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City Homicide
No Greater Honour, Part One: Reward Day
Original Air Date: February 23, 2011
The murder of a prison guard leads the team to a drug ring within the prison. The list of suspects range from the usual to the surprising. Meanwhile, Nick Buchanan meets up with Dane Majors, a man he put in prison for the murder of his wife. There's clearly tension between the two but is it because Nick planted evidence against him like Majors claims or just because Majors got caught by Nick? Matters are further complicated when a beautiful reporter wants to interview Nick about the Majors case for a story the Tribune is planning. Will she uncover information that will destroy Nick?
Nick and Duncan interview Eugene Ashton (Stephen Pease), the survivor of two prison guards who were terrorized and shot. One of the guards, Ben Kelton (Lloyd Bissell), died. The prisoner they were transporting, Sean Lynch (Chris Weir) pulled a gun on the two guards not far from the prison. Lynch forced them from the car at gunpoint and demanded the keys. Ashton turned them over and while Lynch was distracted with them, Ben Kelton pulled his gun and was shot by Lynch in the chest. Ashton turned to run and was shot in the arm. He blacked out and when he came to, Lynch was gone and the car and Ben Kelton, dead, were still there.
Lynch is armed and dangerous and on the run. Uniforms and dogs scoured the area near the shooting but Lynch's half hour head start and rain starting three hours later made forensics a nightmare complicate the investigation and make it impossible for dogs to pick up a scent. Neither of the guards guns were fired so Lynch must have gotten his gun en route. The guards stopped at a petrol station and Lynch claimed he had to go to the loo. Kelton accompanied Lynch while Aston stayed with the car but there is no security footage from the petrol station.
Lynch was out on a reward day. Prisoners who stay out of trouble for twelve months are rewarded with a day out back in the community. On the outside, Lynch has a girlfriend and mother of his two children, Kylie Barnett (Anna Lise Phillips) who could have possibly helped him. Stanley orders Rhys and Allie to track down any old associates of Lynch that he might contact for help. Duncan and Nick are to start at the prison while Stanley sets up a meeting with Melissa Gordon (Tracy Mann), the Governor.
Nick and Duncan arrive for their meeting with Ms. Gordon. She has been fighting to get rid of reward days for years. Duncan requests interviews with any prisoners who had contact with Lynch which she readily agrees to. Lynch worked in the prison clinic and had contact with most of the prisoners at one time or another. Gordon informs them Lynch's girlfriend visited him once a month.
Allie and Rhys interview Kylie Barnett who admits she visited him just last month as she does every month for seven years. She tells them he has changed, reformed, and that she doesn't believe he shot the prison guard. Allie doesn't feel she's being totally honest with them and threatens her that her only way to stay out jail herself and to keep her kids is to tell the truth. Kylie looks her in the eyes and states she is.
At the prison, Nick and Duncan question Frank McGann (Adam Tuohy) about his association with Lynch. He refuses to say anything. Next on the interview list is Dane Majors (Lindsay Taylor). Majors and Nick have an old history and neither are happy to see the other. Majors doesn't want to talk to Nick so Duncan tells him to talk to him instead. Majors still doesn't want to talk. Reluctantly, he sits down at the table with Duncan and Nick to answer Duncan's questions. He didn't know Sean Lynch well and never crossed paths with him in the yard or clinic. When asked if he heard whispers about Lynch planning an escape, he answers after a short pause. He turns to Nick and states it must be killing him. When Nick replies that they'll get him, Majors laughs and says "yeah, you always get your man, don't you?" and implies that Nick will not be able to fit anyone up for this. Nick doesn't even bat an eyelash and comments to Majors that he hasn't changed a bit in all the time he's been inside.
At the office, the team speak about Dane Majors and the crime he was imprisoned for, killing his wife by bashing her head in with a golf club. Stanley asks for an update but there isn't much. Duncan and Nick only got a few leads at the prison and Rhys hasn't found any large sums in Kylie Barnett's financial records to indicate she's feeding Lynch cash. Stanley informs the team that Bernice Waverley has authorized a $100,000 reward for information on Sean Lynch. Jarvis will be holding a press conference in a half hour and Wolfe wants Nick and Duncan to join him as a show of strength.
Jarvis is deluged with questions at the press conference. He puts up a photo of Ben Kelton and releases the information about the reward being offered and puts up a photo of Sean Lynch. Jarvis dismisses a question that Lynch's girlfriend said Kelton was killed by another officer saying the claim is totally without foundation and there will not be an independent inquiry into her claim. Nick and a woman in the audience, Juliette Gardiner (Claire Van Der Boom) make eye contact and she smiles slightly at him. When Jarvis leaves, Gardiner introduces herself to Nick as a reporter from the Tribune and wishes to ask him a few questions. She doesn't want information about Sean Lynch but instead is doing a story on Dane Majors. As far as he's concerned, Majors' story is over. She gives him her card in case he changes his mind about talking with her.
Bernice has Jarvis in her office over radio and newspaper reports about the police being unable to find Lynch. She's unhappy about Jarvis' behavior during the press conference and felt he could have done a better job "wooing" the journalists. Alan Sullivan (John Howard) from the Tribune made a complaint to the police Media Unit because Nick turned Juliette Gardiner down for the Dane Majors interview. Bernice informs Jarvis that Nick speaking with Gardiner isn't a matter of choice. She has spoken with Sullivan and he agreed to revisit his coverage if Nick speaks with Gardiner. She orders Jarvis to make sure that happens.
Jarvis goes to the Homicide office to speak with Nick about Juliette Gardiner. Jarvis tells him about the deal made with the Tribune that the paper will hold off on the 'cop bashing' if Nick grants Gardiner her interview about Dane Majors. Matt comes out of his office with news that he might have something. Ben Kelton's wife went through his personal effects that morning and found his mobile phone was missing. Duncan found a mobile with Kelton's belongings at the morgue. Kelton had two phones, one for work, which Duncan found and a personal phone that is missing. The missing phone was used the previous morning to make a call after Kelton was already dead. The call went to Kylie Barnett.
Nick and Duncan bring Kylie in for a formal interview. She doesn't deny that Lynch called her. She insists she doesn't know where he is and that all he told her was that he was free. She claims she hung up before he could say anything else because, while she understands why he wanted to get out of prison, she didn't want to get involved because her kids are her first priority now. She vehemently denies planting the gun at the petrol station and helping Lynch escape. She demands they either charge her or let her go home to her kids. Stanley knows they can't keep her and tells Jarvis he'll have Nick keep up with her once she's released. Jarvis informs him Nick is unavailable as he has to talk to Gardiner from the Tribune.
At the Tribune, Nick and Alan Sullivan talk about the last time they saw one another, the night Dane Majors was convicted. Sullivan assures Nick there isn't any love for Majors there at the paper and that they just want to talk to the principal people to see how they are feeling now. He tells Nick that Gardiner is good but not hard-nosed and that Majors will come out of the story looking worse than he already does.
Nick and Gardiner sit down at her desk and she turns on the recorder for their interview. She asks if he thinks about Dane Majors ten years on and he replies he never does. He doesn't because Majors never showed regret for what he did leading Nick to feel any compassion or sympathy for him. The victims and their families is who he cares about. He tells her that all he could think about when he saw Majors the day before during the prison interviews regarding Lynch was the father of Major's victim. He admits he felt angry seeing Majors again because he's alive and his wife isn't and because of the pain he caused those left behind. She asks about the media attention he received during the Majors case. He replies that he was working with Senior Sergeant Bruce Dalton who received most of it. He asks her if she's interviewing Majors, which she hopes to do. Nick tells her Majors will her he's innocent and then try to charm her because she's young and good looking. He warns her not to be taken in my Majors' charm.
Duncan is waiting on Nick in an interview room when he arrives back at the office. Frank McGann wants to talk. McGann says everyone, including him, was scared of Sean Lynch. He was surprised when Lynch escaped. He didn't expect it because there is a big drug problem at the prison and prisoners are dying "like flies". Sean Lynch "was the drug ring" and all he had to do was stick things out a few years and he'd be set up for life. He tells them to talk to the prison doctor. The prison doctor, Clive Powell (David Woods), admits there are always drugs in jails and deaths related to them; that's an unfortunate fact of life. Powell says he has a slight flu. He has the only key to the safe that houses the drugs in the prison clinic and they've never had a problem with drugs being stolen. He claims to not know Lynch was dealing drugs and was stunned when he heard what happened. He wasn't aware of Lynch being close to any other inmates since Craig Ramage (Anthony Share) was paroled. Ramage was the prison hard man who kept Lynch under his wing. He is sure Ramage helped Lynch get the job in the clinic and doesn't know where Ramage is now as he was released two years ago. Powell stands up wanting to get home to bed and denies ever using drugs himself when Duncan questions him and tells him he's seen a lot of junkies and he looks like one. Juliette Gardiner texts Nick wanting a drink. Duncan pulls up Craig Ramage's records and finds he has a history of drugs and violence.
At briefing, Duncan is sure the prison doctor is using drugs himself and he's the best way for the drugs to be getting into the prison. Matt enters with news that uniforms responded to a drug overdose and Nick's card was found in the victim's pocket. In the morgue, Lafferty tells them the needle was still in Powell's arm when he was found. He was a long time user and there weren't tracks on his arms but she lost count on the marks she found on other places of his body. She found four needle marks next to the vein where the drugs were injected. His wrists show marks where he was tied up or handcuffed. He was murdered.
Melissa Gordon brings Bernice and Stanley all the paperwork she can find on Powell. She spoke with him last late the day before to speak about putting drug testing in place at the prison. He seemed stressed. She hasn't heard anything credible from the prisoners or officers since the announcement of the award although it has everyone talking. Bernice asks about Ramage and Gordon confirms he's dangerous with a high opinion of himself.Nick and Duncan bring Ramage in for interview and he plays stupid when asked about Lynch. They threaten him with going back to prison if they find he's hiding him. Ramage admits if he knew where Lynch was he wouldn't tell them. When told about the $100,000 reward Ramage's demeanor changes but he still claims to know nothing. Jarvis gets a call that Sean Lynch has been found. He was shot in the head and has been dead for two days. He couldn't have killed Powell. Jarvis orders them to go harder on Ramage and to bring Kylie Barnett back in for questioning.
Kylie is distraught by Sean's death while speaking with Jennifer and Nick. Duncan and Matt go harder on Ramage about Lynch's murder. Kylie insists the conversation with Lynch went exactly as she previously said. Ramage denies that Lynch came anywhere near him after his escape. Kylie becomes enraged when Nick suggests she killed Sean. Ramage admits Lynch was a good bloke but that he just knew him. Both Kylie and Ramage deny they ever had an intimate relationship. She tells Jennifer and Nick Ramage was nice to them and bought things for the kids.
Allie informs Stanley and Jarvis that a woman who lives up the street from Kylie is certain Kylie has a boyfriend who is at her home all the time. She got a great description of the boyfriend and was able to pick his photo out when brought in. She identified the wounded prison guard, Eugene Ashton, as Kylie's boyfriend. At briefing, Rhys is thinking Kylie and Eugene were both in on the drug scheme. She is the mule bringing in the drugs and Eugene turns a blind eye for a cut. Stanley orders surveillance extended on both Kylie and Eugene around the clock. Rhys and Allie are to trail Eugene while Duncan and Matt trail Kylie. Stanley sends Nick home for some rest.
Nick gets another text for a drink from Juliette Gardiner and takes her up on the offer. They make small talk about work over their drinks. She usually does human interest stories but Alan Sullivan thinks her personality will get people to open up more. On their stakeout of Eugene, Allie doesn't want to talk to Rhys unless they talk about work. They disagree on everything from Kylie and Eugene's involvement in the drug scheme to them being cold sitting outside his house. Nick takes Gardiner back to his place and the two end up spending the night together. The next morning, Allie gets a call from Matt that Kylie is on the move to Eugene's place. She arrives as Eugene is walking outside. She runs to him carrying a weapon as Allie and Rhys move in. Rhys apprehends Kylie while Allie gets Eugene.
In interview, Kylie admits she was involved with the drug ring but she didn't kill Lynch and Powell. She implicates Eugene in the murders of Ben Kelton and Sean. Eugene was supposed to help Sean get away but he killed him instead. He called her after the murders and told her Sean was fine. Eugene denies the killings to Nick and Jennifer in interview. They present him with a scenario regarding the drug ring at the prison and Kelton's and Lynch's murders. He insists they've got things wrong. He'll talk but he wants to make a deal as he can't go to jail since he was a guard. If they make a deal, he'll tell them everything he knows.
Jennifer and Nick have Melissa Gordon in for an official interview. She denies any involvement in anything stating Eugene is a confessed drug dealer and a liar. Gordon was running the drug ring with Lynch and Eugene but Lynch got greedy and wanted more money. She came up with a plan to get Lynch out of the picture. She was at the murder scene and she was the one who killed both Kelton and Lynch. Eugene then called Kylie to tell her Sean was fine but going underground until the heat died down. She shot Eugene in the arm from behind as he was putting Lynch in the trunk of her car to drop the body elsewhere. She insists nothing can be proven. Nick and Jennifer bring up her alibi of driving home at the time of the murders. She didn't take her regular route because she claims she was saving on toll. Jennifer presents her with a phone log. Her phone logged onto the nearest tower as it wasn't turned off. The log times place her at the scene of the murders and at the dump location for Lynch's body. She assures them she will fight every step of the way and Jennifer makes the same promise to her. Nick charges her with the murders of Lynch, Kelton and Powell.
At the prison, Juliette Gardiner interviews Dane Majors. She assures him she'll write his story honestly despite her working for Alan Sullivan, who Dane doesn't trust. She gives him her word that she will not distort the truth. He tells her the two homicide cops set him up. She informs him she's spoken to Nick Buchanan and he asks how well she knows him. He tells her Bruce Dalton and Nick Buchanan planted evidence to set him up for his wife's murder.
That night, at Nick's place, Juliette tells him she wants to get to know him better. While they are talking, she gets a call from an anonymous caller who whispers about the Dane Majors murder trial and refuses to give a name. He tells her he has information and will not speak over the phone. He wants to meet in 20 minutes at the car park on the corner of George and King Streets on level one. She tells Nick work calls her out and she must leave. She goes to the meeting and the man tells her there are people involved who have a lot to lose. He tells her Nick isn't as clean as she thinks. The elevator opens and man steps out and her informant runs off. She tries to pursue him but he gets away. She finds an envelope with papers in it.
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I must admit that I've always liked Nick Buchanan. John Adam has made him a very likable character, I think, and I hope everything works out good for Nick in the end. I can't see him fabricating evidence against Dane Majors because that seems very uncharacteristic for Nick. However, it was a younger Nick that investigated the Majors case and I imagine it was possible he could have went along with the other investigators plan to plant evidence. I still can't see it happening, though. Nick has always been a straight forward guy.
This mystery informant that is feeding information to Juliette Gardiner is the key to everything. Who is he, what exactly does he know and what does he stand to gain by feeding her the information he is? And what was in that mysterious envelope? Time will tell!
The first of the final six episodes of City Homicide is behind us now. The story arc has been started and, as with all story lines for this show, it will most certainly prove to be an interesting one when it's finished. I plan to fully savor these next five episodes since they will mark the end of one of my very favorite programs.
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No Greater Honour, Part One: Reward Day
Original Air Date: February 23, 2011
The murder of a prison guard leads the team to a drug ring within the prison. The list of suspects range from the usual to the surprising. Meanwhile, Nick Buchanan meets up with Dane Majors, a man he put in prison for the murder of his wife. There's clearly tension between the two but is it because Nick planted evidence against him like Majors claims or just because Majors got caught by Nick? Matters are further complicated when a beautiful reporter wants to interview Nick about the Majors case for a story the Tribune is planning. Will she uncover information that will destroy Nick?
Nick and Duncan interview Eugene Ashton (Stephen Pease), the survivor of two prison guards who were terrorized and shot. One of the guards, Ben Kelton (Lloyd Bissell), died. The prisoner they were transporting, Sean Lynch (Chris Weir) pulled a gun on the two guards not far from the prison. Lynch forced them from the car at gunpoint and demanded the keys. Ashton turned them over and while Lynch was distracted with them, Ben Kelton pulled his gun and was shot by Lynch in the chest. Ashton turned to run and was shot in the arm. He blacked out and when he came to, Lynch was gone and the car and Ben Kelton, dead, were still there.
Lynch is armed and dangerous and on the run. Uniforms and dogs scoured the area near the shooting but Lynch's half hour head start and rain starting three hours later made forensics a nightmare complicate the investigation and make it impossible for dogs to pick up a scent. Neither of the guards guns were fired so Lynch must have gotten his gun en route. The guards stopped at a petrol station and Lynch claimed he had to go to the loo. Kelton accompanied Lynch while Aston stayed with the car but there is no security footage from the petrol station.
Lynch was out on a reward day. Prisoners who stay out of trouble for twelve months are rewarded with a day out back in the community. On the outside, Lynch has a girlfriend and mother of his two children, Kylie Barnett (Anna Lise Phillips) who could have possibly helped him. Stanley orders Rhys and Allie to track down any old associates of Lynch that he might contact for help. Duncan and Nick are to start at the prison while Stanley sets up a meeting with Melissa Gordon (Tracy Mann), the Governor.
Nick and Duncan arrive for their meeting with Ms. Gordon. She has been fighting to get rid of reward days for years. Duncan requests interviews with any prisoners who had contact with Lynch which she readily agrees to. Lynch worked in the prison clinic and had contact with most of the prisoners at one time or another. Gordon informs them Lynch's girlfriend visited him once a month.
Allie and Rhys interview Kylie Barnett who admits she visited him just last month as she does every month for seven years. She tells them he has changed, reformed, and that she doesn't believe he shot the prison guard. Allie doesn't feel she's being totally honest with them and threatens her that her only way to stay out jail herself and to keep her kids is to tell the truth. Kylie looks her in the eyes and states she is.
At the prison, Nick and Duncan question Frank McGann (Adam Tuohy) about his association with Lynch. He refuses to say anything. Next on the interview list is Dane Majors (Lindsay Taylor). Majors and Nick have an old history and neither are happy to see the other. Majors doesn't want to talk to Nick so Duncan tells him to talk to him instead. Majors still doesn't want to talk. Reluctantly, he sits down at the table with Duncan and Nick to answer Duncan's questions. He didn't know Sean Lynch well and never crossed paths with him in the yard or clinic. When asked if he heard whispers about Lynch planning an escape, he answers after a short pause. He turns to Nick and states it must be killing him. When Nick replies that they'll get him, Majors laughs and says "yeah, you always get your man, don't you?" and implies that Nick will not be able to fit anyone up for this. Nick doesn't even bat an eyelash and comments to Majors that he hasn't changed a bit in all the time he's been inside.
