Elliott Stabler's parish priest Karl Kenzler asks Christopher Meloni to do him a special favor. He's taken the confession of a dying man at a hospice and he wants Meloni in his official capacity to visit him. You don't ask a cop unless there's something criminal involved.
The dying man is Brian Dennehy and he's a tough old bird, but he knows he's got maybe days to live. He's got a lot to get off his chest, but he won't do it unless he gets a visit from his estranged daughter. She doesn't want to reconcile with Dennehy, but fortunately he's bonded with Mariska Hargitay and she babysits while he spoon feeds clues about his past.
Before the episode is over a major federal bank robbery case is solved and an innocent man is freed from prison. Dennehy's final scenes with Hargitay are priceless.
Dennehy feeds it out bit by bit as if to prolong his own life. Maybe it did in some odd way. When he had nothing more to give he died. Might be a lesson in there for all of us.
The dying man is Brian Dennehy and he's a tough old bird, but he knows he's got maybe days to live. He's got a lot to get off his chest, but he won't do it unless he gets a visit from his estranged daughter. She doesn't want to reconcile with Dennehy, but fortunately he's bonded with Mariska Hargitay and she babysits while he spoon feeds clues about his past.
Before the episode is over a major federal bank robbery case is solved and an innocent man is freed from prison. Dennehy's final scenes with Hargitay are priceless.
Dennehy feeds it out bit by bit as if to prolong his own life. Maybe it did in some odd way. When he had nothing more to give he died. Might be a lesson in there for all of us.