The Reaper's Helper

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Law & Order
The Reaper's Helper
Episode No.	3
Airdate	October 4, 1990
Writer(s)	David Black Thomas Francis McElroy Robert Nathan
Director	Vern Gillum
Guest Star(s)
Season 1 September 1990 - June 1991
001.	Prescription for Death
002.	Subterranean Homeboy Blues
003.	The Reaper's Helper
004.	Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
005.	Happily Ever After
006.	Everybody's Favorite Bagman
007.	By Hooker, By Crook
008.	Poison Ivy
009.	Indifference
010.	Prisoner of Love
011.	Out of the Half-Light
012.	Life Choice
013.	A Death in the Family
014.	The Violence of Summer
015.	The Torrents of Greed -- Part 1
016.	The Torrents of Greed -- Part 2
017.	Mushrooms
018.	The Secret Sharers
019.	The Serpent's Tooth
020.	The Troubles
021.	Sonata For a Solo Organ
022.	The Blue Wall

"The Reaper's Helper" is the second episode of NBC's legal drama Law & Order. It originally aired on 4 October 1990.

1 Cast
- 1.1 Police
- 1.2 District Attorney's Office
2 Plot
3 Trivia
4 Allusions

[edit] Cast

[edit] Police

Dann Florek Captain Donald Cragen
George Dzundza Detective Seargant Max Greevey
Chris Noth Det. Mike Logan

[edit] District Attorney's Office

Steven Hill District Attorney Adam Schiff
Michael Moriarty Executive A.D.A. Ben Stone
Richard Brooks A.D.A. Paul Robinette

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Construction worker Bobby Holland is found shot to death in his apartment. Logan and Greevey investigate and soon learn that Holland was gay. After reading a magazine article, Greevey connects the death to another in San Francisco, which leads them to a similar murder in Los Angeles. The detectives arrest Jack Curry, who is connected to all three cases. Curry admits his involvement and claims that each man asked him to help them commit suicide because they had AIDS. Stone is troubled about prosecuting the case because of his doubts that Curry did anything wrong.