At the office, the team speak about Dane Majors and the crime he was imprisoned for, killing his wife by bashing her head in with a golf club. Stanley asks for an update but there isn't much. Duncan and Nick only got a few leads at the prison and Rhys hasn't found any large sums in Kylie Barnett's financial records to indicate she's feeding Lynch cash. Stanley informs the team that Bernice Waverley has authorized a $100,000 reward for information on Sean Lynch. Jarvis will be holding a press conference in a half hour and Wolfe wants Nick and Duncan to join him as a show of strength.
Jarvis is deluged with questions at the press conference. He puts up a photo of Ben Kelton and releases the information about the reward being offered and puts up a photo of Sean Lynch. Jarvis dismisses a question that Lynch's girlfriend said Kelton was killed by another officer saying the claim is totally without foundation and there will not be an independent inquiry into her claim. Nick and a woman in the audience, Juliette Gardiner (Claire Van Der Boom) make eye contact and she smiles slightly at him. When Jarvis leaves, Gardiner introduces herself to Nick as a reporter from the Tribune and wishes to ask him a few questions. She doesn't want information about Sean Lynch but instead is doing a story on Dane Majors. As far as he's concerned, Majors' story is over. She gives him her card in case he changes his mind about talking with her.
Bernice has Jarvis in her office over radio and newspaper reports about the police being unable to find Lynch. She's unhappy about Jarvis' behavior during the press conference and felt he could have done a better job "wooing" the journalists. Alan Sullivan (John Howard) from the Tribune made a complaint to the police Media Unit because Nick turned Juliette Gardiner down for the Dane Majors interview. Bernice informs Jarvis that Nick speaking with Gardiner isn't a matter of choice. She has spoken with Sullivan and he agreed to revisit his coverage if Nick speaks with Gardiner. She orders Jarvis to make sure that happens.
Jarvis goes to the Homicide office to speak with Nick about Juliette Gardiner. Jarvis tells him about the deal made with the Tribune that the paper will hold off on the 'cop bashing' if Nick grants Gardiner her interview about Dane Majors. Matt comes out of his office with news that he might have something. Ben Kelton's wife went through his personal effects that morning and found his mobile phone was missing. Duncan found a mobile with Kelton's belongings at the morgue. Kelton had two phones, one for work, which Duncan found and a personal phone that is missing. The missing phone was used the previous morning to make a call after Kelton was already dead. The call went to Kylie Barnett.
Nick and Duncan bring Kylie in for a formal interview. She doesn't deny that Lynch called her. She insists she doesn't know where he is and that all he told her was that he was free. She claims she hung up before he could say anything else because, while she understands why he wanted to get out of prison, she didn't want to get involved because her kids are her first priority now. She vehemently denies planting the gun at the petrol station and helping Lynch escape. She demands they either charge her or let her go home to her kids. Stanley knows they can't keep her and tells Jarvis he'll have Nick keep up with her once she's released. Jarvis informs him Nick is unavailable as he has to talk to Gardiner from the Tribune.
At the Tribune, Nick and Alan Sullivan talk about the last time they saw one another, the night Dane Majors was convicted. Sullivan assures Nick there isn't any love for Majors there at the paper and that they just want to talk to the principal people to see how they are feeling now. He tells Nick that Gardiner is good but not hard-nosed and that Majors will come out of the story looking worse than he already does.
Nick and Gardiner sit down at her desk and she turns on the recorder for their interview. She asks if he thinks about Dane Majors ten years on and he replies he never does. He doesn't because Majors never showed regret for what he did leading Nick to feel any compassion or sympathy for him. The victims and their families is who he cares about. He tells her that all he could think about when he saw Majors the day before during the prison interviews regarding Lynch was the father of Major's victim. He admits he felt angry seeing Majors again because he's alive and his wife isn't and because of the pain he caused those left behind. She asks about the media attention he received during the Majors case. He replies that he was working with Senior Sergeant Bruce Dalton who received most of it. He asks her if she's interviewing Majors, which she hopes to do. Nick tells her Majors will her he's innocent and then try to charm her because she's young and good looking. He warns her not to be taken in my Majors' charm.
Duncan is waiting on Nick in an interview room when he arrives back at the office. Frank McGann wants to talk. McGann says everyone, including him, was scared of Sean Lynch. He was surprised when Lynch escaped. He didn't expect it because there is a big drug problem at the prison and prisoners are dying "like flies". Sean Lynch "was the drug ring" and all he had to do was stick things out a few years and he'd be set up for life. He tells them to talk to the prison doctor. The prison doctor, Clive Powell (David Woods), admits there are always drugs in jails and deaths related to them; that's an unfortunate fact of life. Powell says he has a slight flu. He has the only key to the safe that houses the drugs in the prison clinic and they've never had a problem with drugs being stolen. He claims to not know Lynch was dealing drugs and was stunned when he heard what happened. He wasn't aware of Lynch being close to any other inmates since Craig Ramage (Anthony Share) was paroled. Ramage was the prison hard man who kept Lynch under his wing. He is sure Ramage helped Lynch get the job in the clinic and doesn't know where Ramage is now as he was released two years ago. Powell stands up wanting to get home to bed and denies ever using drugs himself when Duncan questions him and tells him he's seen a lot of junkies and he looks like one. Juliette Gardiner texts Nick wanting a drink. Duncan pulls up Craig Ramage's records and finds he has a history of drugs and violence.
At briefing, Duncan is sure the prison doctor is using drugs himself and he's the best way for the drugs to be getting into the prison. Matt enters with news that uniforms responded to a drug overdose and Nick's card was found in the victim's pocket. In the morgue, Lafferty tells them the needle was still in Powell's arm when he was found. He was a long time user and there weren't tracks on his arms but she lost count on the marks she found on other places of his body. She found four needle marks next to the vein where the drugs were injected. His wrists show marks where he was tied up or handcuffed. He was murdered.
Melissa Gordon brings Bernice and Stanley all the paperwork she can find on Powell. She spoke with him last late the day before to speak about putting drug testing in place at the prison. He seemed stressed. She hasn't heard anything credible from the prisoners or officers since the announcement of the award although it has everyone talking. Bernice asks about Ramage and Gordon confirms he's dangerous with a high opinion of himself.Nick and Duncan bring Ramage in for interview and he plays stupid when asked about Lynch. They threaten him with going back to prison if they find he's hiding him. Ramage admits if he knew where Lynch was he wouldn't tell them. When told about the $100,000 reward Ramage's demeanor changes but he still claims to know nothing. Jarvis gets a call that Sean Lynch has been found. He was shot in the head and has been dead for two days. He couldn't have killed Powell. Jarvis orders them to go harder on Ramage and to bring Kylie Barnett back in for questioning.
Kylie is distraught by Sean's death while speaking with Jennifer and Nick. Duncan and Matt go harder on Ramage about Lynch's murder. Kylie insists the conversation with Lynch went exactly as she previously said. Ramage denies that Lynch came anywhere near him after his escape. Kylie becomes enraged when Nick suggests she killed Sean. Ramage admits Lynch was a good bloke but that he just knew him. Both Kylie and Ramage deny they ever had an intimate relationship. She tells Jennifer and Nick Ramage was nice to them and bought things for the kids.
Allie informs Stanley and Jarvis that a woman who lives up the street from Kylie is certain Kylie has a boyfriend who is at her home all the time. She got a great description of the boyfriend and was able to pick his photo out when brought in. She identified the wounded prison guard, Eugene Ashton, as Kylie's boyfriend. At briefing, Rhys is thinking Kylie and Eugene were both in on the drug scheme. She is the mule bringing in the drugs and Eugene turns a blind eye for a cut. Stanley orders surveillance extended on both Kylie and Eugene around the clock. Rhys and Allie are to trail Eugene while Duncan and Matt trail Kylie. Stanley sends Nick home for some rest.
Nick gets another text for a drink from Juliette Gardiner and takes her up on the offer. They make small talk about work over their drinks. She usually does human interest stories but Alan Sullivan thinks her personality will get people to open up more. On their stakeout of Eugene, Allie doesn't want to talk to Rhys unless they talk about work. They disagree on everything from Kylie and Eugene's involvement in the drug scheme to them being cold sitting outside his house. Nick takes Gardiner back to his place and the two end up spending the night together. The next morning, Allie gets a call from Matt that Kylie is on the move to Eugene's place. She arrives as Eugene is walking outside. She runs to him carrying a weapon as Allie and Rhys move in. Rhys apprehends Kylie while Allie gets Eugene.
In interview, Kylie admits she was involved with the drug ring but she didn't kill Lynch and Powell. She implicates Eugene in the murders of Ben Kelton and Sean. Eugene was supposed to help Sean get away but he killed him instead. He called her after the murders and told her Sean was fine. Eugene denies the killings to Nick and Jennifer in interview. They present him with a scenario regarding the drug ring at the prison and Kelton's and Lynch's murders. He insists they've got things wrong. He'll talk but he wants to make a deal as he can't go to jail since he was a guard. If they make a deal, he'll tell them everything he knows.
Jennifer and Nick have Melissa Gordon in for an official interview. She denies any involvement in anything stating Eugene is a confessed drug dealer and a liar. Gordon was running the drug ring with Lynch and Eugene but Lynch got greedy and wanted more money. She came up with a plan to get Lynch out of the picture. She was at the murder scene and she was the one who killed both Kelton and Lynch. Eugene then called Kylie to tell her Sean was fine but going underground until the heat died down. She shot Eugene in the arm from behind as he was putting Lynch in the trunk of her car to drop the body elsewhere. She insists nothing can be proven. Nick and Jennifer bring up her alibi of driving home at the time of the murders. She didn't take her regular route because she claims she was saving on toll. Jennifer presents her with a phone log. Her phone logged onto the nearest tower as it wasn't turned off. The log times place her at the scene of the murders and at the dump location for Lynch's body. She assures them she will fight every step of the way and Jennifer makes the same promise to her. Nick charges her with the murders of Lynch, Kelton and Powell.
At the prison, Juliette Gardiner interviews Dane Majors. She assures him she'll write his story honestly despite her working for Alan Sullivan, who Dane doesn't trust. She gives him her word that she will not distort the truth. He tells her the two homicide cops set him up. She informs him she's spoken to Nick Buchanan and he asks how well she knows him. He tells her Bruce Dalton and Nick Buchanan planted evidence to set him up for his wife's murder.
That night, at Nick's place, Juliette tells him she wants to get to know him better. While they are talking, she gets a call from an anonymous caller who whispers about the Dane Majors murder trial and refuses to give a name. He tells her he has information and will not speak over the phone. He wants to meet in 20 minutes at the car park on the corner of George and King Streets on level one. She tells Nick work calls her out and she must leave. She goes to the meeting and the man tells her there are people involved who have a lot to lose. He tells her Nick isn't as clean as she thinks. The elevator opens and man steps out and her informant runs off. She tries to pursue him but he gets away. She finds an envelope with papers in it.
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I must admit that I've always liked Nick Buchanan. John Adam has made him a very likable character, I think, and I hope everything works out good for Nick in the end. I can't see him fabricating evidence against Dane Majors because that seems very uncharacteristic for Nick. However, it was a younger Nick that investigated the Majors case and I imagine it was possible he could have went along with the other investigators plan to plant evidence. I still can't see it happening, though. Nick has always been a straight forward guy.
This mystery informant that is feeding information to Juliette Gardiner is the key to everything. Who is he, what exactly does he know and what does he stand to gain by feeding her the information he is? And what was in that mysterious envelope? Time will tell!
The first of the final six episodes of City Homicide is behind us now. The story arc has been started and, as with all story lines for this show, it will most certainly prove to be an interesting one when it's finished. I plan to fully savor these next five episodes since they will mark the end of one of my very favorite programs.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.16 "The House Guest"
Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.16, The House Guest
Original Air Date: February 24, 2011
Katherine makes her case to Damon, Stefan and Elena that she can help them kill Klaus. Alaric wants to tell Jenna the truth but he first consults with Elena. Stefan would like to work with the Martin's and tries to convince them working together would be in everyones best interest but Jonas wants Elijah revived, with Luka paying the ultimate price. An angry Jonas wrecks havoc at the Grill. Matt learns the truth about Caroline but things don't go as she hoped. Jenna and Elena get a shocking visitor.
Damon attacks who he believes to be Katherine in Elena's clothes at the Salvatore home. Stefan walks in and questions what Damon is doing. "Elena" asks whether Katherine is in the tomb or not. Stefan rushes upstairs and pushes who he believes is Katherine against the wall asking her how she could do this. Katherine walks into the doorway telling Elena that it's getting very easy being her.
Elena demands to know what Katherine is doing in the Salvatore house and Damon explains about Elijah's compulsion of her wearing off when he died. Elena wants Katherine out of the house but Katherine insists they all need her as they all want the same thing: Klaus dead. Damon tells Katherine if she knows something to say it or get out.
Matt asks Caroline if she's heard from Tyler. Neither of them have heard anything from him since the night he left. Matt wonders why he's suddenly the one who can express himself when she's at a loss for words. He tells her it's her move now. She needs to make a decision or leave him alone.
Stefan and Elena arrive at school still talking about Katherine. Elena thinks Katherine might be trying to lure he and Damon back into her web. He points out that she did stay and that she does have a point that they know nothing about Klaus and she does. Elena doesn't want Katherine shacking up with him. He suggests they stay at her place but she had told Bonnie and Caroline they could come over for a girls night.
Damon sets a blowtorch to Elijah in hopes of getting the dagger back but it's to no avail. He asks Katherine how she knows so much about Originals and she answers about spending 500 years running from them. He questions why she didn't warn him he would die if he used the dagger on Elijah and she cites confusion because there are so many rules. She again tells him they want the same things and she always gets what she wants. Before she leaves the room, she tells him she wanted out of the tomb no matter who paid the price. She knew he would die if he used the dagger against Elijah.
Bonnie is surprised to learn Katherine is out of the tomb and Jeremy knows they need to figure out how to get her powers back. Stefan wants them to try and get the Martin's on their side so they can all work together now that Elijah is out of the picture. Bonnie insists it's impossible. He asks her to try and keep him posted then heads off to class. As Jeremy and Bonnie are getting ready to go to their classes, he bends to kiss her but she pulls away. He tells her Elena is nowhere in sight and she leans up and kisses him. She walks away promising him she will tell Elena soon.
Alaric confides in Elena that Jenna knows he's not being straightforward with her thanks to John's interference and that he gave John back his ring. He cannot be with Jenna and not tell her the truth as it isn't the kind of relationship he wants. Elena wonders how they would even go about telling anyone what they know. Alaric tells her it's her decision to make as to whether to tell Jenna anything or not and he will respect her choice.
Stefan, Bonnie, Luka and Jonas Martin meet at the Grill. Stefan tells them straight out that Elijah is dead. Jonas gets up to leave but Stefan stops him. Stefan assures the Martins they can be trusted.
Damon is going through the Gilbert journals and Katherine wants to know what he's up to. He asks if she can tell him where a bunch of witches were massacred a couple centuries ago and she says she can't. She tells him Emily Bennett told her about the massacre which was a big deal in witch folklore. When a witch dies violently they release a mystical energy marking the place of their death with power. He tells her Elijah wanted to know the location of the massacre but he doesn't know why. Stefan arrives and tells them Elijah had no weapon to kill Klaus but he believed if the witch could channel enough power they wouldn't need one--like the power a witch could get from the place where a hundred witches died violently. Luka questions his father about if Stefan and his friends find the burial ground first. Jonas assures him that won't happen and that they will save Greta but Elijah is the answer not Stefan and Damon. The Salvatores are their enemies and must be dealt with and he will let Elijah do it.
At the girls night, Elena asks Bonnie if she thinks Jonas is being sincere. Bonnie doesn't know what to believe. Jenna arrives and Elena asks how she is doing. She joins the girls to commiserate about Alaric hiding something from her about Isobel. Caroline suggests he might just be trying to protect her and that it's harder than everyone deserves the truth. The four girls decide to go to the Grill to see the live band.
Jonas and Luka work a spell centering them on Elijah. Luka will be the one making contact and Jonas will remain behind focusing all of his energy for his son. The spell takes Luka to the Salvatore house where he sees who he thinks is Elena and Damon reading. Damon looks over his shoulder to where Luka is standing but doesn't see him.
Katherine points out a passage in the Gilbert journals that speaks of Emily Bennett being taken to the site where the other witches were massacred but it doesn't name the location. When she goes down to get a bag of blood she senses Luka's presence but cannot see him, just as Damon did. Stefan asks Damon if he found anything in the journals. Damon shakes his head "yes" but says "no" out loud and points Stefan to a passage.
Katherine stands at the door to the room where Elijah's body is located and looks around, still not seeing Luka's presence that is kneeling next to Elijah. She sees the dagger start to rise from Elijah's body and rushes forward to hold it in place. At the Martin home, Luka tells his father Elena is fighting him and his stronger than he is. Jonas informs his son he's struggling against Katherine and that he must kill her by driving a stake through her heart. When the struggle for the dagger stops, Katherine looks around nervously. She calls out to Damon who arrives just in time to see a stake be plunged into her body. He pulls the stake from her and asks what happened. The dagger starts to move again and Damon grabs the torch and starts the fire. Luka screams in pain and his body at the Martin house bursts into flames. Damon orders Stefan to get to the Martin house to do something about the "crazy assed psychic witch attack". Jonas extinguishes the flames on his son and chants a spell over his body to revive him to no avail.
At the Grill, Jenna and Alaric share a tense look and Matt walks right past Caroline after she says hello to him. Jenna tells Alaric that she can handle anything. Caroline wants to go after Matt but she's worried about the secrets she's keeping from him. Elena suggests that maybe they are hurting the people they love by keeping them in the dark. Caroline gets on stage with the band and tells the crowd how she feels about Matt and compels the band to back her up while she sings a song (Eternal Flame) for him. He gets on stage and kisses her.
Jonas, full of rage, takes out the picture of Elena and the other items of hers he had stolen for Elijah and begins chanting a spell over them when Stefan breaks into the apartment. Jonas accuses Stefan of killing Luka and uses his powers to drop Stefan to the floor then leaves the apartment.
Damon gives Katherine a bag of blood then stakes her for not telling him the dagger would kill him. He warns that next time the stake goes into her heart. He tells her to start talking if she truly wants to help. She informs him that John Gilbert and Isobel want him and Stefan out of Elena's life. John gave Katherine a choice: either she stay and help with the killing of Klaus or he (John) will kill Stefan. She could only save one of the Salvatore brothers.
