Three Up
1, Steven Holder. Holder manages to hold on to the Kwon case, which pisses his partner off, especially when Holder seems interested in actually investigating the case and not just closing it. Holder still has the sense that there's a case here with a connection to the Emery case, even though Linden tries to keep the two unlinked. He's also run across a possible connection to the now-missing Kallie. We also get to meet Holder's girlfriend, and they have a nice chemistry. That bodes poorly, knowing this show.
2. Twitch. Lyric's boyfriend/pimp, he's an aspiring model/actor who is planning to leave for LA once his parole is over. His control over Lyric is pretty obvious, as she does what he says in terms of working or not working, even when he blows all of their money on an "investment" of hair dye (to give him a more model-like look, I guess). It's easy to see why Bullet doesn't like Twitch, as he's a manipulative git whose interest in Lyric is pretty much limited to what he can get out of her.
3. Regi Darnell. A short but effective appearance, as she discovers Linden reviewing the Emery case and tells her off. She sort of accepts that Linden is going to be Linden about this, but she's also very clear that she has no words to dissuade or support Linden at this point. You get the sense that Regi is close to being done with Linden, and that may be for the best for Regi and her wife.
Honorable Mention: Francis Becker. The senior guard at the unit holding Ray Emery, he gets to dress down an underling for allowing Emery to use the phone (which he uses to call Linden's old partner, inviting him to the hanging), sit outside of Emery's cell to read him the manual on hangings, and then move a new, chatty inmate (who apparently knows Emery) across the hall from Emery. All ball busting all the time, which I think is how Becker likes his work.
Three Down
1. Bullet. Kallie's disappearance has hit Bullet hard, and she spends most of the episode trying to track her down. She has a short and unproductive interaction with Kallie's mom (who doesn't care that her daughter is missing), and gets the business from Holder when she goes to the cops to see if Kallie was run in. Twitch suggests Kallie is with Goldie, a local low-life who Bullet had a run in with earlier. When she breaks into his place, Goldie jumps her and holds her at knife point and rapes her. Awful.
2. Ray Emery. Things start out well for him - he cons the younger guard into getting him phone time, and he seems to be enjoying the reading from the hanging manual. But when Linden shows up and displays one of Emery's son's paintings of the wood, he suddenly terminates their interview and is brooding for the rest of the episode (which isn't surprising given the ending). That he gets a new motor-mouth blockmate isn't helping.
3. Sarah Linden. Linden's doubts about Emery's guilt build, thanks to a visit to the crime scene and with Holder. She also visits her old partner, who says to let it go (the ex-partner's wife also tells her to never come by again, suggesting Linden and her partner were involved). Linden's visit to Emery, where she shows him his son's picture of trees, leads her to visit the son and discover he's drawing the trees again. This leads her to the actual trees, and in the trees a body of water that's apparently a dumping ground for bodies (all of whom I assume were nearly decapitated and have a finger broken post-mortem). Linden has already lost her boyfriend over this case (perhaps smart to get out early), and is poised to lose everyone and everything by getting back into the case that broke her.
Honorable Mention: Pastor Mike. He runs the shelter where most of the kids in the episode get food and occasionally stay over. He has what might be the most thankless job in the world, keeping track of street kids while trying to keep pimps and abusive family and exes away. It'll get worse during his inevitable period as a suspect.
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