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An investigative reporter if I may use the term loosely is found dead at a construction site, her body concealed so that she might not be discovered for a long time. At least that's what the perpetrator hoped.

In terms of the victim and the people involved in the case they are all a sleazy lot. But the victim was actually killed because she developed a conscience of sorts. She worked for a scandal rag who refused to be part of a blackmail conspiracy involving talk show host Samantha Bee.

Bee is in the closet, married with children, but likes to romp among the female staffers of her show. The victim's editor saw blackmail possibilities here and he's played by future SVU regular Raul Esparza. And Esparza has some dirt on him and he's being blackmailed by one of his other employees Tom Lipinski.

To get justice for the victim, Linus Roache and Alana DeLa Garza have to use some of the tactics these own people perfected and it's not pretty, but gets results. Jason Kravits as Esparza's attorney does a zealous job in representing his client's interests.

Not pretty, but Roache and DeLa Garza get results.

Loosely based on the recent David Letterman blackmail scandal, "Blackmail" tries to take a different route by having a FEMALE talk show host being blackmailed because of her frequent affairs with subordinate FEMALE staffers. One of the host's former employees and lover is murdered and that is the catalyst for which the investigation begins.

A twist involves the blackmailer himself being blackmailed by an accomplice and, in turn, DA McCoy's crew has to resort to a similar tactic to get a conviction on the murder.

This is a rather dull episode, only "enlivened" by S. Epatha Merkerson's "Van Buren" still coping with her cancer as well as making a humorous observation about the physical appearance of cops Lupo (Jeremy Sisto) and Bernard (Anthony Anderson).