At the Grill, Bonnie asks Elena if it would freak her out if she started dating Jeremy. Elena gives her blessing to them when her phone rings. Stefan is calling about Jonas Martin. Elena goes somewhere quieter so she can hear him. Bonnie sees Jonas enter the Grill and follows him. Damon leaves the Salvatore house to go to help Elena. Katherine wants to go but Damon refuses. She insists she knows what they can do. Bonnie accosts him and he informs her of Luka's death. He shatters the lights above the stage as well as other lights in the Grill.
Stefan and Elena burst into the bathroom where Caroline is and tell her Jonas is there and they need to get Elena out of the Grill. Alaric takes Jenna to safety as Jonas tells Bonnie no one is getting out until he has Elena. Bonnie begs him not to do what he is planning but he continues his destruction setting the bar afire. Stefan and Elena find Jonas and she apologizes to him about Luka. She tells him he doesn't need Elijah to help him get his daughter back. Caroline attacks Jonas giving Stefan and Elena time to escape. When Matt grabs Jonas to keep him from hurting Caroline, Jonas breaks a bottle and stabs Matt in the neck. When Jonas leaves, Caroline rushes to Matt's side. To keep him from dying, she bites her wrist and gives him some of her blood.
At the Gilbert house, Bonnie and Jeremy talk about Luka. He doesn't feel bad about what has happened because of how Bonnie was treated. Stefan and Elena arrive home and Stefan asks if they checked the house when they got home. They didn't. Jonas is in Elena's bathroom waiting on her. When he steps up behind her, we learn it isn't Elena but Katherine. She bites Jonas. Thinking he's dead, Bonnie stoops next to him to close his eyes when he sits up and grabs her head. Stefan reaches out and breaks his neck.
Damon informs Elena that the entire plan was Katherine's idea and they both know that isn't a good thing. Despite what she's done, Elena hasn't changed her mind about how she feels about Katherine. Alaric brings Jenna home and tells her there are things about Isobel's death he can't tell her, that aren't for him to tell her but that he loves her (Jenna). Jeremy is worried about Bonnie and he's there for her. She kisses him to make him stop talking. When Jonas grabbed Bonnie before he died, he returned her powers. He also wants her to kill Klaus and told her how.
Damon, still reading the journals, tells Katherine he can't figure out how the town knew Emily Bennett was a witch as Jonathan Gilbert was the only one who knew. Emily was a loose end to Katherine. Katherine knows that Damon understood Emily Bennett was the key to getting her out of the tomb in the 1860's and made sure Emily was safe. She tries to seduce Damon but he pushes her away.
Matt awakens in Caroline's room. She explains to him how her blood was able to heal him and confesses to him that she's a vampire. She wants to tell him everything and feels their relationship can withstand it because they love each other. Matt, remembering that his sister spoke of vampires when she was in the hospital thinks Caroline had something to do with it. He tries to leave but Caroline will not let him.
As Jenna and Elena are sharing some ice cream the doorbell rings. Jenna goes to answer it and finds Isobel standing there. She introduces herself to Jenna and Elena calls her by name.
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My, how things have changed in Mystic Falls this week!
It looks like we're down two witches: Jonas and Luka Martin. Before Jonas died, he gave Bonnie back her powers plus a little extra. He wants her to kill Klaus and gave her a way to do it. That can't be good, can it? Understandably, he was packing a lot of anger with him and I can only imagine some of that, if not a lot of it, went into Bonnie. She didn't exactly have a nice look on her face while telling Jeremy want Jonas wanted her to do, did she?
Caroline has her hands full with Matt. He isn't taking the news of her being a vampire very well. He blames her for what happened to Vicki. Looks like she's got some world class compelling ahead of her. Speaking of Caroline, was I the only one who didn't care for the scene with her singing Eternal Flame at the Grill? If that was Candice Accola, yes, she can sing quite nicely but the whole singing thing seemed a little silly and out of place.
I was expecting Isobel back before the season ended. Poor Jenna has certainly gotten the shock of a lifetime. Elena and Alaric are going to have to take Jenna into their confidence now as it isn't every day your boyfriends dead wife shows up on your doorstep.
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Season Two, Episode 2.16, The House Guest
Original Air Date: February 24, 2011
Katherine makes her case to Damon, Stefan and Elena that she can help them kill Klaus. Alaric wants to tell Jenna the truth but he first consults with Elena. Stefan would like to work with the Martin's and tries to convince them working together would be in everyones best interest but Jonas wants Elijah revived, with Luka paying the ultimate price. An angry Jonas wrecks havoc at the Grill. Matt learns the truth about Caroline but things don't go as she hoped. Jenna and Elena get a shocking visitor.
Damon attacks who he believes to be Katherine in Elena's clothes at the Salvatore home. Stefan walks in and questions what Damon is doing. "Elena" asks whether Katherine is in the tomb or not. Stefan rushes upstairs and pushes who he believes is Katherine against the wall asking her how she could do this. Katherine walks into the doorway telling Elena that it's getting very easy being her.
Elena demands to know what Katherine is doing in the Salvatore house and Damon explains about Elijah's compulsion of her wearing off when he died. Elena wants Katherine out of the house but Katherine insists they all need her as they all want the same thing: Klaus dead. Damon tells Katherine if she knows something to say it or get out.
Matt asks Caroline if she's heard from Tyler. Neither of them have heard anything from him since the night he left. Matt wonders why he's suddenly the one who can express himself when she's at a loss for words. He tells her it's her move now. She needs to make a decision or leave him alone.
Stefan and Elena arrive at school still talking about Katherine. Elena thinks Katherine might be trying to lure he and Damon back into her web. He points out that she did stay and that she does have a point that they know nothing about Klaus and she does. Elena doesn't want Katherine shacking up with him. He suggests they stay at her place but she had told Bonnie and Caroline they could come over for a girls night.
Damon sets a blowtorch to Elijah in hopes of getting the dagger back but it's to no avail. He asks Katherine how she knows so much about Originals and she answers about spending 500 years running from them. He questions why she didn't warn him he would die if he used the dagger on Elijah and she cites confusion because there are so many rules. She again tells him they want the same things and she always gets what she wants. Before she leaves the room, she tells him she wanted out of the tomb no matter who paid the price. She knew he would die if he used the dagger against Elijah.
Bonnie is surprised to learn Katherine is out of the tomb and Jeremy knows they need to figure out how to get her powers back. Stefan wants them to try and get the Martin's on their side so they can all work together now that Elijah is out of the picture. Bonnie insists it's impossible. He asks her to try and keep him posted then heads off to class. As Jeremy and Bonnie are getting ready to go to their classes, he bends to kiss her but she pulls away. He tells her Elena is nowhere in sight and she leans up and kisses him. She walks away promising him she will tell Elena soon.
Alaric confides in Elena that Jenna knows he's not being straightforward with her thanks to John's interference and that he gave John back his ring. He cannot be with Jenna and not tell her the truth as it isn't the kind of relationship he wants. Elena wonders how they would even go about telling anyone what they know. Alaric tells her it's her decision to make as to whether to tell Jenna anything or not and he will respect her choice.
Stefan, Bonnie, Luka and Jonas Martin meet at the Grill. Stefan tells them straight out that Elijah is dead. Jonas gets up to leave but Stefan stops him. Stefan assures the Martins they can be trusted.
Damon is going through the Gilbert journals and Katherine wants to know what he's up to. He asks if she can tell him where a bunch of witches were massacred a couple centuries ago and she says she can't. She tells him Emily Bennett told her about the massacre which was a big deal in witch folklore. When a witch dies violently they release a mystical energy marking the place of their death with power. He tells her Elijah wanted to know the location of the massacre but he doesn't know why. Stefan arrives and tells them Elijah had no weapon to kill Klaus but he believed if the witch could channel enough power they wouldn't need one--like the power a witch could get from the place where a hundred witches died violently. Luka questions his father about if Stefan and his friends find the burial ground first. Jonas assures him that won't happen and that they will save Greta but Elijah is the answer not Stefan and Damon. The Salvatores are their enemies and must be dealt with and he will let Elijah do it.
At the girls night, Elena asks Bonnie if she thinks Jonas is being sincere. Bonnie doesn't know what to believe. Jenna arrives and Elena asks how she is doing. She joins the girls to commiserate about Alaric hiding something from her about Isobel. Caroline suggests he might just be trying to protect her and that it's harder than everyone deserves the truth. The four girls decide to go to the Grill to see the live band.
Jonas and Luka work a spell centering them on Elijah. Luka will be the one making contact and Jonas will remain behind focusing all of his energy for his son. The spell takes Luka to the Salvatore house where he sees who he thinks is Elena and Damon reading. Damon looks over his shoulder to where Luka is standing but doesn't see him.
Katherine points out a passage in the Gilbert journals that speaks of Emily Bennett being taken to the site where the other witches were massacred but it doesn't name the location. When she goes down to get a bag of blood she senses Luka's presence but cannot see him, just as Damon did. Stefan asks Damon if he found anything in the journals. Damon shakes his head "yes" but says "no" out loud and points Stefan to a passage.
Katherine stands at the door to the room where Elijah's body is located and looks around, still not seeing Luka's presence that is kneeling next to Elijah. She sees the dagger start to rise from Elijah's body and rushes forward to hold it in place. At the Martin home, Luka tells his father Elena is fighting him and his stronger than he is. Jonas informs his son he's struggling against Katherine and that he must kill her by driving a stake through her heart. When the struggle for the dagger stops, Katherine looks around nervously. She calls out to Damon who arrives just in time to see a stake be plunged into her body. He pulls the stake from her and asks what happened. The dagger starts to move again and Damon grabs the torch and starts the fire. Luka screams in pain and his body at the Martin house bursts into flames. Damon orders Stefan to get to the Martin house to do something about the "crazy assed psychic witch attack". Jonas extinguishes the flames on his son and chants a spell over his body to revive him to no avail.
At the Grill, Jenna and Alaric share a tense look and Matt walks right past Caroline after she says hello to him. Jenna tells Alaric that she can handle anything. Caroline wants to go after Matt but she's worried about the secrets she's keeping from him. Elena suggests that maybe they are hurting the people they love by keeping them in the dark. Caroline gets on stage with the band and tells the crowd how she feels about Matt and compels the band to back her up while she sings a song (Eternal Flame) for him. He gets on stage and kisses her.
Jonas, full of rage, takes out the picture of Elena and the other items of hers he had stolen for Elijah and begins chanting a spell over them when Stefan breaks into the apartment. Jonas accuses Stefan of killing Luka and uses his powers to drop Stefan to the floor then leaves the apartment.
Damon gives Katherine a bag of blood then stakes her for not telling him the dagger would kill him. He warns that next time the stake goes into her heart. He tells her to start talking if she truly wants to help. She informs him that John Gilbert and Isobel want him and Stefan out of Elena's life. John gave Katherine a choice: either she stay and help with the killing of Klaus or he (John) will kill Stefan. She could only save one of the Salvatore brothers.
At the Grill, Bonnie asks Elena if it would freak her out if she started dating Jeremy. Elena gives her blessing to them when her phone rings. Stefan is calling about Jonas Martin. Elena goes somewhere quieter so she can hear him. Bonnie sees Jonas enter the Grill and follows him. Damon leaves the Salvatore house to go to help Elena. Katherine wants to go but Damon refuses. She insists she knows what they can do. Bonnie accosts him and he informs her of Luka's death. He shatters the lights above the stage as well as other lights in the Grill.
Stefan and Elena burst into the bathroom where Caroline is and tell her Jonas is there and they need to get Elena out of the Grill. Alaric takes Jenna to safety as Jonas tells Bonnie no one is getting out until he has Elena. Bonnie begs him not to do what he is planning but he continues his destruction setting the bar afire. Stefan and Elena find Jonas and she apologizes to him about Luka. She tells him he doesn't need Elijah to help him get his daughter back. Caroline attacks Jonas giving Stefan and Elena time to escape. When Matt grabs Jonas to keep him from hurting Caroline, Jonas breaks a bottle and stabs Matt in the neck. When Jonas leaves, Caroline rushes to Matt's side. To keep him from dying, she bites her wrist and gives him some of her blood.
At the Gilbert house, Bonnie and Jeremy talk about Luka. He doesn't feel bad about what has happened because of how Bonnie was treated. Stefan and Elena arrive home and Stefan asks if they checked the house when they got home. They didn't. Jonas is in Elena's bathroom waiting on her. When he steps up behind her, we learn it isn't Elena but Katherine. She bites Jonas. Thinking he's dead, Bonnie stoops next to him to close his eyes when he sits up and grabs her head. Stefan reaches out and breaks his neck.
Damon informs Elena that the entire plan was Katherine's idea and they both know that isn't a good thing. Despite what she's done, Elena hasn't changed her mind about how she feels about Katherine. Alaric brings Jenna home and tells her there are things about Isobel's death he can't tell her, that aren't for him to tell her but that he loves her (Jenna). Jeremy is worried about Bonnie and he's there for her. She kisses him to make him stop talking. When Jonas grabbed Bonnie before he died, he returned her powers. He also wants her to kill Klaus and told her how.
Damon, still reading the journals, tells Katherine he can't figure out how the town knew Emily Bennett was a witch as Jonathan Gilbert was the only one who knew. Emily was a loose end to Katherine. Katherine knows that Damon understood Emily Bennett was the key to getting her out of the tomb in the 1860's and made sure Emily was safe. She tries to seduce Damon but he pushes her away.
Matt awakens in Caroline's room. She explains to him how her blood was able to heal him and confesses to him that she's a vampire. She wants to tell him everything and feels their relationship can withstand it because they love each other. Matt, remembering that his sister spoke of vampires when she was in the hospital thinks Caroline had something to do with it. He tries to leave but Caroline will not let him.
As Jenna and Elena are sharing some ice cream the doorbell rings. Jenna goes to answer it and finds Isobel standing there. She introduces herself to Jenna and Elena calls her by name.
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My, how things have changed in Mystic Falls this week!
It looks like we're down two witches: Jonas and Luka Martin. Before Jonas died, he gave Bonnie back her powers plus a little extra. He wants her to kill Klaus and gave her a way to do it. That can't be good, can it? Understandably, he was packing a lot of anger with him and I can only imagine some of that, if not a lot of it, went into Bonnie. She didn't exactly have a nice look on her face while telling Jeremy want Jonas wanted her to do, did she?
Caroline has her hands full with Matt. He isn't taking the news of her being a vampire very well. He blames her for what happened to Vicki. Looks like she's got some world class compelling ahead of her. Speaking of Caroline, was I the only one who didn't care for the scene with her singing Eternal Flame at the Grill? If that was Candice Accola, yes, she can sing quite nicely but the whole singing thing seemed a little silly and out of place.
I was expecting Isobel back before the season ended. Poor Jenna has certainly gotten the shock of a lifetime. Elena and Alaric are going to have to take Jenna into their confidence now as it isn't every day your boyfriends dead wife shows up on your doorstep.
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For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
US Television, White Collar, Episode 2.14 "Payback"
White Collar
Season Two, Episode Fourteen, Payback
Original Air Date: February 22, 2011
Matthew Keller claims he has information about forged passports that is crucial to national security and will talk only to Peter Burke and Neal Caffrey. Keller wants to give the information to Peter in exchange for not being transferred to another prison where he will be in danger from the Russian's he owes money to. When Peter and Neal go to the studio of Keller's former partner in crime, Jason Lang, to check out the story, Peter is led into a trap and abducted by Lang. Lang and Keller want $2.5 million to pay off the Russians or Peter will die. Is it a straightforward attempt to keep Keller safe from the Russians or does he something even bigger in mind?
Hughes brings word that Matthew Keller plead down to manslaughter after Peter and Neal brought him in for murder. He was sentenced to twenty years. Yesterday, Keller contacted the Department of Justice saying he had information critical to national security. Keller refused to talk to Homeland Security insisting he would only talk to Peter Burke. Both Peter and Neal doubt Keller has any real information but Hughes wants Keller's information checked out all the same.
Peter and Neal pay a visit to Keller in prison where the latter has a less-than-sparse prison cell complete with Dominican cigars, a chess game and liquor. Peter asks about the information Keller has and after a couple of vague statements he challenges Neal to another game of chess. While they are playing, Keller says he feels like he's made a home for himself at the prison he's currently in. His deal is that if they make sure he stays where he's currently at he will, in return, provide information about forged passports that he hopes will lead to an ongoing relationship between he, Peter and the Bureau. Peter makes him no promises but he says if the information pans out he will see what he can do. Keller gives them the name Jason Lang (Adam Goldberg).
At home, Peter and Elizabeth have a discussion about his forgetting to pick up the dry cleaning. He wished she would have called to remind him and feels she's angry he forgot and will hold onto it all day. He doesn't want to be the husband that forgot the dry cleaning and she doesn't want to be the wife that has to call to nag. They share a tense kiss before each of them leave for work.
Neal and Mozzie discuss Keller and Mozzie brings up the fact Keller has used Kate before to provoke Neal and that he might try it again. Neal insists that it doesn't matter what Keller does, the forged passports won't stop the transfer and he's moved past Kate. Keller has no way to torment him.
At the office, Peter is looking over files regarding Lang and Keller and feels he's figured out Keller's game. He wants Lang investigated. Keller and Lang worked on the Belmont bond forgeries three years ago. The deal went south and Keller took two bullets from Lang's gun. Peter spoke with the case agent who said the relationship dissolved Lang destroyed the bonds. Neal realizes Keller is wanting to take out the man who shot him, secure a stay in a Federal hotel room and tweak him (Neal) in the process. Hughes still wants Peter and Neal to find out if Lang is making phony passports. Peter tells Neal they won't be releasing Keller on an anklet.
On the way to see Lang, Peter and Neal talk about the argument Peter had with Elizabeth that morning. Peter feels bad that he didn't say "hon" to his wife that morning before she left for work. It is their way of saying "I love you" to one another. Neal suggests Peter call her and leave a voice mail and to not forget to say "hon" before he hangs up. Peter, all smiles, says he'll do just that as soon as they are done with Lang.
At Lang's studio, Peter asks Lang if he's involved in making passport forgeries. Lang doesn't deny it right off. He merely laughs and asks who told him that. Lang gets a phone call interrupting his discussion with Peter giving Peter a chance to speak with Neal who has been looking around the studio. Neal has found two printers that would be ideal for making forged passports. When Peter tells Lang he needs to talk to him about his work, Lang does a runner. Peter follows ordering Neal to stay at the studio, which he doesn't do. Neal sees Peter being ordered to drop his gun and cell phone then taken hostage by Lang and another man with a gun. He runs to Peter but cannot reach him in time. Peter's cell phone rings and it is Keller. The game is on and if Neal stops playing, Peter will die.
