to pay for my cable TV nevertheless all these streaming services. Won't be watching it no more such a shame 😕 😔
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I think that moving the show to peacock sucks. I refuse to get another streaming service. I'm so sick of everything always being about money especially since you probably have more than you could ever need. So I have decided not to watch the show and I wish that no one else would watch it anymore as well.
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People already pay a lot for cable or steaming. Won't pay for peacock. A croc!
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Figures. My favorite show moves to peacock. I won't be purchasing
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The best season was about the Albanion mob.
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Yes , please return the show’nn
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The best part of Thursday night! Now can't watch it! Always changing things so we have to pay more! I love Stabler and the show but cannot afford another channel! It's too much money already!
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I don't care what happens in that program as long as Meloni STAYS PUT AND LEAVES SVU OUT OF HIS MIND AND NEVER GOES BACK.
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Highly upset they went to I peacock!!! I have been a fan of law and order for years. So sad I'll be missing future shows!
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Let's Stabler go back to Law & Order SVU
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I like the show. BUT I will NOT be watching it on Peacock. I could afford it, but I already spend far too much on cable TV.
Enough is ENOUGH.
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This is old news. Wasn’t the show cancelled? I would have liked to see it continue with additional seasons, especially the Elliot/Olivia story they were building. Hopefully they’ll continue that on SVU.
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I am looking forward to the new season. I thought that Stabler was an only child. That has confused me.
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Well first of all, Joe messed up when he sent the messsge of his location on the tablet of Julian’s son. Obviously Julian’s probably going to find out through the tablet that Joe tipped off the his brother.
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