L&O: It's a Columbian cartel bloodbath and Cerreta gets shot

Law & Order S3 E8 “Prince of Darkness”

“Tell Dick Wolf this show will be nothing without me.”

“Tell Dick Wolf this show will be nothing without me.”

After the brazen murder of a travel agent, Mike Logan and Phil Cerreta are on the hunt for a Columbian hit man who's "sending a message." During the investigation, Cerreta is shot in an undercover sting gone wrong by a twitchy illegal gun dealer. By the end of the episode, virtually everyone is dead: the wife, the grandmother, the daughter, the gun dealer, the business partner, and even the hit man. 

We're talking about one of the great all-time episodes of Law & Order, season 3 episode 8 "Prince of Darkness." Our guest is Brady Carlson from the "Cool Weird Awesome" podcast.

This episode takes cues from the real life story of Jhon Jairo Velasquez.