[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Law & Order Season 25 Episode 6 “Brotherly Love.”]
Can Riley (Reid Scott) — and Price (Hugh Dancy) — trust Matt (Ryan Eggold) to be a key witness in a case again on Law & Order? After all, last time Riley’s brother was supposed to do just that, he lied on the stand and ended up in prison for the charges already stacked up against him. But in the latest episode, Matt seems ready to do the right thing — only for a shocking series of events to occur.
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