Let’s face it, not everyone can be Cabot.

She has since returned to Washington, D.C.

11.

Marlowe left her post after a hostage situation nearly took the life of M.E.

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6.

It’s almost poetic.

Novak was eventually suspended for misconduct, later replaced by Kim Greylek.

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This is where our No.

1 ADA, Alexandra Cabot, gets her ferocity.

Though, one loss haunted her for years and clouded her judgment when the perpetrator finally resurfaced.

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Neither an assassination attempt nor the Witness Protection Program can keep this ADA down.

Even when she’s bending the rules, it’s for a good reason.

Too good for us all, she eventually took a job prosecuting sex crimes in war-torn countries.

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