Assassin (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

"Assassin" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Plot summary

In this episode, Detectives Logan and Wheeler investigate a murder attempt against a woman, shortly after returning to the United States from South Asia. A political martyr and influential leader, she leads an ethnic group and clearly appears to be the target of a political assassination.

Along with collecting evidence, Logan and Wheeler examine the body of the shooter, taken out by her bodyguard, but not before the assassin could get off two shots, one of which felled her young woman assistant, who sacrificed her own life, diving in front of her boss to take the fatal bullet. At first, the detectives turn their suspicion to the bodyguard, but the activist family completely trusts their hired security, and rejects the possibility that the man could be complicit in a murder attempt. Then, the detectives decide to place the notorious woman under strict surveillance for her protection.

Meanwhile, a FBI agent learns of an assassin who has entered the country and whom he suspects of putting together another attempt of murder against her. Protected by security guards, she makes her next public appearance during a memorial speech for her assistant. Nevertheless, the detectives are surprised when they learn that her loyal bodyguard is shot down by a sniper while being transported to a police detention center, far removed from the cemetery speech. The case takes a new twist when Logan and Wheeler delve deeper into the woman's wealthy family. As suspicions of motivations for financial gain paint their investigation, they discover that her older brother died in a suspicious plane crash some years earlier, and that her younger brother was killed in a previous supposed attempt against her. At the end, the capture of a hired killer yields a lost clue that could be the missing link to resolve the case.

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External links

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