A pair of sister tightly bound in plastic wrapping suffocated in said wrapping and died on the beds someone carefully laid them in. Just the bizarre nature of the deaths and the press that must have generated headlines would have brought Major Case in.
It doesn't take long for Chris Noth and Annabella Sciorra to zero in on Sherri Saum who has a day job as a nurse, but who sees herself as a voodoo princess as her real calling with a major in healing. What she is is a voodoo version of Dr. Feelgood and preys upon her senior citizen cases.
She does not like scoffers and even infects Noth with some of her concoctions. Those of her patients who could testify against her are now dead and the others swear she's making them better.
Saum's little scheme gets undone by two young men whom she recruited. The first is Patch Darragh whom she has to have killed because he's bringing undo attention because he thinks her magic potions will make him a chick magnet.
The other Carlo Isaac a really sad kid suffering from major depression and suicidal tendencies that Saum keeps on a string with some of her feel good concoctions. How Noth and Sciorra break him is really the heart of this episode. Saum's ex-husband Andre Blake delivers some devastating information about his ex-wife.
This CI episode is highlighted by the performances of both Saum and Isaac. As the Bard said there are more things in heaven and earth than that we can see, hear, and touch. Especially if you believe hard enough.
It doesn't take long for Chris Noth and Annabella Sciorra to zero in on Sherri Saum who has a day job as a nurse, but who sees herself as a voodoo princess as her real calling with a major in healing. What she is is a voodoo version of Dr. Feelgood and preys upon her senior citizen cases.
She does not like scoffers and even infects Noth with some of her concoctions. Those of her patients who could testify against her are now dead and the others swear she's making them better.
Saum's little scheme gets undone by two young men whom she recruited. The first is Patch Darragh whom she has to have killed because he's bringing undo attention because he thinks her magic potions will make him a chick magnet.
The other Carlo Isaac a really sad kid suffering from major depression and suicidal tendencies that Saum keeps on a string with some of her feel good concoctions. How Noth and Sciorra break him is really the heart of this episode. Saum's ex-husband Andre Blake delivers some devastating information about his ex-wife.
This CI episode is highlighted by the performances of both Saum and Isaac. As the Bard said there are more things in heaven and earth than that we can see, hear, and touch. Especially if you believe hard enough.