Peter is held by Lang who he now knows is working with Keller. Peter warns Lang that Keller will betray him but Lang wants him to worry about himself and allow him to deal with Keller instead. Peter knows roughly where he's being held and he also knows that Lang needs him for something as he hasn't killed him. He wants to work something out with Lang but the latter trusts Peter less than he does Keller. Neal goes to see Keller and demands to know where Peter is. Keller informs Neal that unless his problem goes away with the Russians (he owes them $2.5 million) he won't be able to help him with his problem (saving Peter). Neal tells him he doesn't have that kind of money but Keller reminds him of something he acquired in Scotland six years ago. He gives Neal three hours to find that item and take care of the problem.
Neal calls Diana to tell her Peter has been taken. Hughes jumps into action getting every agent in the office involved in tracking down and finding Peter. In Hughes' office, Neal relates the details of his conversation with Keller following Peter's abduction. Neal stresses that Keller will kill Peter if he doesn't engage him but Hughes insists the Bureau will not bow to Keller's demands. Keller will still be sent to the Supermax prison he doesn't want to be at. Hughes tells Neal to let them do their job and they will bring Peter home safely.
Mozzie calls Neal with the information that he got a call from an unidentifiable voice from an unknown number that gave a time and place for a meeting and instructions to tell Neal. He asks if it is Keller. Neal wants Mozzie to meet him in a half hour at Madison Square Park. As he's wrapping up his conversation, Elizabeth walks into the office. Hughes is posting a team at she and Peter's home in the event contact is made there. When she can talk with Neal she asks about Keller. He gives her honest information that Keller thinks 10-12 moves ahead and has already anticipated everything the Bureau is doing to find Peter. She asks what he (Neal) is doing and he asks what she wants him to do. She replies "whatever it takes to bring him home".
Diana warns Neal against making a deal with Keller while she is escorting him home. He tells her about a three-man job Keller pulled early in his career where one of the men said he thought he left his passport behind. Keller killed the man without question even though the passport was in the guys back pocket all the time. Keller didn't wait to find out. Neal was the second man on the team. She tells Neal she will go get a cup of coffee but he must meet her back where they are standing now in one hour.
Neal meets with Mozzie who is equipped with a bag full of hammers. They are at the place in the park where Neal and Kate used to visit and tells him about a life he'd thought about with Kate. With one of the hammers, he removes a ring from a statue, a McNally Solitaire worth $2.5 million at its last appraisal. Neal tells Mozzie who thought they had depleted his resources that he was still holding out with hope that Kate wasn't gone. Mozzie asks his friend if "the suit" is worth the ring. Neal replies that keeping Peter alive is more important than holding a candle for someone who isn't.
Peter sees the dry cleaning number inside his jacket attached with a safety pin. He works the pin free so he can try to unlock the handcuffs he's wearing. Lang's men tell him Caffrey is on his way to the exchange. Lang wants them to stay with Peter and not to interact with Peter in any way. Peter, from the information he overhears, questions Lang about an escape during Keller's transfer. Lang doesn't intend to hurt Peter. Keller will be the one to kill him once he's free.
Mozzie goes to see Elizabeth. He assures her that between the Bureau agents and Neal, Peter will be home in time for dinner. He tells her that Neal is meeting with the bad guys to ensure Peter's return. She talks about the fight they had this morning. Mozzie knows how hard it is for Elizabeth especially since the suits won't say anything. He gives her a device because he's going to drop a bug in the other room so she can hear what the suits hear when they hear it.
Neal arrives for the meeting with Lang and asks about Peter. He refuses to give over the ring until he can see Peter and know he is alright. Lang insists the ring comes first so Neal gets up to leave. Lang calls him back and makes a call. Lang gives Neal the option for one question and tells him to make it a good one. The question is what cell phone number was Caffrey using the first time Peter caught him. Peter asks to see the text and says he doesn't have his glasses and needs the phone closer. Peter gives the number then Neal gives Lang the ring and Lang leaves the meeting.
Neal buys a sketch pad from a street artist while Diana questions him about giving the ring to Lang and them not returning Peter. He writes down a series of letters to decipher the message peter sent from his question. Neal figures out the message was "no transfer". Diana calls Jones to get him to stop the transfer. Jones calls the transfer drivers but they are working for Keller and don't respond. Jones follows the transfer bus into an alley and sees Keller escape the bus. He goes into pursuit as Diana and Neal are trying to get to the location. She gets a call from Jones that Keller has escaped. As Hughes is giving a briefing, Diana and Neal arrive and he orders them into his office.
Peter continues talking to Lang about Keller. Lang insists he knows what he's doing and that he is going to finish the job he started when he shot him once. Peter gets the handcuffs open as Lang puts his hand through the bars to shoot him. Peter lunges forward and knocks Lang out. He takes the arm of a mannequin to get Lang's phone from his pocket. As Neal and Diana are leaving the Bureau office, Peter gets a call through to Jones. He wants to talk to Neal. He tells him he's in a locked cell with Lang three feet away next to his gun and Keller is en route. He wants Neal to talk him through a jailbreak. Elizabeth, who is listening thanks to Mozzie's bug orders the agents at her home to put Peter on speaker.
Peter explains the cell and his surroundings to Peter and Neal reconstructs everything in the office so he can work Peter through the escape. Neal tells Peter they need to short the backup to the lock before they cut the electricity. He tells Peter to follow the conduit running alongside the cell to the fuse box. Neal walks him through shorting out the backup. The final step in getting free is using the cell phone battery meaning they will have to disconnect the conversation. Jones has a lock on Peter's location as Lang is waking up and reaching for his gun. Peter disconnects the phone and everyone waits. After a few tense seconds, the phone rings again and it is Peter letting them know he's out. Everyone, including Elizabeth, moves out for the location.
They arrive at the location and Neal gives Peter a hug calling him "escape artist extraordinaire, Peter Burke". Keller never showed. Peter has the ring Neal gave Lang and tells him the Bureau can't legitimately hold it if it isn't stolen and belongs to Neal. Neal replies that it doesn't belong to him and that he might want to contact the Scottish Royal Museum. Outside, Elizabeth and Peter share a kiss and call each other "hon". Keller calls Neal apologizing for not making the surprise party. Neal vows that he will find Keller.
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I find it difficult to talk about White Collar episodes without doing a little bit of fangirling because I enjoy the show so much. There isn't anything for me to pick on and this episode was no different.
As with many other episodes of White Collar, we got to see just how strong the bonds of friendship are between Peter and Neal. Neal sacrificed the last (or what we think is the last!) of his secreted stolen objects to save his friend. I love what he told Mozzie in the park that keeping Peter alive is more important than holding a candle for someone who isn't. That made me smile as it truly shows how much Neal thinks of Peter.
Ross McCall was back in tonight's episode as Matthew Keller. I love that guy. He is so brilliant in any role he's given that if there was ever to be a television series with him cast in the lead I'd watch just for Ross and would love the show because of him. I first saw him in Luther last year and had to find other work of his because he so impressed me. I was thrilled when he showed up in White Collar as Keller. He's such a great bad guy that I look forward to seeing him pop up in future episodes.
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White Collar airs Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (US Eastern time) on the USA Network.
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Season Two, Episode Fourteen, Payback
Original Air Date: February 22, 2011
Matthew Keller claims he has information about forged passports that is crucial to national security and will talk only to Peter Burke and Neal Caffrey. Keller wants to give the information to Peter in exchange for not being transferred to another prison where he will be in danger from the Russian's he owes money to. When Peter and Neal go to the studio of Keller's former partner in crime, Jason Lang, to check out the story, Peter is led into a trap and abducted by Lang. Lang and Keller want $2.5 million to pay off the Russians or Peter will die. Is it a straightforward attempt to keep Keller safe from the Russians or does he something even bigger in mind?
Hughes brings word that Matthew Keller plead down to manslaughter after Peter and Neal brought him in for murder. He was sentenced to twenty years. Yesterday, Keller contacted the Department of Justice saying he had information critical to national security. Keller refused to talk to Homeland Security insisting he would only talk to Peter Burke. Both Peter and Neal doubt Keller has any real information but Hughes wants Keller's information checked out all the same.
Peter and Neal pay a visit to Keller in prison where the latter has a less-than-sparse prison cell complete with Dominican cigars, a chess game and liquor. Peter asks about the information Keller has and after a couple of vague statements he challenges Neal to another game of chess. While they are playing, Keller says he feels like he's made a home for himself at the prison he's currently in. His deal is that if they make sure he stays where he's currently at he will, in return, provide information about forged passports that he hopes will lead to an ongoing relationship between he, Peter and the Bureau. Peter makes him no promises but he says if the information pans out he will see what he can do. Keller gives them the name Jason Lang (Adam Goldberg).
At home, Peter and Elizabeth have a discussion about his forgetting to pick up the dry cleaning. He wished she would have called to remind him and feels she's angry he forgot and will hold onto it all day. He doesn't want to be the husband that forgot the dry cleaning and she doesn't want to be the wife that has to call to nag. They share a tense kiss before each of them leave for work.
Neal and Mozzie discuss Keller and Mozzie brings up the fact Keller has used Kate before to provoke Neal and that he might try it again. Neal insists that it doesn't matter what Keller does, the forged passports won't stop the transfer and he's moved past Kate. Keller has no way to torment him.
At the office, Peter is looking over files regarding Lang and Keller and feels he's figured out Keller's game. He wants Lang investigated. Keller and Lang worked on the Belmont bond forgeries three years ago. The deal went south and Keller took two bullets from Lang's gun. Peter spoke with the case agent who said the relationship dissolved Lang destroyed the bonds. Neal realizes Keller is wanting to take out the man who shot him, secure a stay in a Federal hotel room and tweak him (Neal) in the process. Hughes still wants Peter and Neal to find out if Lang is making phony passports. Peter tells Neal they won't be releasing Keller on an anklet.
On the way to see Lang, Peter and Neal talk about the argument Peter had with Elizabeth that morning. Peter feels bad that he didn't say "hon" to his wife that morning before she left for work. It is their way of saying "I love you" to one another. Neal suggests Peter call her and leave a voice mail and to not forget to say "hon" before he hangs up. Peter, all smiles, says he'll do just that as soon as they are done with Lang.
At Lang's studio, Peter asks Lang if he's involved in making passport forgeries. Lang doesn't deny it right off. He merely laughs and asks who told him that. Lang gets a phone call interrupting his discussion with Peter giving Peter a chance to speak with Neal who has been looking around the studio. Neal has found two printers that would be ideal for making forged passports. When Peter tells Lang he needs to talk to him about his work, Lang does a runner. Peter follows ordering Neal to stay at the studio, which he doesn't do. Neal sees Peter being ordered to drop his gun and cell phone then taken hostage by Lang and another man with a gun. He runs to Peter but cannot reach him in time. Peter's cell phone rings and it is Keller. The game is on and if Neal stops playing, Peter will die.
Peter is held by Lang who he now knows is working with Keller. Peter warns Lang that Keller will betray him but Lang wants him to worry about himself and allow him to deal with Keller instead. Peter knows roughly where he's being held and he also knows that Lang needs him for something as he hasn't killed him. He wants to work something out with Lang but the latter trusts Peter less than he does Keller. Neal goes to see Keller and demands to know where Peter is. Keller informs Neal that unless his problem goes away with the Russians (he owes them $2.5 million) he won't be able to help him with his problem (saving Peter). Neal tells him he doesn't have that kind of money but Keller reminds him of something he acquired in Scotland six years ago. He gives Neal three hours to find that item and take care of the problem.
Neal calls Diana to tell her Peter has been taken. Hughes jumps into action getting every agent in the office involved in tracking down and finding Peter. In Hughes' office, Neal relates the details of his conversation with Keller following Peter's abduction. Neal stresses that Keller will kill Peter if he doesn't engage him but Hughes insists the Bureau will not bow to Keller's demands. Keller will still be sent to the Supermax prison he doesn't want to be at. Hughes tells Neal to let them do their job and they will bring Peter home safely.
Mozzie calls Neal with the information that he got a call from an unidentifiable voice from an unknown number that gave a time and place for a meeting and instructions to tell Neal. He asks if it is Keller. Neal wants Mozzie to meet him in a half hour at Madison Square Park. As he's wrapping up his conversation, Elizabeth walks into the office. Hughes is posting a team at she and Peter's home in the event contact is made there. When she can talk with Neal she asks about Keller. He gives her honest information that Keller thinks 10-12 moves ahead and has already anticipated everything the Bureau is doing to find Peter. She asks what he (Neal) is doing and he asks what she wants him to do. She replies "whatever it takes to bring him home".
Diana warns Neal against making a deal with Keller while she is escorting him home. He tells her about a three-man job Keller pulled early in his career where one of the men said he thought he left his passport behind. Keller killed the man without question even though the passport was in the guys back pocket all the time. Keller didn't wait to find out. Neal was the second man on the team. She tells Neal she will go get a cup of coffee but he must meet her back where they are standing now in one hour.
Neal meets with Mozzie who is equipped with a bag full of hammers. They are at the place in the park where Neal and Kate used to visit and tells him about a life he'd thought about with Kate. With one of the hammers, he removes a ring from a statue, a McNally Solitaire worth $2.5 million at its last appraisal. Neal tells Mozzie who thought they had depleted his resources that he was still holding out with hope that Kate wasn't gone. Mozzie asks his friend if "the suit" is worth the ring. Neal replies that keeping Peter alive is more important than holding a candle for someone who isn't.
Peter sees the dry cleaning number inside his jacket attached with a safety pin. He works the pin free so he can try to unlock the handcuffs he's wearing. Lang's men tell him Caffrey is on his way to the exchange. Lang wants them to stay with Peter and not to interact with Peter in any way. Peter, from the information he overhears, questions Lang about an escape during Keller's transfer. Lang doesn't intend to hurt Peter. Keller will be the one to kill him once he's free.
Mozzie goes to see Elizabeth. He assures her that between the Bureau agents and Neal, Peter will be home in time for dinner. He tells her that Neal is meeting with the bad guys to ensure Peter's return. She talks about the fight they had this morning. Mozzie knows how hard it is for Elizabeth especially since the suits won't say anything. He gives her a device because he's going to drop a bug in the other room so she can hear what the suits hear when they hear it.
Neal arrives for the meeting with Lang and asks about Peter. He refuses to give over the ring until he can see Peter and know he is alright. Lang insists the ring comes first so Neal gets up to leave. Lang calls him back and makes a call. Lang gives Neal the option for one question and tells him to make it a good one. The question is what cell phone number was Caffrey using the first time Peter caught him. Peter asks to see the text and says he doesn't have his glasses and needs the phone closer. Peter gives the number then Neal gives Lang the ring and Lang leaves the meeting.
Neal buys a sketch pad from a street artist while Diana questions him about giving the ring to Lang and them not returning Peter. He writes down a series of letters to decipher the message peter sent from his question. Neal figures out the message was "no transfer". Diana calls Jones to get him to stop the transfer. Jones calls the transfer drivers but they are working for Keller and don't respond. Jones follows the transfer bus into an alley and sees Keller escape the bus. He goes into pursuit as Diana and Neal are trying to get to the location. She gets a call from Jones that Keller has escaped. As Hughes is giving a briefing, Diana and Neal arrive and he orders them into his office.
Peter continues talking to Lang about Keller. Lang insists he knows what he's doing and that he is going to finish the job he started when he shot him once. Peter gets the handcuffs open as Lang puts his hand through the bars to shoot him. Peter lunges forward and knocks Lang out. He takes the arm of a mannequin to get Lang's phone from his pocket. As Neal and Diana are leaving the Bureau office, Peter gets a call through to Jones. He wants to talk to Neal. He tells him he's in a locked cell with Lang three feet away next to his gun and Keller is en route. He wants Neal to talk him through a jailbreak. Elizabeth, who is listening thanks to Mozzie's bug orders the agents at her home to put Peter on speaker.
Peter explains the cell and his surroundings to Peter and Neal reconstructs everything in the office so he can work Peter through the escape. Neal tells Peter they need to short the backup to the lock before they cut the electricity. He tells Peter to follow the conduit running alongside the cell to the fuse box. Neal walks him through shorting out the backup. The final step in getting free is using the cell phone battery meaning they will have to disconnect the conversation. Jones has a lock on Peter's location as Lang is waking up and reaching for his gun. Peter disconnects the phone and everyone waits. After a few tense seconds, the phone rings again and it is Peter letting them know he's out. Everyone, including Elizabeth, moves out for the location.
They arrive at the location and Neal gives Peter a hug calling him "escape artist extraordinaire, Peter Burke". Keller never showed. Peter has the ring Neal gave Lang and tells him the Bureau can't legitimately hold it if it isn't stolen and belongs to Neal. Neal replies that it doesn't belong to him and that he might want to contact the Scottish Royal Museum. Outside, Elizabeth and Peter share a kiss and call each other "hon". Keller calls Neal apologizing for not making the surprise party. Neal vows that he will find Keller.
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I find it difficult to talk about White Collar episodes without doing a little bit of fangirling because I enjoy the show so much. There isn't anything for me to pick on and this episode was no different.
As with many other episodes of White Collar, we got to see just how strong the bonds of friendship are between Peter and Neal. Neal sacrificed the last (or what we think is the last!) of his secreted stolen objects to save his friend. I love what he told Mozzie in the park that keeping Peter alive is more important than holding a candle for someone who isn't. That made me smile as it truly shows how much Neal thinks of Peter.
Ross McCall was back in tonight's episode as Matthew Keller. I love that guy. He is so brilliant in any role he's given that if there was ever to be a television series with him cast in the lead I'd watch just for Ross and would love the show because of him. I first saw him in Luther last year and had to find other work of his because he so impressed me. I was thrilled when he showed up in White Collar as Keller. He's such a great bad guy that I look forward to seeing him pop up in future episodes.
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White Collar airs Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (US Eastern time) on the USA Network.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.15 "The Dinner Party"
Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.15, The Dinner Party
Original Air Date: February 17, 2011
Stefan tells Elena about how he was right after becoming a vampire and how he managed to turn himself around to be the man she knows and loves. Damon hosts a dinner party and invites Elijah with plans to kill him using the dagger and oak ash given to him by John Gilbert. However, Elena finds some shocking information in one of Jonathan Gilbert's journals at the lake house that could cost Damon his existence. Elijah has a very bad night. Bonnie has a disastrous run-in with Jonas Martin.
Still at the lake with Stefan, Elena spends her time reading the Jonathan Gilbert's journals that were found in the secret room in her parents closet. He tells a story of how the townspeople thought Mystic Falls was safe now that the embers of the church where the vampires were burned were dying out. The vampires they had killed had created new vampires that now stalked the town. He writes of the vampire who killed him: Stefan Salvatore.
