The Mercy Killer | Law & Order
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A gay man with AIDs attacks another gay man who he accused of having AIDS, and therefore stated it was a mercy killing.
From "The Reaper's Helper" (Season 1, Episode 23): A mercy killer is responsible for assisted suicides that were first thought to be routine robbery-homicides. Guest star: Peter Frechette. With Michael Moriarty.
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"Pity is one step away from ridicule."
Yup... wish people remembered that more often.
It’s one step out of ridicule.
I remember watching this episode for the first time last year. I was struck by just how differently HIV/AIDS was treated by every character compared to today. The big argument in the courtroom about whether or not it was worth it to hope for a cure or just commit suicide before you had to suffer through AIDS rings so differently than intended now that we know that an era where there are treatments available to keep HIV from progressing to AIDS was in the future but still far enough in the future that many of those affected by it then wouldn't have benefitted.
does the guy end up going to jail, or not?
@@baileylynnThey end up wanting to drop the charges after being convinced the guy really did want to kill himself, but charge him with 2nd degree murder anyway as a warning to copycats. The prosecutors then leak some stuff to the defense attorney about how they wanted to drop the charges that allows the guy to get off with only a reckless endangerment conviction with a suspended sentence.
There was another L&O episode (can't recall the season or number) about a Madame (lady pimp) who kicked her girls out if they tested positive for HIV, and refused to have anything to do with them again. No communication, no help, no medical coverage, no money, nothing. And she was facilitating the spread of the virus throughout the 'upper crust' of NYC society via her stable of escorts. _That_ was what pissed off the city.
“He didn’t shoot him full of penicillin!” In a pretty grim episode, that’s actually very funny.
Dude i absolutely loved Paul Robbinete
Yes sir same with me
What a good final shot. Half dark half light showing the moral grey area and the confusion on whether or not he did make the good or bad choice.
Things that makes Law & Order great…
Finally back to the golden age of Law and Order
Interestingly in the UK mercy killing is illegal. Assisting someone to commit suicide is also technically illegal and carries a 14 year sentence but you need the consent of the AG for a prosecution. This consent is rarely given.
Stone : puck that dude he killed a dude he gets prison 25 to life 🤣🤣 thats what bobby wanted🤣🤣🤣
Nice video
In this episode, stone was hopelessly naive. Certain hospitals weren't doing anything to help because lots of medical staff refused on religious grounds or fear to do anything to help, or even touch patients with aids or go into their rooms.
Back then and even now there's this stigma attached to people with legit bad diagnoses that them wanting to die to avoid pain is morally wrong instead of intensely personal.
Back then there wasn't yet a guarantee with those huge cocktails of pills that someone would survive it, (though the chances were thankfully higher).
I don't remember what the result of this case was, but if they had showed images of men dying alone in hospitals from aids (even just in makeup for the effect) then that might've been enough to help in court and convince stone
Stone is a public servant. Taking a position that could even be perceived as being in favor of suicide (notwithstanding how “intensely personal” a segment of mental-health experts perceives it to be) is bad public policy then and bad public policy now.
L&O did another episode like this where a young woman starved her grandmother after she expressed her wish to die. They still sent the kid away for a couple of years.
@@kinggoldark3853
That episode with that girl was very different though, in that all of the evidence began quickly piling up that tarnished her credibility.
This however was the result of a well known failing of the govt and even those in the medical field, where an ounce of 'Pity' stone said he didn't want to present would've gone far more sympathetically than the disdain or outright dismissal the gay community had suffered during the epidemic.
Grey's anatomy did a flashback episode about that with Meredith's mum and a young Doctor Webber.
FYI... Season 1 Episode 3 NOT 23😇
I've watched beloved friends and relatives die of cancer. If I'm diagnosed with it I plan to "end the show" before cancer ends it for me. I've seen what victims go through, and it's ugly. All they got from doctors was big promises decorated with "maybe" and "let's try this..."
I have a choice and my choice will be "No, thanks anyway." The DEA is harassing and prosecuting doctors who prescribe opioids to patients in pain; they've made my decision for me.
But if you have a good chance of survival, fight it! Most cancers are curable if they are diagnosed early enough.
@@snakebitepellehue if
@@nomadhakunamatata5793 If is working towards it. My wife was diagnosed on Feb 29th 2016 with stage 4 cancer. She is still alive today. She hasn't quit and I will keep being with her. Strength comes from within.
@@OlgaPluyshka I watched 2 close family friends waste away from cancer. Neither was caught quick enough.
I had to promise to be ones pallbearer while she cried worrying she wouldn't even get 6.
There are a lot of different cancers and many effective treatments. Lots of cancer patients would love one more day to live.
Who else came to this video as it was uploaded?
Jugde is Carmelas mother from Sopranos.
How come you guys don't post anything from "Criminal Intent"?
Because then they'd have to upload scenes from all the spinoff shows and it would be a lot.
I think maybe because the content of those episodes is really different (focusing on the various 'criminals' instead of the detectives) but honestly, I'm not sure
They upload clips of 'SVU' so I don’t see why not. I loved the early series of 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' with Bobby Goren and Alex Eames.
Good Morning Cherry
Mercy Killing? Who's Mercy?
What ended up happening in this one?
A bit late but they only charged the dude for a misdemeanor and he went to talk to detective stone and told him who allowed you to use me to prove a point of not allowing mercy killing. And detective stone basically said "you lol" and went away. Oh, and the woman lawyer came to kinda mock his loss but he didn't really give her much of a reaction.
@@myheartwillstopinjoy8142 Better late than never! Thanks!
Is the defendant Peter Scanavino a.k.a. Dominic Carisi Jr?
No. But he was in newer ones
@@vintage1950 It sure looks like him.
Way too young. Probably a teenager at best. By the way, Peter made the trifecta before playing Carisi.
No, it was Peter Frechette. I remember him from Grease 2 hehe
Is that the villain from Star Trek the next generation?
De Lancie (Q)? No - big difference in their voice, and in their body movement.
I happened to watch a latest episode of Law and Order Special Victims Unit, it was like an episode of The Bold and Beautiful, long overtly dramatic facial shots lousy acting and and even worse script…
Its all about Captain Benson.
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IOWA DAD JOKE,of the day
[Q] What did the jar of mayonnaise say,when the fridge door,was opened?
[A] HEY