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3. Lt. Erik Carlson. He's not done much on the show except be a by the book pain in the ass for Linden and Holder, but when pushed to choose if he'll support them to find Rosie's killer or continue to play along with the mayor (who dangled a promotion if Carlson would get Linden off the streets) and the other powers that have stymied the investigation, he chooses the side of the angels. Good to see that, even if we still didn't get much screen time for Mark Moses, a shame in its own right.
2. Stan Larsen. Things start to come up for Stan a bit, as he finally gets an offer on the home he bought as a surprise. With that debt off of his shoulders, he hits a bump in the road when Janek threatens the boys if Stan doesn't take out Novak (the guy who broke into the waterfront development and told Holder about it). Stan decides to play along - until he sees the baby in Novak's car. He gives Novak a bit of a beating, tells him Janek knows, and tells him to get out of Seattle and never return. Having avoided falling back into Janek's trap, Stan goes home and finds Mitch has returned. Which I guess makes it win-win-win, though we'll see what Mitch has to say for herself.
1. Sarah Linden. Still fragile from her hospitalization (she retorts that Holder is on "their" side when he suggests she take a nap), she does manage to talk Gwen into using her father to get a federal warrant to search the Wapi Eagle. That search appears to have turned up nothing, but we later learn that Linden found the key card and held onto it, fearing that Seattle PD or County would make it disappear if it entered official channels. She notices that she and Holder are being tailed, allowing them to shake it and head to Seattle City Hall. Once in she tests the card around, and surprisingly discovers it does not open the door to the mayor's office. It does, however, open the door to Richmond's office. Which explains why the upcoming episode is called "Donnie or Marie," as this makes the main suspects Jamie and Gwen.
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3. Leslie Adams. His lead is evaporating, and the success of the Richmond "viral" video coupled with Abani's revelation that Jamie is getting info on the Larsen case from his ex-girlfriend prosecutor, leads Adams to a desperation play. He gets a copy of Richmond's sealed testimony and plans to expose his suicide attempt if he doesn't withdraw from the race. Only Richmond turns it around and admits to the attempt at a rally, spinning it as a time where he let bitterness win and he discovered the will to live while falling from the bridge. Tying it into the despair that everyone feels at some point, Richmond turns his potential undoing into a humanizing moment. Adams is so busy watching this that he doesn't see Linden test the key card on his door. I expect he'd be too angry at seeing them to realize that (a) Carlson rejected his deal and (b) the card's not working means he and his staff are in the clear.
2. Nicole Jackson. She thinks the search has gone her way until her security chief shows her elevator footage where Linden intentionally shows the key card to the camera and slips it into an evidence sleeve. Jackson is enraged, slamming a door on the security chief's fingers and then calling someone to say the card's been discovered. There's a cut that suggests she's calling the mayor, but that looks like a feint now. In any case, if this plays out the way it looks like Jackson will be lucky to not be in prison, never mind still chief, when all is said and done.
1. Janek Kovarsky. He thinks he has Stan back in his clutches when he orders Stan to kill Novak, but in the ensuing discussion Stan says he killed Piotr for Janek but that was supposed to let Stan be free. Janek's acknowledgement of this seems innocuous, except that Alexei Giffords is back in the garage and hears the whole thing. Later, when Janek gets into his car, a gun is put to his head. He tries to talk Stan into not killing him, saying that Stan doesn't have the will to kill him. Only the gunman is Alexei, who is getting revenge for his father. Alexei pulls the trigger, and the Kovarsky mob has an opening at the top.
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