Damon calls Stefan to tell him about Tyler leaving home. They feel now that the werewolf problem is solved, the largest problem facing them at this point is killing Elijah.
Jenna walks Elijah through the old property lines of Mystic Falls and gives him details of the town's history. Elijah notes that his research shows that that part of town was settled some two centuries ago when townsfolk migrated from the northeast, from Salem. They are joined by Alaric who wants to join them as he's a 'history buff'. Elijah wishes to learn about the freed slave property owners. When Jenna goes back to her car to get that information, Elijah comments Alaric is one of the people on Elena's list of loved ones to be protected. He jokes that Alaric needn't be jealous of him spending time with Jenna as he doesn't pursue younger women.
Jeremy joins Bonnie at the Grill. She's been thinking about the previous night and how difficult the spell was. Jeremy invites her over that night so they can practice and get stronger and Bonnie accepts. An angry Luka arrives wanting to know what happened yesterday as he cannot remember anything. When Bonnie insists everything was normal, Luka accuses her of lying. Jeremy jumps to her defense telling Luka to back off.
Stefan comes inside the lake house with Elena. He is still angry with her decision to sacrifice herself to Klaus, something she calls a "difference of opinion". He asks about the journals and what they say. Stefan explains that they were angry at the founding families for what they did to Katherine. They wanted revenge. Stefan agrees with Jonathan Gilbert's description of him as a monster. He wants Elena to know the truth in his own words. He tells her of the wild bloodlust he had in the weeks following his becoming a vampire. Damon worried about Stefan's brazen feeding habits but was assured by his brother the founding families were all dead. Damon compelled the girls Stefan was feeding from to leave and never think of the place again despite his brother's protests. Damon tells his brother he's leaving town and Stefan tries to stop him promising he'll do better but Damon refuses to stay. Stefan tells Elena he was worse than the Damon she knows.
Alaric tells Damon he wasn't able to get anything from Elijah. Alaric doesn't want to talk in front of Andie Starr but Damon says she's been compelled to not divulge his secrets. Jenna and Elijah arrive at the Grill and Alaric excuses himself to grade papers. Andie suggests they have a dinner party. Damon offers to host and everyone agrees to be in attendance.
Damon pays a visit to Katherine and gives her some blood, some new clothes and tells her John Gilbert is back in town. She will not confirm whether the method John gave Damon for killing an Original is true or not. She wants Klaus dead but not Elijah. If he dies, she is stuck in the tomb forever. She begs him not to kill Elijah. If he will help her get out of the tomb, she will help him kill Elijah, protect Elena or anything he wants. He is perfectly happy with her locked away in the tomb.
Stefan continues his story to Elena. He was able to feed thanks to the Civil War raging around him. He met Lexi at a soldier camp one night. She had heard Mystic Falls was a good place for vampires and didn't know the others that had lived there had been killed. He takes her back to the Salvatore home. She vows to change the bad things about him.
That night, while preparing for the dinner party, Andie asks Jenna what is going on between she and Alaric, what the tension is about. Jenna more than likes him and wants the relationship to work but she feels he's hiding something from her and John is trying to put thoughts in her head. Alaric is uncomfortable with Elijah being in the same house with Jenna but Damon insists she's perfectly safe. Alaric doesn't want Damon doing anything that could put Jenna in harms way. Andie calls Alaric away to help Jenna with the wine and Damon begins his preparations for Elijah's arrival. John Gilbert arrives uninvited and unexpected.
Bonnie arrives at the Gilbert house to find candles set up all over the living room. Jeremy says it isn't a 'date date'. Bonnie wants to make sure Elena is fine with her seeing him before she continues with their relationship. He agrees they'll just hang out and work on some spells but he asks if she did like when they kissed. She did.
Elijah arrives at Damon's home. Before he enters, he warns Damon that if he has any less than honorable intentions about the evening he should reconsider. Damon says it's just a getting to know you dinner. Elijah enters the house and informs Damon that even though he and Elena have their deal in place, if Damon does anything to cross him he will kill him and everyone in the house. Dinner party conversation runs to the settlers from Salem that migrated to Mystic Falls after the Witch Trials. Damon questions why Elijah wants to know the location of the alleged witch massacres there in town. He explains it is a healthy historians curiosity.
Elena stumbles across research on the Originals in one of Jonathan Gilbert's journals. She reads about the ash from one tree, the oak, in a passage of research about trying to kill an Original. Stefan tells Elena that John gave Damon the dagger she is reading about in the journal. The journal states that the dagger can be used only by humans because it will bring death to all demons who wield it. Stefan tries to call Damon but his brother has his phone off. Stefan confesses to Elena that Damon was planning on killing Elijah. As planned, Andie suggests the gentlemen at the party take their after dinner drinks in the study. When Jenna snubs Alaric, John taunts him that the problems might be his fault because he told her Alaric wasn't being completely honest with her. Unable to get a hold of Damon, Stefan calls Alaric.
In the study, Damon and Elijah talk about the witch burial ground. Damon suggests he might know where it is. As Damon is starting to pick up the dagger, Alaric and Andie enter the room to announce they'd forgotten dessert. When Elijah and Andie are gone, Alaric writes down the information about the dagger on a piece of paper for Damon. Andie wants to ask Elijah more questions about his research and sends Alaric to get her notebook from her bag. Meanwhile, Damon informs Elijah that there's no reason to keep John Gilbert on the 'endangered species list' as Elena hates him. John questions how Elijah will be killing Klaus. Elijah sets the record straight with both men. He tells Damon he allows him to live solely to keep an eye on Elena. He allows Elena to remain living in her house living her life with her friends as she does as a courtesy. If they become a liability, he will take her away and they'll never see her again. As Andie is asking Elijah a question, Alaric steps up behind him and plunges the oak-covered dagger into him, killing him. He orders Damon to get rid of him before Jenna returns with dessert.
Elena is angry with Stefan because she feels he and Damon aren't being honest with her. She wants him to accept her decision but Stefan is adamant that he is going to protect her so she can live her life. He was telling her about his past because he was at a point then when he felt everything was lost, much like she feels now. He tells her she is giving up. Lexi didn't let him give up and he refuses to let her. As Stefan and Lexi walk through the war camp, she tells him he's shut out the part of him that was human and allowed him to feel. When he can hurt, he can love. Love is the point. He tells Elena he wants her to fight for her survival as he did.
Alaric tells Damon he's his friend, his only friend, and he doesn't want any more lies from him. Stefan informs Elena that Alaric killed Elijah. Elena has been reading the journals further and she's learned that the dagger must stay in place in the killed vampire or it will rise again. Stefan calls Damon who rushes to the cellar where Elijah's body was placed and finds the room empty. Elijah goes to Jonas Martin and tells him he must find Elena now.
Bonnie and Jeremy work on spells and she explains channelling to him. He suggests she channel him. Jonas Martin enters the house and slams Jeremy against the wall then demands to know what Luka told Bonnie. Bonnie tells him about his daughter and that she wants to help and they should work together. He takes her powers from her and warns her that she will answer to him if any harm comes to Luka.
Elijah arrives at the lake house and throws some pebbles against the door, smashing it in. He tells her that even though he cannot enter the house, he is a patient man and can wait her out. She goes to talk with him and he informs her the deal is off. She wants to re-negotiate but he says she has nothing with which to do so. She shows him a knife and he tells her Stefan won't let her die. She knows that Stefan will give her some of his blood to save her life and, at that point, she'll kill herself and become a vampire just like Katherine did. He calls her bluff and she stabs herself in the stomach. Elijah rushes to the door and tells her she can have her deal. She asks him for his word, which he gives. As she stumbles toward him so he can heal her, she stabs him with the oak ash covered dagger. When he falls, Stefan rushes out and gives Elena some of his blood to save her left as Damon steps around the corner.
Alaric goes to see Jenna and she asks him straight out what happened to Isobel. He doesn't want to answer her but it's clear that Jenna's doubts of him are great and their relationship is over. Alaric takes off the ring and gives it back to John telling him after what he did to Damon, he'll need it more than him.
Damon takes the moonstone from Elijah's pocket. Elena tells Damon and Stefan that if they want her to fight, she'll fight but they cannot keep secrets from her anymore. From now on, they do things her way. They both agree.
In 1864 Damon and Lexi meet. She tells him his hate will get the best of him. He asks her to help Stefan as he needs it then leaves the Salvatore house.
Damon enters his room and hears someone in the shower. Thinking it's Andie, he goes in and finds Katherine taking a shower. She tells him she knew if she begged him not to kill Elijah that he'd do just that. She tells him she meant what he said. She didn't run and she is going to help him.
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A lot happened tonight!
I'd be lying if I said I was slightly upset that Elijah is down for the count. I really, really like him. However, I don't think this is the last we've seen of him. All someone needs to do is take that dagger out of him and he's back up and running. That will have to happen at some point. Then, I can only imagine how angry that guy is going to be after being killed twice in one night!
I'm more than little worried about Alaric giving John Gilbert back the ring that's saved him so many times over the course of the past two seasons. While he was right that after John tried to kill Damon, John will need the ring more than Alaric does, I don't want anything bad to happen to Alaric. I've liked his character since he first came into the show and hope he stays around for a long time to come.
Now that Jonas Martin has taken Bonnie's powers and Elijah is gone, it will be interesting to see where all the witch loyalty lies. Will the Martin's side with Damon and Stefan or will they go out on their own? Will Jonas give Bonnie back her powers? I still think that Bonnie's cousin Lucy will be showing up again at some point. She was very cool and I think she'd be a great match for Jonas Martin.
I love that Katherine is out of the tomb and agreeing to work with Damon. Nina Dobrev does an amazing job going from the super sweet Elena to the super mean Katherine. There should be plenty of great fireworks once everyone knows Mean Miss Katherine is back in town.
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Season Two, Episode 2.15, The Dinner Party
Original Air Date: February 17, 2011
Stefan tells Elena about how he was right after becoming a vampire and how he managed to turn himself around to be the man she knows and loves. Damon hosts a dinner party and invites Elijah with plans to kill him using the dagger and oak ash given to him by John Gilbert. However, Elena finds some shocking information in one of Jonathan Gilbert's journals at the lake house that could cost Damon his existence. Elijah has a very bad night. Bonnie has a disastrous run-in with Jonas Martin.
Still at the lake with Stefan, Elena spends her time reading the Jonathan Gilbert's journals that were found in the secret room in her parents closet. He tells a story of how the townspeople thought Mystic Falls was safe now that the embers of the church where the vampires were burned were dying out. The vampires they had killed had created new vampires that now stalked the town. He writes of the vampire who killed him: Stefan Salvatore.
Damon calls Stefan to tell him about Tyler leaving home. They feel now that the werewolf problem is solved, the largest problem facing them at this point is killing Elijah.
Jenna walks Elijah through the old property lines of Mystic Falls and gives him details of the town's history. Elijah notes that his research shows that that part of town was settled some two centuries ago when townsfolk migrated from the northeast, from Salem. They are joined by Alaric who wants to join them as he's a 'history buff'. Elijah wishes to learn about the freed slave property owners. When Jenna goes back to her car to get that information, Elijah comments Alaric is one of the people on Elena's list of loved ones to be protected. He jokes that Alaric needn't be jealous of him spending time with Jenna as he doesn't pursue younger women.
Jeremy joins Bonnie at the Grill. She's been thinking about the previous night and how difficult the spell was. Jeremy invites her over that night so they can practice and get stronger and Bonnie accepts. An angry Luka arrives wanting to know what happened yesterday as he cannot remember anything. When Bonnie insists everything was normal, Luka accuses her of lying. Jeremy jumps to her defense telling Luka to back off.
Stefan comes inside the lake house with Elena. He is still angry with her decision to sacrifice herself to Klaus, something she calls a "difference of opinion". He asks about the journals and what they say. Stefan explains that they were angry at the founding families for what they did to Katherine. They wanted revenge. Stefan agrees with Jonathan Gilbert's description of him as a monster. He wants Elena to know the truth in his own words. He tells her of the wild bloodlust he had in the weeks following his becoming a vampire. Damon worried about Stefan's brazen feeding habits but was assured by his brother the founding families were all dead. Damon compelled the girls Stefan was feeding from to leave and never think of the place again despite his brother's protests. Damon tells his brother he's leaving town and Stefan tries to stop him promising he'll do better but Damon refuses to stay. Stefan tells Elena he was worse than the Damon she knows.
Alaric tells Damon he wasn't able to get anything from Elijah. Alaric doesn't want to talk in front of Andie Starr but Damon says she's been compelled to not divulge his secrets. Jenna and Elijah arrive at the Grill and Alaric excuses himself to grade papers. Andie suggests they have a dinner party. Damon offers to host and everyone agrees to be in attendance.
Damon pays a visit to Katherine and gives her some blood, some new clothes and tells her John Gilbert is back in town. She will not confirm whether the method John gave Damon for killing an Original is true or not. She wants Klaus dead but not Elijah. If he dies, she is stuck in the tomb forever. She begs him not to kill Elijah. If he will help her get out of the tomb, she will help him kill Elijah, protect Elena or anything he wants. He is perfectly happy with her locked away in the tomb.
Stefan continues his story to Elena. He was able to feed thanks to the Civil War raging around him. He met Lexi at a soldier camp one night. She had heard Mystic Falls was a good place for vampires and didn't know the others that had lived there had been killed. He takes her back to the Salvatore home. She vows to change the bad things about him.
That night, while preparing for the dinner party, Andie asks Jenna what is going on between she and Alaric, what the tension is about. Jenna more than likes him and wants the relationship to work but she feels he's hiding something from her and John is trying to put thoughts in her head. Alaric is uncomfortable with Elijah being in the same house with Jenna but Damon insists she's perfectly safe. Alaric doesn't want Damon doing anything that could put Jenna in harms way. Andie calls Alaric away to help Jenna with the wine and Damon begins his preparations for Elijah's arrival. John Gilbert arrives uninvited and unexpected.
Bonnie arrives at the Gilbert house to find candles set up all over the living room. Jeremy says it isn't a 'date date'. Bonnie wants to make sure Elena is fine with her seeing him before she continues with their relationship. He agrees they'll just hang out and work on some spells but he asks if she did like when they kissed. She did.
Elijah arrives at Damon's home. Before he enters, he warns Damon that if he has any less than honorable intentions about the evening he should reconsider. Damon says it's just a getting to know you dinner. Elijah enters the house and informs Damon that even though he and Elena have their deal in place, if Damon does anything to cross him he will kill him and everyone in the house. Dinner party conversation runs to the settlers from Salem that migrated to Mystic Falls after the Witch Trials. Damon questions why Elijah wants to know the location of the alleged witch massacres there in town. He explains it is a healthy historians curiosity.
Elena stumbles across research on the Originals in one of Jonathan Gilbert's journals. She reads about the ash from one tree, the oak, in a passage of research about trying to kill an Original. Stefan tells Elena that John gave Damon the dagger she is reading about in the journal. The journal states that the dagger can be used only by humans because it will bring death to all demons who wield it. Stefan tries to call Damon but his brother has his phone off. Stefan confesses to Elena that Damon was planning on killing Elijah. As planned, Andie suggests the gentlemen at the party take their after dinner drinks in the study. When Jenna snubs Alaric, John taunts him that the problems might be his fault because he told her Alaric wasn't being completely honest with her. Unable to get a hold of Damon, Stefan calls Alaric.
In the study, Damon and Elijah talk about the witch burial ground. Damon suggests he might know where it is. As Damon is starting to pick up the dagger, Alaric and Andie enter the room to announce they'd forgotten dessert. When Elijah and Andie are gone, Alaric writes down the information about the dagger on a piece of paper for Damon. Andie wants to ask Elijah more questions about his research and sends Alaric to get her notebook from her bag. Meanwhile, Damon informs Elijah that there's no reason to keep John Gilbert on the 'endangered species list' as Elena hates him. John questions how Elijah will be killing Klaus. Elijah sets the record straight with both men. He tells Damon he allows him to live solely to keep an eye on Elena. He allows Elena to remain living in her house living her life with her friends as she does as a courtesy. If they become a liability, he will take her away and they'll never see her again. As Andie is asking Elijah a question, Alaric steps up behind him and plunges the oak-covered dagger into him, killing him. He orders Damon to get rid of him before Jenna returns with dessert.
Elena is angry with Stefan because she feels he and Damon aren't being honest with her. She wants him to accept her decision but Stefan is adamant that he is going to protect her so she can live her life. He was telling her about his past because he was at a point then when he felt everything was lost, much like she feels now. He tells her she is giving up. Lexi didn't let him give up and he refuses to let her. As Stefan and Lexi walk through the war camp, she tells him he's shut out the part of him that was human and allowed him to feel. When he can hurt, he can love. Love is the point. He tells Elena he wants her to fight for her survival as he did.
Alaric tells Damon he's his friend, his only friend, and he doesn't want any more lies from him. Stefan informs Elena that Alaric killed Elijah. Elena has been reading the journals further and she's learned that the dagger must stay in place in the killed vampire or it will rise again. Stefan calls Damon who rushes to the cellar where Elijah's body was placed and finds the room empty. Elijah goes to Jonas Martin and tells him he must find Elena now.
Bonnie and Jeremy work on spells and she explains channelling to him. He suggests she channel him. Jonas Martin enters the house and slams Jeremy against the wall then demands to know what Luka told Bonnie. Bonnie tells him about his daughter and that she wants to help and they should work together. He takes her powers from her and warns her that she will answer to him if any harm comes to Luka.
Elijah arrives at the lake house and throws some pebbles against the door, smashing it in. He tells her that even though he cannot enter the house, he is a patient man and can wait her out. She goes to talk with him and he informs her the deal is off. She wants to re-negotiate but he says she has nothing with which to do so. She shows him a knife and he tells her Stefan won't let her die. She knows that Stefan will give her some of his blood to save her life and, at that point, she'll kill herself and become a vampire just like Katherine did. He calls her bluff and she stabs herself in the stomach. Elijah rushes to the door and tells her she can have her deal. She asks him for his word, which he gives. As she stumbles toward him so he can heal her, she stabs him with the oak ash covered dagger. When he falls, Stefan rushes out and gives Elena some of his blood to save her left as Damon steps around the corner.
Alaric goes to see Jenna and she asks him straight out what happened to Isobel. He doesn't want to answer her but it's clear that Jenna's doubts of him are great and their relationship is over. Alaric takes off the ring and gives it back to John telling him after what he did to Damon, he'll need it more than him.
