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Episode Guide > Season 1, Episode 11

Twice in a Lifetime: The Quality of Mercy

 

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Air Date

Wednesday November 17, 1999

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Megan McCleary, a Prosecutor whose star is rising, finishes an impassioned closing argument which results in the conviction of the defendant for first degree murder. When returning to her office, her daughter Heather is there asking for permission to attend a weekend camp for honors students. Megan, a racist, denies her daughter permission for the sole reason that a black boy she likes is also attending. Heather storms out of the office saying she won't be home. When Megan goes after her, her car breaks down in a bad neighborhood and she dies of a heart attack.

Judge Othniel accuses of her of being a racist, of treating for her fellow human beings with contempt and of showing no mercy. Despite her protests, the judge shows her that her testimony sent an innocent Hispanic man to the death chamber. Judge Othniel decides to grant her a second chance and sends her back as a Hispanic vice detective so that she can convince her younger self not to convict an innocent man.

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  • Megan and Det. Esposito work out the 11th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. []
  • Megan is sent back to earth as Det. Esposito in 1982. []
  • There is an error in the end credits for this episode. Jamie Jones is credited as "Brad Stunt Double." This is no person named Brad in this episode and the credit is identical to the one in the previous episode A Match Made in Heaven. []
  • Noam Jenkins also appears in the episode Mama Mia. []
  • (when she arrives in heaven)
    Megan: You have a heart attack, you go to Intensive Care or you sue for malpractice, but I'm not in ICU, so where am I?
    Mr. Jones: Think about it.
    Megan: Oh my God!
    Mr. Jones: Exactly. []
  • (to Megan when she asks for more than three days)
    Judge Othniel: You have shown no mercy in your court, why should I show you any in mine? []
  • Young Megan: God help me.
    Christine Esposito: He will. []

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