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3. Darren Richmond. He takes Jamie's advice and approaches Chief Jackson for an endorsement. Her price - approval for a waterfront museum and gift shop, and tax exempt status on anything build on tribal land. Richmond asks her to let the Seattle PD get into the casino to look for evidence in Rosie's murder, as it's the last place she was seen alive. The chief passes, saying it would be a bad precedent given the tribe autonomy. Richmond tells her no deal. Both Jamie and Gwen push him to make the deal, but he wants no part of the chief. He's more or less back to his idealistic self, which is good for him if not for his electoral chances.
2. Sarah Linden. There are rough parts - she gets a call from Jack and hears how his dad is trying to bribe him with iPods and such - but she gets through the bad to help find the Larsen case files - which Gil hid in his storage unit in another town - and gets the key that gives her access to the Wapi Eagle's tenth floor. Once there she finds a key card with blood on it, evidence of a struggle that involved someone from city hall. And then she gets whacked in the head. As I said, there are rough parts.
1. Stephen Holder. Holder proves he's a stand up partner, even if his partner is not on the force at present. He gets the location of the case files from Carlson, saying he needs personal items. When Linden sees Gil leaving the station, he puts it together that Gil got the files sent to county. Except when he calls the county evidence room, they know nothing about the files. He helps Linden find them, and when Linden decides to go into the casino by the front door (Mary was going to let them in the back, but was either too scared or too busted to prop the door), Holder provides cover by acting drunk and pretending that he wants his phone back, saying he lost it in the beating. He also gives Linden ample warning about dousing her light and getting out, to no avail.
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3. Stan Larsen. Things get tougher for Stan, when he learns that Tommy killed a number of baby birds at school (he and some other kids knocked a nest out of a tree). Stan's anger gets the best of him, and he and Tommy wind up yelling at each other outside of school, leading Tommy to say he's glad Rosie is dead. That gets him a slap across the face from Stan, and at the end of the fight Stan says he hates Tommy and is mad that he's stuck with the boys and would like to get out like Mitch did. This freaks the boys out but good. In the end it does help them come to terms, but it's more of an emotional workout than Stan needs. He also gets a call from Mitch, and she informs him that Rosie was going to leave and that they were wrong for not asking Rosie what was wrong when she wouldn't talk to them over the last few months of her life. Stan says they did the best they could, but you have to think it puts some new doubt in the back of Stan's mind.
2. Gwen Eaton. When Richmond declines to give into Chief Jackson's demands, she tries to negotiate with Mayor Adams directly. She reminds him that her father is a big fan of his, and that his support for his eventual run for Congress would be very helpful. And he's only going to get it if Adams doesn't do anything to garner Chief Jackson's support. Adams scoffs at the idea, which leads Gwen to remind him of her father's first Senate campaign, when Adams was a staffer and he had some sort of dalliance with a then 14 year old Gwen. She's planning to blow the whistle to stop Adams from getting the endorsement, but Adams retorts that her father already knows about their indiscretion. He gets Gwen good with that revelation, and you can see her image of her father changing in real time.
1. Tommy Larsen. So he stomped these baby birds, and is now getting two weeks suspension, Which screws things up for Stan in terms of work, which leads to the shouting match where Tommy says Rosie did worse things than him and that he's glad she's dead. Then comes the slap and Stan's declaration that he hates Tommy and wishes he could leave. This does more of a number on Tommy than Stan can see, making the mental damage Tommy is carrying around that much worse. He does manage to address this to some extent later - thanks in some part to an apology from Stan, which was nice to see - and while he gets to cry it out and admit how sad he is to his dad. there's still a ways to go for him to get back to normal.
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