Damon takes the moonstone from Elijah's pocket. Elena tells Damon and Stefan that if they want her to fight, she'll fight but they cannot keep secrets from her anymore. From now on, they do things her way. They both agree.
In 1864 Damon and Lexi meet. She tells him his hate will get the best of him. He asks her to help Stefan as he needs it then leaves the Salvatore house.
Damon enters his room and hears someone in the shower. Thinking it's Andie, he goes in and finds Katherine taking a shower. She tells him she knew if she begged him not to kill Elijah that he'd do just that. She tells him she meant what he said. She didn't run and she is going to help him.
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A lot happened tonight!
I'd be lying if I said I was slightly upset that Elijah is down for the count. I really, really like him. However, I don't think this is the last we've seen of him. All someone needs to do is take that dagger out of him and he's back up and running. That will have to happen at some point. Then, I can only imagine how angry that guy is going to be after being killed twice in one night!
I'm more than little worried about Alaric giving John Gilbert back the ring that's saved him so many times over the course of the past two seasons. While he was right that after John tried to kill Damon, John will need the ring more than Alaric does, I don't want anything bad to happen to Alaric. I've liked his character since he first came into the show and hope he stays around for a long time to come.
Now that Jonas Martin has taken Bonnie's powers and Elijah is gone, it will be interesting to see where all the witch loyalty lies. Will the Martin's side with Damon and Stefan or will they go out on their own? Will Jonas give Bonnie back her powers? I still think that Bonnie's cousin Lucy will be showing up again at some point. She was very cool and I think she'd be a great match for Jonas Martin.
I love that Katherine is out of the tomb and agreeing to work with Damon. Nina Dobrev does an amazing job going from the super sweet Elena to the super mean Katherine. There should be plenty of great fireworks once everyone knows Mean Miss Katherine is back in town.
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AUS Television: City Homicide, Episode 5.2 "Secret Love"
City Homicide
Season Five, Episode Two, Secret Love
Original Air Date: February 16, 2011
When the body of a young woman is found in an empty lot the case takes a troubling turn. Numbers from a passage in the Quran are written on her forehead leading the team to believe her murder might have religions significance. Could her brother have killed her for honour, was it her fiance or her ex-boyfriend who was still in love with her?
Rhys and Allie are called in to investigate the body of a young woman that is discovered in an empty lot. She was stabbed with a seven-inch blade eleven times. There's no identification with the body but the M.E. finds henna on the woman's hand and the numbers 24 30 31 written on her forehead.
Allie is able to identify the young woman. She was an eighteen-year-old student from a Pakistani family, Marina Durrani. Her mother reported her missing late on Sunday night, the same day the M.E. suspects she was killed. Once he knows Marina is Muslim, Rhys Googles the numbers and finds a link to a passage from the Quran: "And tell the believing women to subdue their eyes and maintain their chastity...".
The mother and brother of the victim identify her at the morgue. The mother is horribly distraught and nearly collapses in the room with her daughter. Her brother, Hanif Durrani, looks at his sisters body from behind the glass with Rhys with wide eyes and a look of shock. He asks Rhys who would do such a thing. Rhys and Allie accompany the victims family back to their home where they look over photographs of Marina and are given more information about her life. She was studying law at university. She and her fiance had an arranged marriage and she had been promised to him since she was very young. Both she and her fiance, Saleem, approved of the marriage and neither was being pressured according to her mother. Her brother wonders aloud how Saleem will take Marina's death.
Rhys asks her family about the numbers on her forehead. Her brother says it is a reference to a passage in the Quran but he cannot understand why it was written on her forehead. Her mother explains the verse, in modern times, refers to dressing appropriately and not being intimate before marriage. They are offended when Allie asks if Marina had engaged in pre-marital sex. Rhys re-phrases the question and her mother, much more calmly tells them they know no one who would think Marina had acted inappropriately enough to kill her. Her brother chastises their mother for allowing Marina to stay with her sister-in-law. He says the aunt allowed Marina to do whatever she wanted. He blames the aunt for them not knowing Marina was missing until it was too late. He becomes enraged and leaves the room.
Rhys and Allie question the aunt who says she didn't get up until late Sunday. Assuming Marina had gotten up early and gone she didn't herself think there was a problem until she received a call from Marina's mother that Sunday night. Marina told her aunt she was going to a nightclub Saturday night. She tells them there aren't any problems in her family apart from her brother. Not many people like him, she claims. When asked about the verse from the Quran written on her forehead, her aunt insists her brother would never hurt his sister despite that he is very passionate about his religious views. She tells them Marina was a good Muslim girl. She was still a virgin and getting married and had broken up with Paul Sumner, her neighbour, six months prior.
Paul tells them he and Marina were just friends but they stopped seeing one another. He asks if something is wrong with Marina because he noticed she didn't come home and saw the uniformed officers come to take her mother and brother away. He and Marina had always been friends as they'd gone to the same schools and had a "bit of a thing" last year. He was crazy about her. They hung out and kissed a bit but she "freaked out". Her father died last year. He'd always wanted his daughter to marry Saleem and Paul felt she wanted to do right by her father. Paul was gutted by her decision and could have accepted it had she truly loved Saleem but he says they barely knew one another.
Jennifer and Nick interview Saleem who is in total shock. Nick's boss says he's been in such a state since he heard the news of Marina's death. He admits they went out clubbing together Saturday night but he went home early as he had to study. His parents were at home and his father saw him come in early. He denies leaving home again to meet up with Marina as any intimacy had to wait until marriage or her brother wouldn't have approved. Saleem knew of no serious boyfriends she had before him.
Jarvis is worried about the political minefield the case has become since the numbers were lined to the Quran. At briefing, Duncan confirms that Saleem did leave the club early and the witnesses Saleem had given noticed an hour after he left Marina was gone. One of Marina's girlfriends said she felt sick early that morning and went to the ladies room. When she didn't return, they thought she went home. Nick and Jennifer got a statement from Saleem's parents confirming he got home at 11 p.m. and went to his room to study but Nick feels he could have easily taken off again to meet Marina. Rhys puts Marina's brother out as a prime suspect but Allie suggests the entire Quran thing could have been put out to set them off track from the real motive for murder. The M.E.'s report comes back confirming cause of death. Further research into the henna tattoos show them as symbols of purity, chasteness and fertility leading Duncan to speculate she was still a virgin. However, the M.E. report shows she had sex on the night she died.
Rhys and Allie go back to Marina's home to search her room for more information about her. Her brother is insulted by the police coming into his home, not taking off their shoes, wanting to question him and searching his sisters room. He insists his sister was pure and that her murder couldn't have been an honor killing as honor killings dishonour the faith. His alibi is that he was at home reading "Mystic River".
Rhys and Allie bring Saleem in for a formal interview. They ask if he'd had sex with Marina the night she died, which he denies. Duncan and Nick question Paul who denies he ever went out that night and didn't see Marina that evening. Saleem insists he and Marina wanted to do their marriage properly. Paul wants to know what evidence the police have that she did have sex the night she died. Saleem admits he would have been angry had he known she'd slept with someone else and he would not have married her.
Allie and Rhys get the pathology report as they are getting ready to leave work for the night. Marina was drugged and raped. Matt has Nick checking alibis, Jennifer interviewing taxi drivers and Duncan sifting through security footage from the nightclub. Jarvis orders the entire team to get to work on the case. Once Matt, Allie and Rhys have gone, Stanley suggests a public appeal could be of great help. Jarvis agrees to release the happy snaps but not the numbers and Quran. Jarvis feels the murder is personal and he doesn't want the religious aspect of the case being released. Matt interrupts them to tell them Saleem lied about his alibi. Instead of working on his computer until 4 in the morning as he'd claimed, his last log in was on Friday.
When Jennifer and Nick go to his place of work to arrest him, Saleem insists his boss, Ian Driscoll (Ryan Gibson), tell them he did leave early. His boss was at the club on Saturday night when Saleem and Marina were. Nick and Allie bring Driscoll in for formal questioning as to why he didn't mention being at the club before. Saleem tells Jennifer and Rhys he lied about working on his computer because he was tired and went to bed. He insists things were very good between he and Marina. Driscoll confirms the two were deeply in love. He writes his being at the same club as them as a coincidence and didn't talk with Saleem or his friends and spent most of the night at the bar. He denies ever having met Marina and asks to see a picture of her. When Allie shows him her photo, he tells them Saleem was there with her. He then tells them he saw Marina arguing with a young man who fits the description of Paul Sumner and even identifies him from a photo. Duncan also found footage of Paul and Marina arguing. Allie shows Matt a copy of the Quran that was found during a search of Paul's place.
In interview, Paul tells Allie and Rhys he got the Quran a couple of months ago to learn more about Marina, her religion and culture. He didn't want to annoy her by questioning her about her religion and wanted to get closer to her. He doesn't know if he read 24 30 31 as he never actually finished reading the Quran. He again tells them he was at home after Allie puts a photo of Marina with the numbers on her forehead before him. When presented with the security footage of him at the club with Marina he tells them he didn't want her family to think he was harassing her. He claims Saleem isn't right for her and that he is still in love with her as it "isn't just a switch you can throw". He insists she lied about being happy to get married. He vehemently denies following her once she left the club, hurting her and killing her. He says he told her Saleem wasn't good enough for her and was cheating on her. He saw Saleem in the city in a car with another woman. He didn't get a good look at the woman but he knew it was Saleem.
Marina's mother brings Allie and Rhys a diary Marina kept. She hopes whatever is written in the book will help them find her killer. Rhys finds notes about Marina's friendship with Paul in the diary as well as that she and Saleem were happy until about two weeks ago when Paul told her about seeing Saleem with another woman. She didn't want anything to do with Paul after that because she thought he was trying to sabotage her marriage. The Wednesday before she was killed she wrote that Saleem had ditched her twice that week already claiming he had to work late and his phone was never on when she called him. She thinks that perhaps Paul was right about Saleem. She vows that if Saleem is cheating, she is calling off the marriage as she will not stay with someone like that.
Saleem denies to Jennifer and Nick that he was seeing someone else. Driscoll tried to cover for Saleem's claims he had to work late but eventually admitted the truth that he hadn't done any overtime in months and had taken a few sick days. They present him with a receipt where, at 2 a.m., he bought petrol with cash but used his rewards card. He admits he wasn't with Marina and was with someone else: Marina's aunt. She tells Allie and Rhys the affair with Saleem wasn't something they meant to happen. She is sure Marina suspected Saleem was being unfaithful but she had no idea it was with her aunt. Her aunt insists it wasn't possible Marina had sex on the night she died as it was important to her to remain pure until marriage. Her alibi for the night was that she and Saleem were together at her friends place.
Allie and Rhys are caught by Bernice and Jarvis being playful with one another in the elevator when the doors open. Rhys wants to clear things up with his aunt but Allie refuses to let him. She knows how Bernice feels about her. Rhys goes to see his aunt in her office and she berates him for not having broken things off with Allie. She warns him against become too involved and losing focus, that it could affect his work and even his safety and that of his colleagues. Bernice goes to Stanley wanting Allie removed from the squad but she tells him to make whatever call he feels needs to be done but to fix the problem.
At briefing, Duncan still cannot find any security footage showing Marina being drugged. Allie feels Hanif, Saleem and Paul are all still viable suspects for Marina's murder. Jennifer brings news of a suicide that was called in from Marina's aunts apartment. Allie and Rhys respond and find that things had been moved in the living room and they find Saleem dead in the bath. All appearances look like he cut his wrists. However, it was a murder. The cuts on the wrists were all in the same direction, there are no tentative first cuts and there isn't enough blood in the bath for suicide. There is a fracture on the back of his head which is a good bet for cause of death. There is also an injury to his cheek that happened some time before he was killed.
Allie and Rhys discuss what they will do when Stanley Wolfe finally does say something to them. Allie wants to stand firm and deny everything. Matt walks by and tells them Duncan is waiting for them. Allie and Nick interview Marina's aunt while Rhys and Duncan interview her brother. Stanley and Matt are watching on the monitors and Wolfe asks about Allie and Rhys' performance. Matt sees them as a pretty good combination. Marina's aunt cannot believe Saleem committed suicide. When Nick tells her Saleem was murdered she immediately names Hanif. She told Marina's mother about her affair with Saleem before she found out some other way. Hanif was in the house when she confessed the affair and became enraged. Hanif claims he went for a walk to clear his mind as he tried not to let anger control him.
Jennifer informs Matt and Stanley that Ian Driscoll has come in and has something to say they might want to hear. Driscoll tells Matt and Jennifer that Hanif burst into their offices and started screaming at Saleem. He feels he would have killed him had they not stepped in. He claims Hanif beat up Saleem, wrecked the office, accused Saleem of all sorts of things then left. Driscoll drove Saleem to Marina's aunts place. Ian Driscoll has now been added to the list of suspects. At briefing, the M.E. brings Matt a container with Saleem's fingernail that has skin beneath it. He fought his attacker.
Paul, Hanif, Driscoll and Marina's aunt are all asked to remove their coats or roll up their sleeves to check for scratch marks. Marina's aunt and Paul are the first two to be cleared. Hanif, after starting to leave and threatened with a court order, rolls up his sleeves to reveal arms free of scratches. Driscoll rolls up his sleeve and there are scratches on his arm. He denies killing Saleem as they were friends and soulmates. What they had was secret. Saleem's death was an accident. They fought and Saleem fell and hit his head on the coffee table. He admits to slipping a drink into Marina's drink. When she recognized him as Saleem's friend, he offered to take her home. He drove her to the empty lot and killed her. He raped her once she was dead. He said it was all for Saleem. He didn't want him to be sad so he made her murder look like she had betrayed him. He didn't mean to hurt Saleem as he was his soulmate.
Rhys and Allie meet with Marina's mother and brother to tell them they have identified her killer. Rhys gives her mother back her diary and tells her her daughter was a wonderful girl. Stanley takes the two detectives into his office to congratulate them on the case. Before Stanley can give them his decision as to who he is removing from the team, Rhys interrupts to tell him they've decided to stop seeing one another. He accepts their word but warns them if they let him down they are both gone permanently. They leave his office and get in the elevator where Allie kisses Rhys telling him he's amazing. Rhys is clearly thinking the right decision might be to split up as it hasn't been that long since they've been seeing one another and they both love the job.
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So, Allie and Rhys' relationship is over. It didn't last long and I actually liked them as a couple. He's sweet and she's tough and strong but still very vulnerable at the same time. It didn't surprise me in the least that Bernice pulled rank on Stanley Wolfe wanting him to get rid of Allie. Sure, she left the decision up to Stanley but if he had decided to remove Rhys from the team I'm sure Bernice would have stepped in and changed that. She's disliked Allie from the get-go and I'm sure she loved that this was finally her chance to get rid of her.
I have to wonder, though, just who Stanley would have chosen. He is one that usually does what is right regardless. Sometimes he has no choice in the matter but it would have been interesting to see what his choice would have been.
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Season Five, Episode Two, Secret Love
Original Air Date: February 16, 2011
When the body of a young woman is found in an empty lot the case takes a troubling turn. Numbers from a passage in the Quran are written on her forehead leading the team to believe her murder might have religions significance. Could her brother have killed her for honour, was it her fiance or her ex-boyfriend who was still in love with her?
Rhys and Allie are called in to investigate the body of a young woman that is discovered in an empty lot. She was stabbed with a seven-inch blade eleven times. There's no identification with the body but the M.E. finds henna on the woman's hand and the numbers 24 30 31 written on her forehead.
Allie is able to identify the young woman. She was an eighteen-year-old student from a Pakistani family, Marina Durrani. Her mother reported her missing late on Sunday night, the same day the M.E. suspects she was killed. Once he knows Marina is Muslim, Rhys Googles the numbers and finds a link to a passage from the Quran: "And tell the believing women to subdue their eyes and maintain their chastity...".
The mother and brother of the victim identify her at the morgue. The mother is horribly distraught and nearly collapses in the room with her daughter. Her brother, Hanif Durrani, looks at his sisters body from behind the glass with Rhys with wide eyes and a look of shock. He asks Rhys who would do such a thing. Rhys and Allie accompany the victims family back to their home where they look over photographs of Marina and are given more information about her life. She was studying law at university. She and her fiance had an arranged marriage and she had been promised to him since she was very young. Both she and her fiance, Saleem, approved of the marriage and neither was being pressured according to her mother. Her brother wonders aloud how Saleem will take Marina's death.
Rhys asks her family about the numbers on her forehead. Her brother says it is a reference to a passage in the Quran but he cannot understand why it was written on her forehead. Her mother explains the verse, in modern times, refers to dressing appropriately and not being intimate before marriage. They are offended when Allie asks if Marina had engaged in pre-marital sex. Rhys re-phrases the question and her mother, much more calmly tells them they know no one who would think Marina had acted inappropriately enough to kill her. Her brother chastises their mother for allowing Marina to stay with her sister-in-law. He says the aunt allowed Marina to do whatever she wanted. He blames the aunt for them not knowing Marina was missing until it was too late. He becomes enraged and leaves the room.
Rhys and Allie question the aunt who says she didn't get up until late Sunday. Assuming Marina had gotten up early and gone she didn't herself think there was a problem until she received a call from Marina's mother that Sunday night. Marina told her aunt she was going to a nightclub Saturday night. She tells them there aren't any problems in her family apart from her brother. Not many people like him, she claims. When asked about the verse from the Quran written on her forehead, her aunt insists her brother would never hurt his sister despite that he is very passionate about his religious views. She tells them Marina was a good Muslim girl. She was still a virgin and getting married and had broken up with Paul Sumner, her neighbour, six months prior.
Paul tells them he and Marina were just friends but they stopped seeing one another. He asks if something is wrong with Marina because he noticed she didn't come home and saw the uniformed officers come to take her mother and brother away. He and Marina had always been friends as they'd gone to the same schools and had a "bit of a thing" last year. He was crazy about her. They hung out and kissed a bit but she "freaked out". Her father died last year. He'd always wanted his daughter to marry Saleem and Paul felt she wanted to do right by her father. Paul was gutted by her decision and could have accepted it had she truly loved Saleem but he says they barely knew one another.
Jennifer and Nick interview Saleem who is in total shock. Nick's boss says he's been in such a state since he heard the news of Marina's death. He admits they went out clubbing together Saturday night but he went home early as he had to study. His parents were at home and his father saw him come in early. He denies leaving home again to meet up with Marina as any intimacy had to wait until marriage or her brother wouldn't have approved. Saleem knew of no serious boyfriends she had before him.
