I’m a few weeks behind, but must note Maroun’s first solo case, which takes place in an alternate universe in which women newscasters were a new thing in 2006 (yes, there was then, and still are obstacles to women in all sorts of fields, including TV news, but the episode is written like “twenty years ago” was 1975.
Also, Jack McCoy had his college buddy arrested and imprisoned, so Maroun breaking her relationship with her mentor is just not that dramatic