- Brenda is willing to go to extreme lengths to prove that a sleazy defense attorney from her past is actually his client's accomplice in a rape/murder case.
- Assisting another LAPD division, Brenda and Major Crimes investigate the murder of Gwyneth Adler, a nurse found drugged and raped in a motel bedroom rented by George Harris, who, at check-in, requested two keys, suggesting he had a partner. In court, Brenda finds herself up against defense attorney Philip Stroh, whom she knows is a serial rapist and murderer. Never able to prove it, her testimony leads to a mistrial with the judge giving the prosecution four weeks to start over again. Harris had been charged with rape the previous year, but the case was dropped when the victim, Nathalie Baldwin, disappeared and couldn't testify in court. Nathalie is now located but just wants to forget about her ordeal. Using Nathalie, Brenda sets up a sting to trap Stroh, but it doesn't quite go as planned, and Brenda is called on the carpet and ordered to leave Stroh alone.—garykmcd
- Three years after rapist, attorney Phillip Stroh cleverly slipped through Brendas fingers, they meet again. In their first encounter (in season four), Stroh used a delivery driver as a spotter who unlocked windows in the victims homes to facilitate easy entry for him at a later time. Stroh could then enter and rape the girls, leaving no evidence. When his spotter was caught and charged with the rapes, Stroh acted as his defense attorney. Brenda was able to find a witness she thought could identify Stroh. When Stroh surreptitiously found out who she was, he was able to avoid prosecution by arranging to personally meet the witness before the identification which according to the rules of evidence nullified any testimony she may have given. Back to today on the new case, Brenda must trigger a mistrial because an overanxious deputy DA, Claire Baldwin, starts the trial before all the evidence can be collected. The trial is rescheduled four weeks later which gives Brenda time to convince another young rape victim to come forward and make the identification. They go back to the original singles bar and set the stage for her to make the ID. What ensues now is even more puzzling than what happened the first time.
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