Jarvis is worried about the political minefield the case has become since the numbers were lined to the Quran. At briefing, Duncan confirms that Saleem did leave the club early and the witnesses Saleem had given noticed an hour after he left Marina was gone. One of Marina's girlfriends said she felt sick early that morning and went to the ladies room. When she didn't return, they thought she went home. Nick and Jennifer got a statement from Saleem's parents confirming he got home at 11 p.m. and went to his room to study but Nick feels he could have easily taken off again to meet Marina. Rhys puts Marina's brother out as a prime suspect but Allie suggests the entire Quran thing could have been put out to set them off track from the real motive for murder. The M.E.'s report comes back confirming cause of death. Further research into the henna tattoos show them as symbols of purity, chasteness and fertility leading Duncan to speculate she was still a virgin. However, the M.E. report shows she had sex on the night she died.
Rhys and Allie go back to Marina's home to search her room for more information about her. Her brother is insulted by the police coming into his home, not taking off their shoes, wanting to question him and searching his sisters room. He insists his sister was pure and that her murder couldn't have been an honor killing as honor killings dishonour the faith. His alibi is that he was at home reading "Mystic River".
Rhys and Allie bring Saleem in for a formal interview. They ask if he'd had sex with Marina the night she died, which he denies. Duncan and Nick question Paul who denies he ever went out that night and didn't see Marina that evening. Saleem insists he and Marina wanted to do their marriage properly. Paul wants to know what evidence the police have that she did have sex the night she died. Saleem admits he would have been angry had he known she'd slept with someone else and he would not have married her.
Allie and Rhys get the pathology report as they are getting ready to leave work for the night. Marina was drugged and raped. Matt has Nick checking alibis, Jennifer interviewing taxi drivers and Duncan sifting through security footage from the nightclub. Jarvis orders the entire team to get to work on the case. Once Matt, Allie and Rhys have gone, Stanley suggests a public appeal could be of great help. Jarvis agrees to release the happy snaps but not the numbers and Quran. Jarvis feels the murder is personal and he doesn't want the religious aspect of the case being released. Matt interrupts them to tell them Saleem lied about his alibi. Instead of working on his computer until 4 in the morning as he'd claimed, his last log in was on Friday.
When Jennifer and Nick go to his place of work to arrest him, Saleem insists his boss, Ian Driscoll (Ryan Gibson), tell them he did leave early. His boss was at the club on Saturday night when Saleem and Marina were. Nick and Allie bring Driscoll in for formal questioning as to why he didn't mention being at the club before. Saleem tells Jennifer and Rhys he lied about working on his computer because he was tired and went to bed. He insists things were very good between he and Marina. Driscoll confirms the two were deeply in love. He writes his being at the same club as them as a coincidence and didn't talk with Saleem or his friends and spent most of the night at the bar. He denies ever having met Marina and asks to see a picture of her. When Allie shows him her photo, he tells them Saleem was there with her. He then tells them he saw Marina arguing with a young man who fits the description of Paul Sumner and even identifies him from a photo. Duncan also found footage of Paul and Marina arguing. Allie shows Matt a copy of the Quran that was found during a search of Paul's place.
In interview, Paul tells Allie and Rhys he got the Quran a couple of months ago to learn more about Marina, her religion and culture. He didn't want to annoy her by questioning her about her religion and wanted to get closer to her. He doesn't know if he read 24 30 31 as he never actually finished reading the Quran. He again tells them he was at home after Allie puts a photo of Marina with the numbers on her forehead before him. When presented with the security footage of him at the club with Marina he tells them he didn't want her family to think he was harassing her. He claims Saleem isn't right for her and that he is still in love with her as it "isn't just a switch you can throw". He insists she lied about being happy to get married. He vehemently denies following her once she left the club, hurting her and killing her. He says he told her Saleem wasn't good enough for her and was cheating on her. He saw Saleem in the city in a car with another woman. He didn't get a good look at the woman but he knew it was Saleem.
Marina's mother brings Allie and Rhys a diary Marina kept. She hopes whatever is written in the book will help them find her killer. Rhys finds notes about Marina's friendship with Paul in the diary as well as that she and Saleem were happy until about two weeks ago when Paul told her about seeing Saleem with another woman. She didn't want anything to do with Paul after that because she thought he was trying to sabotage her marriage. The Wednesday before she was killed she wrote that Saleem had ditched her twice that week already claiming he had to work late and his phone was never on when she called him. She thinks that perhaps Paul was right about Saleem. She vows that if Saleem is cheating, she is calling off the marriage as she will not stay with someone like that.
Saleem denies to Jennifer and Nick that he was seeing someone else. Driscoll tried to cover for Saleem's claims he had to work late but eventually admitted the truth that he hadn't done any overtime in months and had taken a few sick days. They present him with a receipt where, at 2 a.m., he bought petrol with cash but used his rewards card. He admits he wasn't with Marina and was with someone else: Marina's aunt. She tells Allie and Rhys the affair with Saleem wasn't something they meant to happen. She is sure Marina suspected Saleem was being unfaithful but she had no idea it was with her aunt. Her aunt insists it wasn't possible Marina had sex on the night she died as it was important to her to remain pure until marriage. Her alibi for the night was that she and Saleem were together at her friends place.
Allie and Rhys are caught by Bernice and Jarvis being playful with one another in the elevator when the doors open. Rhys wants to clear things up with his aunt but Allie refuses to let him. She knows how Bernice feels about her. Rhys goes to see his aunt in her office and she berates him for not having broken things off with Allie. She warns him against become too involved and losing focus, that it could affect his work and even his safety and that of his colleagues. Bernice goes to Stanley wanting Allie removed from the squad but she tells him to make whatever call he feels needs to be done but to fix the problem.
At briefing, Duncan still cannot find any security footage showing Marina being drugged. Allie feels Hanif, Saleem and Paul are all still viable suspects for Marina's murder. Jennifer brings news of a suicide that was called in from Marina's aunts apartment. Allie and Rhys respond and find that things had been moved in the living room and they find Saleem dead in the bath. All appearances look like he cut his wrists. However, it was a murder. The cuts on the wrists were all in the same direction, there are no tentative first cuts and there isn't enough blood in the bath for suicide. There is a fracture on the back of his head which is a good bet for cause of death. There is also an injury to his cheek that happened some time before he was killed.
Allie and Rhys discuss what they will do when Stanley Wolfe finally does say something to them. Allie wants to stand firm and deny everything. Matt walks by and tells them Duncan is waiting for them. Allie and Nick interview Marina's aunt while Rhys and Duncan interview her brother. Stanley and Matt are watching on the monitors and Wolfe asks about Allie and Rhys' performance. Matt sees them as a pretty good combination. Marina's aunt cannot believe Saleem committed suicide. When Nick tells her Saleem was murdered she immediately names Hanif. She told Marina's mother about her affair with Saleem before she found out some other way. Hanif was in the house when she confessed the affair and became enraged. Hanif claims he went for a walk to clear his mind as he tried not to let anger control him.
Jennifer informs Matt and Stanley that Ian Driscoll has come in and has something to say they might want to hear. Driscoll tells Matt and Jennifer that Hanif burst into their offices and started screaming at Saleem. He feels he would have killed him had they not stepped in. He claims Hanif beat up Saleem, wrecked the office, accused Saleem of all sorts of things then left. Driscoll drove Saleem to Marina's aunts place. Ian Driscoll has now been added to the list of suspects. At briefing, the M.E. brings Matt a container with Saleem's fingernail that has skin beneath it. He fought his attacker.
Paul, Hanif, Driscoll and Marina's aunt are all asked to remove their coats or roll up their sleeves to check for scratch marks. Marina's aunt and Paul are the first two to be cleared. Hanif, after starting to leave and threatened with a court order, rolls up his sleeves to reveal arms free of scratches. Driscoll rolls up his sleeve and there are scratches on his arm. He denies killing Saleem as they were friends and soulmates. What they had was secret. Saleem's death was an accident. They fought and Saleem fell and hit his head on the coffee table. He admits to slipping a drink into Marina's drink. When she recognized him as Saleem's friend, he offered to take her home. He drove her to the empty lot and killed her. He raped her once she was dead. He said it was all for Saleem. He didn't want him to be sad so he made her murder look like she had betrayed him. He didn't mean to hurt Saleem as he was his soulmate.
Rhys and Allie meet with Marina's mother and brother to tell them they have identified her killer. Rhys gives her mother back her diary and tells her her daughter was a wonderful girl. Stanley takes the two detectives into his office to congratulate them on the case. Before Stanley can give them his decision as to who he is removing from the team, Rhys interrupts to tell him they've decided to stop seeing one another. He accepts their word but warns them if they let him down they are both gone permanently. They leave his office and get in the elevator where Allie kisses Rhys telling him he's amazing. Rhys is clearly thinking the right decision might be to split up as it hasn't been that long since they've been seeing one another and they both love the job.
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So, Allie and Rhys' relationship is over. It didn't last long and I actually liked them as a couple. He's sweet and she's tough and strong but still very vulnerable at the same time. It didn't surprise me in the least that Bernice pulled rank on Stanley Wolfe wanting him to get rid of Allie. Sure, she left the decision up to Stanley but if he had decided to remove Rhys from the team I'm sure Bernice would have stepped in and changed that. She's disliked Allie from the get-go and I'm sure she loved that this was finally her chance to get rid of her.
I have to wonder, though, just who Stanley would have chosen. He is one that usually does what is right regardless. Sometimes he has no choice in the matter but it would have been interesting to see what his choice would have been.
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
AUS Television: City Homicide, Episode 5.1 "The Business of Fear"
City Homicide
Season Five, Episode One, The Business of Fear
Original Air Date: February 9, 2011
The brutal murder of a customs broker leads the team to criminal activities at the waterfront. Jarvis is asked by Stanley Wolfe to contact one of his old informants to assist in the investigation. Things take a turn when the son of Jarvis' informant is pulled into the activities to save his family. Meanwhile, Matt Ryan is awaiting approval of his transfer request.
Duncan and Jennifer are called in when a waterfront worker, Mervyn Mason, is found hanging from a forklift, having been run through by one of the blades. Without the benefit of autopsy, forensics tells Jennifer they believe he was assaulted before the blade was rammed into his body.
Matt tells Stanley he was right when he told him it would be tough coming back to his old squad as sergeant. He feels it might not have only been a tough choice but the wrong one. Stanley wants him to give it a few months. There's an opening in arson and Matt is hoping he can go there. No one else knows about his transfer request and he'd like to keep it that way.
Jennifer gives the rest of the team the details of the murder at the briefing. Mason was a customs broker on the waterfront. Matt starts to talk about his feelings on the case from looking at the autopsy and Allie and Rhys jump in and start talking about it over him. Jarvis is angry that a local had pictures of Mason that he sold to the press and he had to call in a favor to get them. Jarvis wants Matt to be quicker on the mark and get his people on the scene faster and he wants Stanley to stop riding shotgun for Matt. Stanley informs Jarvis that one of the avenues of investigation involves possible criminal activity on the waterfront. Since Jarvis had organized a job at the container depot for one of his old informants, Ted Mangus, Stanley would like to know if he could get in touch with him again. Jarvis is reluctant but agrees and Stanley tells him he'll get Matt to go with him.
Jarvis and Matt meet with Ted. Jarvis speaks alone with Ted who knows it isn't a social call. Matt brings them drinks while Ted is telling Jarvis Mason's death probably had something to do with his job and the possibility of a lot of dirty money if he was on the take. Jarvis wants a name but Ted is reluctant to give one. He says he's happy and on the straight and narrow. Ted finally gives them the name Keith Healy, another customs broker on the waterfront but he isn't as straight as Merv was.
Matt and Jarvis find Healy in hospital as he suffered a heart attack at work a week previous. Keith doesn't know who took over his work at the waterfront and he tells them he heard about Merv and that he hardly knew him. Jarvis tells him they know he's more lax with his job than Merv was. Keith calls for the nurse because he says their questions are stressing him. Jarvis stands to leaves but promises they'll be looking at him more closely.
Back in a briefing, Jarvis is convinced the murder is linked to customs broking. The theory is that since they know Healy is a dirty customs broker and someone had to take over when he had his heart attack the work went to Merv. A dodgy box came through and Merv didn't let it pass which led to his death. The question now is who is wanting a box to pass through customs. Jennifer gives Matt a current list of broking firms. He sees that Jarvis' informant has a son, Justin, who is also a customs broker.
At the waterfront, two men are arguing. One wants the other, who happens to be Justin Mangus, to clear a box for his boss. To get that job done, he threatens Mangus with harm to his family. He's to go back to work and wait to be contacted again. Jennifer and Duncan go to Mangus customs brokers to speak with Justin. They ask about any possible dodgy box movements around the waterfront and both Justin and one of his employees deny knowing anything. Justin also denies working with Healy as well as moving a box illegally. He insists he runs a clean operation at all times. Justin receives a call that he really must take. Jennifer and Duncan pay close attention to Justin while he's on the phone. It's the contact call he was told to wait for. His wife and daughter are being held prisoner until he does what he's told to do. He's told to wait for instructions but his family will remain prisoner. Justin tells his employee to give Jennifer and Duncan access to any files or materials they need but he must leave to go into town. Jennifer stays at the business to collect movement orders for the last three months while Duncan follows Justin.
In the hospital car park, Justin receives another call and is given his instructions. He takes the information down and tells the man he's speaking with if he harms his family he'll hunt him down and kill him. He tells his father, who is in the car with him, that they want him to clear a box tomorrow. His father says it can be anything: stolen goods, guns or drugs. Justin believes whoever has his family, Healy is behind it. Ted Mangus takes a gun from the glove compartment telling his son to leave it to him. Justin takes the gun away telling his father it will only make things worse. They need to find out who they're dealing with instead. Ted wants his son to let him fix the problem so his wife won't have to visit him in prison. Justin insists he will take care of things. He grabs some flowers from the car and gets out and goes into the hospital. His father sees his son tucking the gun into the back pocket of his trousers and gets out of the car to follow his son. He calls to him but he takes off running. Duncan is in pursuit. When he catches up to Ted, the latter tells him about Justin having the gun. Duncan runs into the hospital and, while asking which room is Healy's hears a gunshot. He follows the sound and finds Justin on the floor with a gunshot wound.
Matt and Jarvis question Healy who says he thought Justin was going to shoot him. Healy got hold of the gun and says Justin pulled him out of bed. When he fell down, the gun went off. He didn't know who Justin was as he'd only seen him around the yard and had no idea why he would be threatening him. Jarvis, tired of Healy's behavior, grabs Healy's hospital gown and warns him that when he finds out why Justin Mangus had a gun on him he'd be back.
At the office, Duncan tells Jarvis and Matt that Justin Mangus is in recovery and might not make it. Jarvis goes in to speak with Ted Mangus. Matt stops him saying he's not being objective since he's involved. Jarvis sends Matt away and the two men talk. Ted admits he isn't involved with what is happening. He wants to see his son but Jarvis can't let him go. Ted tells him it's his way or no way at all.
Matt gives the team movement orders from the various brokers. The team want to talk to Ted Mangus as they feel he's their best link to information. Matt wants them to focus on the brokers but they are insistent on Mangus. Stanley listens closely to the discussion between Matt and his team. Matt learns, for the first time, that the feds have been looking around the waterfront the past couple of weeks. When Matt goes to check on what the feds' interest is at the waterfront, Stanley asks the team if they have a problem with their orders. They aren't. Stanley informs them that their sergeant has been outranked on the decision to let Jarvis speak with Ted Mangus. He asks them point blank if they have issues with Sergeant Ryan. Nick questions what they are supposed to do if they do have issues. He wants them to back Matt. Allie tells Stanley Matt doesn't make it easy for them to work with him sometimes. Nick feels Matt hasn't commanded the authority of the stripes, which Duncan agrees with. Rhys feels Matt gets defensive. Stanley informs them it is because Matt thinks they resent his orders. He asks what any of them have done to help him and if they realize how difficult it must have been for him to return his own squad as a sergeant. He needed their support, not criticism and carping. He wants them to look at their faults as a team as much as they look at Matt's faults as a sergeant. When Stanley goes back into his office the team all share a look with one another then start to work on tracking box movements.
Ted Mangus goes to Healy's room at the hospital and chokes him wanting to know who is behind everything with his son and where Justin's wife and daughter are. As Ted tightens his grip on Healy, the latter finally gives a name: Tony Scanlon.
In Matt's office, under the ever-watchful eyes of Stanley Wolf in the next office, Duncan and Jennifer present Matt with information about Tony Scanlon they learned from the box movements. Matt was "right on the money" with wanting them checked. Every month, Scanlon Imports brings in four containers supposedly containing furniture from the Philippines every month. The containers are cleared through customs only on the days Keith Healy is working. Nothing has been linked before but there are only three containers ordered by the retailers. The fourth comes in piggy-backed to the third, is destined for the same retailer and shares the same paperwork with the other three. The three legitimate containers are cleared and sent to the retailers. Keith ticks off on the fourth dodgy container, pays the driver and sends it to its destination. The feds haven't picked up on it because they don't know they're after Keith Healy. They know there's a dodgy container somewhere in the depot that needs to be cleared. Rhys enters to tell him Justin Mangus is still in a coma but stable. He left a message for Justin's wife. Matt sends Duncan and Jennifer to speak with Tony Scanlon about the containers, Merv Mason's murder and the attack on Keith Healy. Rhys' job is background on Scanlon and financial records.
At Scanlon Imports, Tony Scanlon finds his desk drawer open. Ted Mangus enters the room holding Scanlon's gun. He tells Scanlon that he can make the movement of his box happen as long as the girls are alive. Ted pours lighter fluid on Scanlon's desk and strikes a lighter. Scanlon admits he needs a job done. Ted says he can get in touch with a broker but he wants to speak to the girls. Tony makes a call as Jennifer and Duncan arrive at the business. Ted talks to Bridgette. Tony hangs up and proposes a deal. Ted gets the box cleared and away and they make a swap. Ted sees Jennifer drive in and he leaves through the back stairs. Scanlon cleans up his desk and pours a drink for himself. He's calm and cool as they ask him about Healy. He says Healy is a good man and that he had no association with Mason. He denies piggy-backing boxes and importing drugs and that they will find nothing untoward about him, just as the feds didn't find anything.
Jarvis is waiting for Ted at the pub. When he doesn't show he calls and leaves a message for him telling him to not do whatever he's planning and that he'll be out looking for him.
Matt confirms that the feds have nothing on Scanlon and his financial records are impeccable. Matt has left a message for Jarvis but hasn't heard anything about Ted Mangus. Nick presents them with a photo of the man who threatened Justin Mangus at his company. The man, Bruno "Tiger" Lilley, has priors for assault, aggravated robbery and drugs and did a stint in a psych institution. Rhys feels he is the kind of person who would impale someone with a forklift and perhaps even enjoy it. Matt and his team work through the evidence to link Bruno to Scanlon.
