Episode 91
Code of Ethics (01-22-06)

Play by Play Synopsis:

Teaser: Jordan and Woody wake up together in bed. Then Jordan roles over and JD is on the other side of her.  They start making out.  Then Woody pops up: “What am I chop liver.”  JD tells him to get lost.  Then phone starts ringing and Jordan wakes up alone.

At Garrets place.  Some music is playing really loud, Abby’s music.  Garret comes in asking her to turn it down.  Abby is in bed with Chad—her boyfriend.  Garret just gives them a look leaves not sure what to say.

Woody and Jordan are at a crime scene.  There is a dead body in a hot tub--Sergeant Black, US Army.  He’s been shot three times.

Woody spies JD off to the side and Jordan groans.  Woody says I guess you haven’t told him yet and Jordan says JD figured it out, she didn’t have to tell him.  JD comes over and starts spouting out ‘notions on the murder’ saying maybe it was a crime of passion…a jealous lover....  All this in front of Woody.  He’s trying to make a point to the two.  Jordan says that’s enough JD.  Woody says no, no it’s alright.  He gets where JD is coming from.  JD says no it’s not alright then punches Woody in the stomach.  He tells Woody to stay AWAY from his Girlfriend Jordan flips and shouts at JD “You don’t own me” and then she storms off.

Act One:  Garret at morgue:  Garret is talking with Lily about finding Abby in bed with her boyfriend.  She tries to offer him some advice. 

Dead body comes in.  He collapsed on the T and died—heart gave out.  Nigel explains that Leo, the dead man, was arrested for kidnapping someone 21 years ago.  Leo was gardener at the Hearst’s house—their son was kidnapped. Leo was never found guilty.  Trial was a hung jury.  Garret wants to know what any of this has to do with the body.  Nigel says nothing, but it's interesting…a bit disappointed that Macy doesn’t care.

Leo’s son comes in.  Garret says that cause of death indicates chest failure.

Jordan and Bug in lab going over the dead body.  Woody comes in.  9 millimeter slugs in dead body--they don't match anything in the system.  Jordan says time of death was between 10-12.  Bug fines a hair from the hot tub water.

Jordan apologizes for JD’s behavior the other day.  Woody says it’s ok.  He would have done a lot worse if another guy had slept with the girl he wanted to marry.  Jordan looks shocked.  What?  Who said anything about marriage?  Woody stumbles…he explains how he heard it from Nigel…and Jordan is still totally shocked…Woody finally bails and says he has to go…leaving a shell shocked Jordan behind.

Woody talking with Cornel from Army--Sergeant Black's superior.  The Colonel points Woody to Captain Osborne who worked with Black.  Tells him to talk to her – Woody is talking with her (she has red hair).  He brings her in for interrogation.  She explains she was in love with dead solider.  Woody pushes her buttons trying to see where her mind is.  She explains how the evening went on.  Ordering food, the hot tub…  It was their 6 month anniversary and they were celebrating.  She had to leave at 9:30 to get back to base.  The Captain comes up to Woody when he lets her go…her relationship…Woody says your secret is safe with me. (Soldiers in the same unit aren't allowed to have relationships with each other.)

Jordan is at the precinct with Woody.  She's saying she thinks Captain Osborne is innocent.  Woody spies JD heading his way.  Jordan runs off.  She says I can’t…can’t deal with him.

JD comes up to ask Woody a question about a company.  He knows nothing about it.  Woody says what’s this about.  JD grins and say read tomorrows paper.

Nigel and Lily in morgue.  Nigel has an image on screen Lily says that’s Leo’s son.  Nigel gets cryptic.

Garret meets Abby at the morgue.  She tells Garret she’s dropped out of school.  She wants money, but Garret won’t give any.  Garret wants to know if it’s Chad’s idea--that she drop out of school.  Garret says fine, you want to drop out go for it.  You want money get a job.

Jordan’s Apartment - 5am.  She’s sleeping.  Pounding on her door.  She gets up.  She says Pollack use your key.

She opens the door and it’s Woody.  He says: Wrong Guy.

Woody has a newspaper with JD's article.  Sergeant Black was about to expose a cover up of faulty armor.

Act Two: In apartment.  Jordan and Woody are discussing the case.  Woody says he dealing with everything but she has to deal with Pollack and get the name of his source.

Jordan comes up to JD at his place.  JD says they need to talk.  She agrees but first she wants the name of his source.  He won’t give it to her.  Jordan says Woody can give his source protection.  JD laughs and says “Could he now?”  He drives off leaving Jordan standing alone and frustrated.

Nigel comes up to Garret.  The man who claimed to be the son of Leo isn’t his son.  Not the same blood type.  Nigel thinks that the son is actually the boy who was kidnapped all those years ago.  Nigel says they could exhume the body and test the DNA.

Woody at an office (of the company that makes the vest).  Woody talking to the receptionist about the dead soldier.  Woody goes in to talk with the heads of the Company that produces the vest.  They say that their vest are good. Woody says if the accusations are true they (the company) stands to lose a big chunk of change…Woody asks about the source.  Company says they’ve got disgruntle employees.  Woody leaves, but asks one question…Can you verify your where abouts…

Morgue: Jordan and Woody are talking.  Woody says he subpoenaed JD.

Colonell Worth is in the morgue.  They’re talking Sergeants Black's body.  Because of the scandal he's now their case.  He’s not working with Jordan on it either.  The Army does things on their own.

