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3. Alexei Giffords. He finally confronts Stan at Rosie's graveside, and is able to give him crap about how Stan got himself kicked out of Kovarski's gang (which I'm not sure is true, though giving Stan money to start his business may be the Kovarski equivalent of a golden parachute) and how Stan should have been capped rather than Alexei's dad. Stan pushes back on why Alexei hasn't made a run at him, to which Alexei notes if it wasn't for Rosie, Stan would be dead by now.
2. Gwen Eaton. Back in DC, she's watching Richmond's first interview with some colleagues, who note that he'll never get back into the race unless he can get rid of the stink caused by the murder charges. After (or I suppose during) a dinner with her dad, in which she learns he wants her to resume her role as his "secret weapon" - something she's been doing for him since she was 14 - she decides her path leads back to Seattle. She shows up at the hospital, and says she's back to get Richmond past the murder charges and into the mayor's office. Darren snubs her at first, but later relents and brings her back on - in strictly a professional capacity. Sure.
1. Darren Richmond. He's back on the trail, and while his assumed confidence isn't always believable - he says he never felt down about being shot - he uses the story about Jamie's grandfather to make a point about getting through adversity - and it's clear he's back in the saddle. To then get Gwen back to clean up the murder mess - and perhaps resume her more personal role at a later time? - is just additional firepower in his quest to take down the mayor.
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3. The Marek sisters. Terry has an awful breakup scene with Michael Ames, who says he's not leaving his wife and even gets a little physical with her in telling her not to call anymore. At the end of the episode she shares a very awkward look with Stan, perhaps wondering if it's OK to jump him on the rebound while he's still technically married to her sister.
Speaking of Mitch, she winds up spending more time with runaway Tina after she's "locked out" of her room by her boyfriend. They spend an entire day together, and after some rough patches (Mitch pushing Tina too hard to get her to call her mom, and Tina awkwardly making a pass at Mitch, thinking this may still be something kinky) Mitch wakes up the next morning to find Tina is gone and has robbed her. No catharsis for you, Mitch.
On the plus side for us, we do learn the name of Rosie's real dad from a letter in the memory box Mitch has been toting around. He's not someone we've met yet, as fas as we know.
2. The Ames family. Jasper gets riled by the cops when they intimate his dad was sleeping with Rosie while Jasper could get nowhere with him. He later confronts dad in public, leading later to Michael going to the police station to confess to sending a (joke?) blackmail text to his dad from Rosie's phone. Michael is happy to let Jasper spend the night in jail based on a felony charge of using the phone to extort money. Later, the cops talk to Mrs. Adams, who says she lets her husband play in return for having money and status. She also notes that they were out of the country when Rosie was conceived (there goes the theory that Rosie is Michael's daughter). So while we have the dysfunctional family circus here, things look even worse when the chief of the tribe that own the Wapi Eagle casino shows up at a Mayor Adams function at the Ames home. A conspiracy seems to be brewing.
1. Sarah Linden. Every time she seems to make progress in this episode, something sets her back. A decent interview with Stan about Rosie's parentage? Countered by a bad theory that Michael Ames is the father. Linden learns about the blackmail text? Turns out it was a joke. Take your kids to Holder's due to a creepy drawing hung on her fridge the neither she nor Jack put up, fall under the surveillance of some guy smoking in his car. And all along, have Carlson and others pull warrants and give reminders of the last time she buried herself in a case. She's getting closer to the truth, but may not be around to see it
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