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3. Darren Richmond. He's back on the campaign trail, and he has a good outing with his Seattle All-Stars program, which results in a viral video showing him shooting hoops. Turns out Gwen paid for the video, but he doesn't know that. He also confronts Gwen about a meeting she had with Adams, and learns about her teenaged dalliance with the future mayor. He's pretty supportive about the failed attempt, which is a good sign.
2. Stan Larsen. At the end of his rope, Stan calls Terry for help trying to figure things out. She gives him some pretty good advice about forgiving, and he does a pretty good job of making amends - he apologizes to Bennett Ahmed - even fixes a light for him, though he doesn't know it - and starts to find forgiveness for himself when he leaves a message on Rosie's still active cell phone. He also gets a dog for the boys. At the end of the episode he turns off a lamp in Rosie's room, which is a good sign that he's beginning to find a way past the murder.
1. Steven Holder. When he's not working to get Linden sprung from the psych ward, he's still working the case. He uncovers a new connection between the existing cabal - the mayor, Ames and Chief Jackson - and Kovarsky, as one of his foot soldiers was arrested the night of the murder breaking into the waterfront site to plant Native American bones on the site. He manages to turn Lt. Carlson around on the case once he comes up with this (and after telling him that the case files never made it to County). He does get Linden sprung, with the help of her former fiance, but is now in charge of her.
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3. Bennett Ahmed. In show time it's only been a couple of weeks since he got a beating from Stan and Belko, which is easy to forget given how long it's been since we've visited his character. He's still in bad shape, and isn't helped when he sees Stan Larsen skulking around his house. He's not particularly interested in taking Stan's apology (understandably). I suppose things aren't so bad for him - he's alive, mobile, and has a new child - but he still looks like hell.
2. Chief Nicole Jackson. She doesn't do anything in the episode until the end, where we see her supervising the work on the 10th floor of the casino after reassuring someone on the phone that any evidence will be gone. She apparently doesn't know about the key card, which is still sitting where Linden found it, waiting to be discovered.
1. Sarah Linden. The episode starts with Linden waking up in what looks like a hospital ward. Turns out that it's actually a psych ward, where she was put after reportedly trying to kill herself on the 10th floor of the Wapi Eagle. She denies this, but much of her recent behavior suggests a lack of mental health. She will be in lockup for 72 hours unless her new shrink finds a reason to let her out earlier. They talk about the previous case that saw Linden wind up in psych, and comes very close to connecting that case, Rosie's case, and Linden's abandonment as a child (dark, enclosed spaces play a prominent role). Before Linden can make her breakthrough, word comes that's she's being sprung. She sees Rick signing her out, but by the time she gets into the lobby he's gone, leaving her in Holder's care. As much as she's been trying to keep the case uppermost in her mind, she's got to be in a bit of a state to go back out. She did at least get some food in her, based on a brutal scene where she builds up into an eating frenzy over hospital dinner.
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