In house: Garret is talking with the parents of the boy who was kidnapped.  Garret asks them if he can exhume their son's body.  Garret holds back, but finally explains that the boy might not be their son.  That Henry might still be alive.

Judge Paterson’s office.  Woody arrest JD for contempt.  He WON’T reveal his source.

Jordan is talking with the Captain.  They’re looking at the vest.  Private First Class Christopher Gurny died recently and the Sergeant said it was because his vest failed.  

Jordan talking with Christopher’s mother.  She says he was killed in BaghdadJordan explains she wants to find out what happened to her son.  The boy was wearing the vest when he died.  Jordan promises she’ll find out what happened to her son. 

Act Three Jordan walks into jail.  And guys start whistling.  JD jails at them to SHUT UP.  She’s his.  Jordan is talking with JD.  JD and Jordan have their ‘talk’ right there. Says he thought they had something good going and then she screwed it up by jumping in bed with ‘farm boy’.  JD says everything happens for a reason though.  And he thinks this happened so he could see the real ‘you’ (Jordan) before he did something stupid (implying asking her to marry him).

Jordan at precinct talking with Woody.  Going through stuff that was in Pollack’s desk--his work sent it over in hops that it would help get him released.  She finds the ring.  Woody tried to stop her from opening it, but it's too late.  Jordan says: You think you know someone and then you find out you’re on a completely different page.  How does that happen.  Woody says you’re a complicated girl Jordan.  She turns away and says she’ll go autopsy the body (of Christopher, the man who died in Baghdad).

Lily comes in looking for glasses.  They’re Jeffery’s she explains when Garret gives her a weird look and asks since when do you wear glasses.  They’re going over the body of the boy they exhumed.  They find out that the boy has a genetic disease that would have killed him before he was 10.

Lily gives Garret some info.  It’s on Chad, Abby’s boyfriend.

Lily finds Bug alone.  He gives Lily back the glasses she's looking for.  Lily tries talking about what Bug said to her last week.  Bug says it’s okay, they don't have to talk. She says it’s not.  She tries talking to him.  She’s very nervous.  Doesn’t know what to say.  Bug says it’s weird cause as soon as he said the words last week the feelings disappeared.  He says when he finally said it out loud he was able to move past it. Says he finally feels like he’s facing a whole new world of possibilities.  Lily looks at him, doubtful and a bit confused.  Then Lily is RELIEVED…she says that's good that they've moved past this.

Woody comes into the Morgue.  He found the same report on the vest in JD's stuff that the Company gave him only difference between the two is ‘water’.  Jordan's confused.  Not sure that that means.

Bug is in the lab testing two vest—one from the company and one worn by a man in Iraq for the past few months.  They find that one is faulty…the fibers have broken down because of ‘water’, sweat and perspiration from the men from wearing them day in and day out.

Abby comes into Garret’s office.  He shows her the police report and accuses her of doing  drugs.  He grabs her purse and starts to empty it.  Tries to pull up her sleeve.  She slaps him and gabs her stuff and runs out of the morgue.  Lily is standing in the hall staring at Garret, shocked and worry on  her face.

Act Four:  Woody comes into the morgue.  Jordan is going over his stomach contents.  Jordan holds up a yellowish looking disk.  She's not sure what it is.  Woody knows it's a butterscotch--and where it was eaten, cause he took one from the Secretary's desk at the Company's office. 

The secretary, Beth is the source.  Woody and Jordan play her, they say they found her prints on it and JD confessed--even though they only assume the prints are hers and JD never really confessed.  Woody says tell us.  She says she can’t cause she has a daughter. They’ll kill her.

Morgue: Lily is telling Garret to call Abby.  Nigel comes in.  The dead boy is Leo’s son--they work out how it must have played out.  Leo's own son being sick and him needing money to pay for the bills.  He thought to kidnap his rich employers son for random.  Only he's arrested and can't get to his son while in jail and his son dies, so he decides to keep the kid he kidnapped...

Company: Beth is going over files with Jordan and Woody. She says the bid was for $27 million only the company only reported $25 million, which leaves 2 million missing.   Jordan finds a file with a name they recognize on it.  The 2 million was a pay off...

Garret is in office with Leo’s son and they’re explaining the possibilities of what really happened.  The son is shocked.  He’s not sure how to deal with it.  He wants some time to think about the situation.  Won’t do a DNA test just yet.

Jordan and Woody come up to the Colonel.  He pocketed $2 million in exchange for awarding the Company the contract.  They confiscated his laundry and found blood spatter on his clothes that matches the Sergeant.  The cops arrest him.

Jordan explains to Christopher’s mom what happened.  She thanks Jordan and Bug for their work. 

Leo’s son is in the morgue and he meets the Hearst’s his biological parents.  Lily, Nigel and Garret watch on.

Garret at his apartment.  All of Abby’s stuff is gone and Garret's stereo system is missing.  She’s moved out.  Garret gets a bottle and has a drink. (out of another ugly coffee mug)

Jordan comes home to her place.  JD is there.  He’s packing his stuff.  He says he thought he'd be gone before she got back.  He says his editor thought he needed some time away.  He’s going to DC.  Jordan asks for how long.  He says he's not sure, maybe for a long while.  She gets what he's saying, this is the end.

Jordan says he was right.  She sabotaged this.  She needs to figure out what she wants.  JD says she already knows.  She says it’s really pathetic.  She really tried this time.  JD says it’s the not the first time he’s had his heart broken.  Probably won’t be the last.  Then he walks out the door.