4. Great Barrier — Episode — Law & Order: Criminal Intent

4. Great Barrier

Detectives Goren and Eames stumble upon an American tragedy when they trace the slaying of a jewelry thief whose mysterious young female partner is being manipulated by Nicole Wallace -- Goren's murderous and chameleon-like adversary from his past. As the detective carefully interviews his lethal but elusive nemesis, Goren discovers a chilling trail of betrayed victims that exceeds his worst memories as a New York cop.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

When Goren and Eames search for a jewel thief, Ella Miyazaki ( Grace Hsu ), who murdered her accomplice, they discover that the clever larcenies are the brainchild of her lover, Nicole Wallace ( Olivia d'Abo ), Goren's reappearing nemesis. As the detectives delve into the relationship between the two women, they uncover an attempt to cause the death of Wallace's ex-husband Richard Joseph Paul ( Gavin Haynes ), when Nicole perceived him as a threat to revealing her past. The detectives uncover evidence that Nicole gave birth to a daughter in Australia whom she murdered at the age of three on an island on the Great Barrier Reef. They convince Miyazaki to assist them to trap Nicole, but Nicole murders her and escapes.

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