(Sorry I didn't get to this earlier in the week. Also sorry that I'm offering a blanket apology rather than personally apologizing to the three of you who'll read this.)
Three Up
3. Stan Larsen. After spending most of the season moping around and doing the wrong thing, Stan finally sets himself in the direction of the right thing by getting the public to remember his daughter and get justice done. It's not always pretty - his statement during Richmond's press conference goes off the rails at the end - but between this and throwing Terry out of the house, he's beginning to reassert himself.
2. Darren Richmond. He's back on the campaign trail, and when Gwen's attempt at getting Stan to make a statement via subterfuge (a plea deal she can't deliver, and which Stan wisely passes on until it's in writing), Richmond goes to the Larsen house and has a good conversation about wanting to find the killer and how Stan needs to get people to remember Rosie if they're not doing a good enough job themselves. He also tells Gwen he will tell the truth about what he was doing the night of the murder, which she's not thrilled about, but it never comes to pass that we see. He's not all the way back, but he's getting there.
1. Nicole Jackson. The chief of the Kalimish tribe and head of the Wapi Eagle casino, she's asserted from the start that Rosie, as a minor, couldn't be in the casino. When Linden confronts her later that there's proof she was in the casino, Jackson uses her clout (and the lack of Linden's jurisdiction) to get Linden removed from the casino. She's taking a more direct approach with Holder, and with the backing of Ames and the mayor, she has to feel pretty good that whatever secret she's hiding on the 10th floor of the hotel will remain safe.
Three Down
3. Terry Marek. One of the boys mentions that the cops talked to Terry, and when she can't explain to Stan what they wanted he presses and learns that the boyfriend that just threw her over was Michael Ames. She also mentions that she had a role (if not the sole role) in getting Rosie hooked up with Beau Soleil. This enrages Stan, and he throws her out. She's now more alone than she's been in the entire series.
2. Jack Linden. Jack is clearly enamored with the idea of staying with Holder for the foreseeable future, but then has to make do when he and his mom move into yet another hotel. After getting a list of increasingly paranoid orders from his mom, he hunkers down rather sullenly. We next see him in the room with men claiming to be from Child Protective Services, answering a call about Sarah's neglect (question: did the call come from Jack's dad or Nicole Jackson, and how did whoever call find them?). Jack then sneaks out of the bathroom window, and with Sarah (who faked a call), they run away. Sarah tries to comfort him, but Jack is in the passenger's seat, sad and angry and not wanting to talk to his mother at all. I would not want to be in that kid's head.
1. Stephen Holder. Things start off well for him - he's a gracious host and his book on butterflies gives Linden an idea about checking out the casino and surrounding land. Holder is sent into the casino to sniff out new construction, and gets a lead to check out the 10th floor from a male hooker (his second stop after getting set up with an elderly female hooker). He can't get on to the 10th floor, but gets another break when a maid gives him a matchbook, and when getting off the elevator says she hopes the family got Rosie's backpack back OK. The matchbook has the time and location of a meeting, though it's questionable Holder will show, as he gets picked up casino security and is driven out to the woods, where a cross-section of the local Kalimish start to beat the tar out of him. Even worse, they kick-dial Linden, so not only is Holder possibly getting beat to death, his partner gets to hear it over her phone. Things went south really quickly, didn't they.
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