Lightman is pleased with the new clues, but Wallowsky is sure the real killers are a meth head and his boyfriend, whom a prostitute has turned in—with a gun that matches the murder weapon's ballistics. He and Wallowsky do some fencing back and forth about the trustworthiness of hookers, and Cal holds firm to his feeling that "it's all about this messed up family." Nonetheless, an interview with the suspects reveals one of them may have killed Kira — but not as a robbery gone awry. They were hired for the job, but not by either of the sons.
Wallowsky helps Cal bring Teddy in to see if he can identify the suspects, even though they were wearing masks. What the policewoman does not know is Cal is actually more interested in whether the suspects can identify Teddy. Over her protests, he drags Teddy into the line up room and reads on the two men's faces they do indeed recognise the restaurant manager.
Cal decides it's time for one of his staged scenes to see if he can rule Marcus and Rudy in or out of the crime. He, Gillian and Teddy go the restaurant and Cal arranges for Marcus to be invited as well. Pointing out that the two boys are still in Jim's will despite their estrangement, Lightman jabs at Marcus, so Foster can come in as the good cop to his bad, one of their favourite moves. Gillian spins a convincing story about losing her brother to encourage the older son to tell her why he visited his sister. It works—as Cal later notes, Gillian is a scarily good liar—and Marcus confesses his sister wanted her brothers to reconcile with their dad before he died. And though this seems a benign reason, he also confesses he told his sister that Rudy was a lost cause.
Rudy, of course, hears this as he is waiting in the wings, courtesy of Cal. But this time, instead of a fight, the two men reach out to each other. Gillian notes they seem more interested in making up than finding out who the real killers are, the reason for which I found a little unclear. In one way, it does show they aren't feeling guilty about murder, but even so, both sons did seem to love Kira. Lightman says Marcus's grief is raw and consuming, so why would they not be focused on finding the real murderer? In any case, Teddy is focused on the investigation and he tells Lightman to be sure and tell Jim the boys are not guilty.
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1 - Latitude24
I think you're right about Cal & Gillian, and I think they are headed for a huge confrontation. Probably in the season 3 finale, or half season finale.
I found it amusing that Cal was trying to hide Wallowski from Gillian and Emily both, and that Gillian kept pressing him about her. (Of course, if my company were in trouble financially, I would also be very interested why my partner would take on a pro bono case, and for whom.).
Especially amusing since Gillian hid her last "whatever" from Cal and everyone else, only 'fessing up in one of their best scenes together when she thought Cal suspected. I also think that Wallowski prefers to be hidden, at least from Gillian. I'm sure she has many skeletons in her closet, and Cal must suspect.
I found Gillian's line very telling, after Cal says that Wallowski is very good at what she does: "You don't treat her as if she is." (or something like that.)
It's difficult to figure out whether Gillian is personally jealous, being platonically protective or is worried about how a crooked cop will affect their struggling company. As much as Cal likes to think that he's inscrutable, it's obvious how he feels about her. Not so obvious how Gillian feels about him. She flirts with him sometimes, but she doesn't really give away much. We need to see a little more of her slip out.
I really REALLY hope they bring this series back in the spring. There are so many unanswered questions and unexplored motives and emotions. And I'm very interested in finding out what Emily read in Cal's mother's diary.
2 - Gerry
Hi, Latitude, thanks for commenting! I found much about the cat and mouse relationship among Cal, Sharon and Gillian amusing--there was some nicely detailed writing and acting in the episode. I'm delighted Cal's behaviour over Wallowsky hasn't been forgotten by anyone, because I'd find it hard to swallow if it had been.
I agree that Gillian is proving hard to read and I really hope there's a lot more driving her than jealousy. Cal needs to look at what he gave up to save Wallowsky from the IA investigation--especially since he involved Foster in his scheme. I still have a bit of a hard time accepting he would push his partner to lie because he admires Wallowsky for supporting her partner, especially when Gillain let him know so clearly she didn't want to. And from there, I have a hard believing he's just carrying on with Wallowsky and wants Foster to pretend she doesn't know. Mind you, I am still willing to go along with it all and wait to be shown how everyone is really feeling under the surface, so, well done writers.