1. Grow — Episode — Law & Order: Criminal Intent

1. Grow

As returning Detective Mike Logan joins the Major Case team, Detective Goren finds himself confronted again with Nicole Wallace -- his murderous nemesis -- when he and Detective Eames check out the drug-related slaying of a city health inspector. The key link is the victim's brother Evan, a recently widowed medical examiner who is romantically involved with the re-surfaced Wallace, and the investigators fear that the man's young daughter might be Wallace's next victim.

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Complete story — includes the ending

As Detective Mike Logan joins the Major Case team, detectives Goren and Eames investigate the death of a city health inspector Larry Chapel ( Boris McGiver ). They question victim's brother Evan Chapel, ( Kevin J. O'Connor ), a recently widowed medical examiner with a young daughter Gwen, and discover he is romantically involved with the re-surfaced Nicole Wallace ( Olivia d'Abo ). They uncover a complex web of intrigue where after Gwen received a $5 million medical payout, the brothers killed Evan's wife and planned to kill Gwen to get the money. Meanwhile, Nichole had become to view Gwen as her surrogate daughter but when she realized their conspiracy, she left Gwen with an aunt and gave Evan up to he police before she again disappeared.

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