At Mangus brokers, Ted holds a gun on Bob to sign the release for the box Scanlon wants cleared. Jarvis enters the office and Ted threatens to shoot him. Jarvis sends Bob away. Jarvis knows Bridgette is nowhere to be found and wants the truth from Ted. Ted finally tells Jarvis that the girls have been abducted and the box must be delivered by tomorrow or they die. He begs Jarvis to turn a blind eye just this once.
The next morning, Jarvis briefs the team that the only way to save the girls lives is to clear the box and give the kidnappers what they want. Ted has the release from the customs broker and the box is cleared. Ted will be driving the box out himself. He wants Nick posed as a security guard to make sure the box gets through. There will be surveillance vehicles in two locations. When Ted is through the gates he will call Scanlon who will give him the drop-off point. Rhys asks if serious crime should be handling the case but Jarvis insists there isn't time. When the truck reaches the destination, the hostages will be released. The feds will be handed a major drug bust and Scanlon and Bruno will be on the hook for the murder of Mason. Matt supports Jarvis in front of the team but he tells his superior that privately, he thinks the plan is nuts.
Duncan and Matt are dressed as waterfront workers and watching the area from their car. Nick is at his post as a security guard. Jennifer and Jarvis, who is calling the shots, wait in their car with Allie. The plan goes into motion. Nick clears Ted and wishes him good luck. As Ted is pulling out with the box, a truck and van race in front of him and stops. The federal police order Ted out of the truck. Jarvis orders his people to move in. Jarvis confronts the feds who tell him plainly the truck isn't going anywhere.
Jarvis and Matt brief Bernice Waverly about the operation. She orders Jarvis off the case because he's personally involved. When Jarvis tells her Stanley asked him to seek out Ted Mangus, she says Stanley can take over. Matt steps forward and says the best one to take over would be him as there is civilian life at stake and time is of the essence. Matt explains how things had to move fast and that he does have Rhys at serious crime running a liaison with them. He tells her that since they were running low on time, he and Jarvis put serious crime on standby to help locate the kidnappers. He assures her that he knows the case and can run with it. She gives her consent. Matt gets a call. Ted Mangus gave the feds the slip twenty minutes ago.
Jennifer and Duncan go back to Scanlon Imports where they find a disturbance and a cap that was worn by Ted Magnus. At the office, Matt asks Nick how they are doing in tracking Scanlon's phone. Allie is working on Scanlon's financial's. All the information is scattered or diverse. They can't pinpoint his location exactly. Rhys finds Scanlon making a phone call on the wiretap he's monitoring. As they listen to the conversation, Nick announces Scanlon is in Spotswood. Allie finds a Spotswood location in the list of Scanlon's properties. Matt leaves Nick to keep tracking while he and the rest of the team head out to Scanlon's Spotswood property.
At the property, Mangus holds a broken bottle to Scanlon's throat and orders Bruno to untie the girls. As a struggle ensues, they hear the sound of Matt's voice from outside. The police have arrived. Matt is leading the operations perfectly and his team is coming together nicely and orders his people into their positions at the doors. Bruno holds a gun to the girls while Scanlon holds a knife to Ted. Matt tells Bruno the police will pull back. He orders the car moved and when it's gone, he runs to the building. Everyone inside comes out, with Scanlon and Bruno still holding weapons to their hostages. Matt and his team jump into action. Bruno turns on Matt with his gun. Allie and Rhys fire upon Bruno. Scanlon drops the knife. Ted picks up Bruno's gun and kills Scanlon then gives himself up.
Jarvis talks with Ted back at the police headquarters and tells him he didn't have to shoot Scanlon and that his son came out of his coma, something Ted didn't know. Ted wants to see his son and doesn't want him to visit him inside prison.
Stanley commends Matt on his work on the case. Jarvis asks him to write up a good report for the DPP. Stanley asks Matt about the arson squad. Matt replies that he's a homicide sergeant. Duncan asks Matt out for a night with the guys just like old times.
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We started the episode with Matt Ryan looking forward to moving into the arson department because of the problems he's been having in his own squad. By the end of the episode, he knows he's a homicide sergeant and he wants to stay. Matt really came a long way in this show. He went from someone who had trouble with his team talking over him during a briefing to one that commanded respect from everyone--including his superiors. A good lashing to the team from Stanley Wolfe helped greatly, but the biggest credit went to Matt himself. He stepped up for the operation Jarvis set into motion with Bernice Waverley. He took control and, under his leadership, the hostages were saved. This was the Matt Ryan we've all known for the past five seasons.
With shows like this, it truly makes me sad that we just have five more episodes left in City Homicide's run.
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City Homicide airs on Wednesday nights at 9:30 p.m. (AUS time) on the Seven Network.
For more information:
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Season Five, Episode One, The Business of Fear
Original Air Date: February 9, 2011
The brutal murder of a customs broker leads the team to criminal activities at the waterfront. Jarvis is asked by Stanley Wolfe to contact one of his old informants to assist in the investigation. Things take a turn when the son of Jarvis' informant is pulled into the activities to save his family. Meanwhile, Matt Ryan is awaiting approval of his transfer request.
Duncan and Jennifer are called in when a waterfront worker, Mervyn Mason, is found hanging from a forklift, having been run through by one of the blades. Without the benefit of autopsy, forensics tells Jennifer they believe he was assaulted before the blade was rammed into his body.
Matt tells Stanley he was right when he told him it would be tough coming back to his old squad as sergeant. He feels it might not have only been a tough choice but the wrong one. Stanley wants him to give it a few months. There's an opening in arson and Matt is hoping he can go there. No one else knows about his transfer request and he'd like to keep it that way.
Jennifer gives the rest of the team the details of the murder at the briefing. Mason was a customs broker on the waterfront. Matt starts to talk about his feelings on the case from looking at the autopsy and Allie and Rhys jump in and start talking about it over him. Jarvis is angry that a local had pictures of Mason that he sold to the press and he had to call in a favor to get them. Jarvis wants Matt to be quicker on the mark and get his people on the scene faster and he wants Stanley to stop riding shotgun for Matt. Stanley informs Jarvis that one of the avenues of investigation involves possible criminal activity on the waterfront. Since Jarvis had organized a job at the container depot for one of his old informants, Ted Mangus, Stanley would like to know if he could get in touch with him again. Jarvis is reluctant but agrees and Stanley tells him he'll get Matt to go with him.
Jarvis and Matt meet with Ted. Jarvis speaks alone with Ted who knows it isn't a social call. Matt brings them drinks while Ted is telling Jarvis Mason's death probably had something to do with his job and the possibility of a lot of dirty money if he was on the take. Jarvis wants a name but Ted is reluctant to give one. He says he's happy and on the straight and narrow. Ted finally gives them the name Keith Healy, another customs broker on the waterfront but he isn't as straight as Merv was.
Matt and Jarvis find Healy in hospital as he suffered a heart attack at work a week previous. Keith doesn't know who took over his work at the waterfront and he tells them he heard about Merv and that he hardly knew him. Jarvis tells him they know he's more lax with his job than Merv was. Keith calls for the nurse because he says their questions are stressing him. Jarvis stands to leaves but promises they'll be looking at him more closely.
Back in a briefing, Jarvis is convinced the murder is linked to customs broking. The theory is that since they know Healy is a dirty customs broker and someone had to take over when he had his heart attack the work went to Merv. A dodgy box came through and Merv didn't let it pass which led to his death. The question now is who is wanting a box to pass through customs. Jennifer gives Matt a current list of broking firms. He sees that Jarvis' informant has a son, Justin, who is also a customs broker.
At the waterfront, two men are arguing. One wants the other, who happens to be Justin Mangus, to clear a box for his boss. To get that job done, he threatens Mangus with harm to his family. He's to go back to work and wait to be contacted again. Jennifer and Duncan go to Mangus customs brokers to speak with Justin. They ask about any possible dodgy box movements around the waterfront and both Justin and one of his employees deny knowing anything. Justin also denies working with Healy as well as moving a box illegally. He insists he runs a clean operation at all times. Justin receives a call that he really must take. Jennifer and Duncan pay close attention to Justin while he's on the phone. It's the contact call he was told to wait for. His wife and daughter are being held prisoner until he does what he's told to do. He's told to wait for instructions but his family will remain prisoner. Justin tells his employee to give Jennifer and Duncan access to any files or materials they need but he must leave to go into town. Jennifer stays at the business to collect movement orders for the last three months while Duncan follows Justin.
In the hospital car park, Justin receives another call and is given his instructions. He takes the information down and tells the man he's speaking with if he harms his family he'll hunt him down and kill him. He tells his father, who is in the car with him, that they want him to clear a box tomorrow. His father says it can be anything: stolen goods, guns or drugs. Justin believes whoever has his family, Healy is behind it. Ted Mangus takes a gun from the glove compartment telling his son to leave it to him. Justin takes the gun away telling his father it will only make things worse. They need to find out who they're dealing with instead. Ted wants his son to let him fix the problem so his wife won't have to visit him in prison. Justin insists he will take care of things. He grabs some flowers from the car and gets out and goes into the hospital. His father sees his son tucking the gun into the back pocket of his trousers and gets out of the car to follow his son. He calls to him but he takes off running. Duncan is in pursuit. When he catches up to Ted, the latter tells him about Justin having the gun. Duncan runs into the hospital and, while asking which room is Healy's hears a gunshot. He follows the sound and finds Justin on the floor with a gunshot wound.
Matt and Jarvis question Healy who says he thought Justin was going to shoot him. Healy got hold of the gun and says Justin pulled him out of bed. When he fell down, the gun went off. He didn't know who Justin was as he'd only seen him around the yard and had no idea why he would be threatening him. Jarvis, tired of Healy's behavior, grabs Healy's hospital gown and warns him that when he finds out why Justin Mangus had a gun on him he'd be back.
At the office, Duncan tells Jarvis and Matt that Justin Mangus is in recovery and might not make it. Jarvis goes in to speak with Ted Mangus. Matt stops him saying he's not being objective since he's involved. Jarvis sends Matt away and the two men talk. Ted admits he isn't involved with what is happening. He wants to see his son but Jarvis can't let him go. Ted tells him it's his way or no way at all.
Matt gives the team movement orders from the various brokers. The team want to talk to Ted Mangus as they feel he's their best link to information. Matt wants them to focus on the brokers but they are insistent on Mangus. Stanley listens closely to the discussion between Matt and his team. Matt learns, for the first time, that the feds have been looking around the waterfront the past couple of weeks. When Matt goes to check on what the feds' interest is at the waterfront, Stanley asks the team if they have a problem with their orders. They aren't. Stanley informs them that their sergeant has been outranked on the decision to let Jarvis speak with Ted Mangus. He asks them point blank if they have issues with Sergeant Ryan. Nick questions what they are supposed to do if they do have issues. He wants them to back Matt. Allie tells Stanley Matt doesn't make it easy for them to work with him sometimes. Nick feels Matt hasn't commanded the authority of the stripes, which Duncan agrees with. Rhys feels Matt gets defensive. Stanley informs them it is because Matt thinks they resent his orders. He asks what any of them have done to help him and if they realize how difficult it must have been for him to return his own squad as a sergeant. He needed their support, not criticism and carping. He wants them to look at their faults as a team as much as they look at Matt's faults as a sergeant. When Stanley goes back into his office the team all share a look with one another then start to work on tracking box movements.
Ted Mangus goes to Healy's room at the hospital and chokes him wanting to know who is behind everything with his son and where Justin's wife and daughter are. As Ted tightens his grip on Healy, the latter finally gives a name: Tony Scanlon.
In Matt's office, under the ever-watchful eyes of Stanley Wolf in the next office, Duncan and Jennifer present Matt with information about Tony Scanlon they learned from the box movements. Matt was "right on the money" with wanting them checked. Every month, Scanlon Imports brings in four containers supposedly containing furniture from the Philippines every month. The containers are cleared through customs only on the days Keith Healy is working. Nothing has been linked before but there are only three containers ordered by the retailers. The fourth comes in piggy-backed to the third, is destined for the same retailer and shares the same paperwork with the other three. The three legitimate containers are cleared and sent to the retailers. Keith ticks off on the fourth dodgy container, pays the driver and sends it to its destination. The feds haven't picked up on it because they don't know they're after Keith Healy. They know there's a dodgy container somewhere in the depot that needs to be cleared. Rhys enters to tell him Justin Mangus is still in a coma but stable. He left a message for Justin's wife. Matt sends Duncan and Jennifer to speak with Tony Scanlon about the containers, Merv Mason's murder and the attack on Keith Healy. Rhys' job is background on Scanlon and financial records.
At Scanlon Imports, Tony Scanlon finds his desk drawer open. Ted Mangus enters the room holding Scanlon's gun. He tells Scanlon that he can make the movement of his box happen as long as the girls are alive. Ted pours lighter fluid on Scanlon's desk and strikes a lighter. Scanlon admits he needs a job done. Ted says he can get in touch with a broker but he wants to speak to the girls. Tony makes a call as Jennifer and Duncan arrive at the business. Ted talks to Bridgette. Tony hangs up and proposes a deal. Ted gets the box cleared and away and they make a swap. Ted sees Jennifer drive in and he leaves through the back stairs. Scanlon cleans up his desk and pours a drink for himself. He's calm and cool as they ask him about Healy. He says Healy is a good man and that he had no association with Mason. He denies piggy-backing boxes and importing drugs and that they will find nothing untoward about him, just as the feds didn't find anything.
Jarvis is waiting for Ted at the pub. When he doesn't show he calls and leaves a message for him telling him to not do whatever he's planning and that he'll be out looking for him.
Matt confirms that the feds have nothing on Scanlon and his financial records are impeccable. Matt has left a message for Jarvis but hasn't heard anything about Ted Mangus. Nick presents them with a photo of the man who threatened Justin Mangus at his company. The man, Bruno "Tiger" Lilley, has priors for assault, aggravated robbery and drugs and did a stint in a psych institution. Rhys feels he is the kind of person who would impale someone with a forklift and perhaps even enjoy it. Matt and his team work through the evidence to link Bruno to Scanlon.
At Mangus brokers, Ted holds a gun on Bob to sign the release for the box Scanlon wants cleared. Jarvis enters the office and Ted threatens to shoot him. Jarvis sends Bob away. Jarvis knows Bridgette is nowhere to be found and wants the truth from Ted. Ted finally tells Jarvis that the girls have been abducted and the box must be delivered by tomorrow or they die. He begs Jarvis to turn a blind eye just this once.
The next morning, Jarvis briefs the team that the only way to save the girls lives is to clear the box and give the kidnappers what they want. Ted has the release from the customs broker and the box is cleared. Ted will be driving the box out himself. He wants Nick posed as a security guard to make sure the box gets through. There will be surveillance vehicles in two locations. When Ted is through the gates he will call Scanlon who will give him the drop-off point. Rhys asks if serious crime should be handling the case but Jarvis insists there isn't time. When the truck reaches the destination, the hostages will be released. The feds will be handed a major drug bust and Scanlon and Bruno will be on the hook for the murder of Mason. Matt supports Jarvis in front of the team but he tells his superior that privately, he thinks the plan is nuts.
Duncan and Matt are dressed as waterfront workers and watching the area from their car. Nick is at his post as a security guard. Jennifer and Jarvis, who is calling the shots, wait in their car with Allie. The plan goes into motion. Nick clears Ted and wishes him good luck. As Ted is pulling out with the box, a truck and van race in front of him and stops. The federal police order Ted out of the truck. Jarvis orders his people to move in. Jarvis confronts the feds who tell him plainly the truck isn't going anywhere.
Jarvis and Matt brief Bernice Waverly about the operation. She orders Jarvis off the case because he's personally involved. When Jarvis tells her Stanley asked him to seek out Ted Mangus, she says Stanley can take over. Matt steps forward and says the best one to take over would be him as there is civilian life at stake and time is of the essence. Matt explains how things had to move fast and that he does have Rhys at serious crime running a liaison with them. He tells her that since they were running low on time, he and Jarvis put serious crime on standby to help locate the kidnappers. He assures her that he knows the case and can run with it. She gives her consent. Matt gets a call. Ted Mangus gave the feds the slip twenty minutes ago.
Jennifer and Duncan go back to Scanlon Imports where they find a disturbance and a cap that was worn by Ted Magnus. At the office, Matt asks Nick how they are doing in tracking Scanlon's phone. Allie is working on Scanlon's financial's. All the information is scattered or diverse. They can't pinpoint his location exactly. Rhys finds Scanlon making a phone call on the wiretap he's monitoring. As they listen to the conversation, Nick announces Scanlon is in Spotswood. Allie finds a Spotswood location in the list of Scanlon's properties. Matt leaves Nick to keep tracking while he and the rest of the team head out to Scanlon's Spotswood property.
At the property, Mangus holds a broken bottle to Scanlon's throat and orders Bruno to untie the girls. As a struggle ensues, they hear the sound of Matt's voice from outside. The police have arrived. Matt is leading the operations perfectly and his team is coming together nicely and orders his people into their positions at the doors. Bruno holds a gun to the girls while Scanlon holds a knife to Ted. Matt tells Bruno the police will pull back. He orders the car moved and when it's gone, he runs to the building. Everyone inside comes out, with Scanlon and Bruno still holding weapons to their hostages. Matt and his team jump into action. Bruno turns on Matt with his gun. Allie and Rhys fire upon Bruno. Scanlon drops the knife. Ted picks up Bruno's gun and kills Scanlon then gives himself up.
Jarvis talks with Ted back at the police headquarters and tells him he didn't have to shoot Scanlon and that his son came out of his coma, something Ted didn't know. Ted wants to see his son and doesn't want him to visit him inside prison.
Stanley commends Matt on his work on the case. Jarvis asks him to write up a good report for the DPP. Stanley asks Matt about the arson squad. Matt replies that he's a homicide sergeant. Duncan asks Matt out for a night with the guys just like old times.
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We started the episode with Matt Ryan looking forward to moving into the arson department because of the problems he's been having in his own squad. By the end of the episode, he knows he's a homicide sergeant and he wants to stay. Matt really came a long way in this show. He went from someone who had trouble with his team talking over him during a briefing to one that commanded respect from everyone--including his superiors. A good lashing to the team from Stanley Wolfe helped greatly, but the biggest credit went to Matt himself. He stepped up for the operation Jarvis set into motion with Bernice Waverley. He took control and, under his leadership, the hostages were saved. This was the Matt Ryan we've all known for the past five seasons.
With shows like this, it truly makes me sad that we just have five more episodes left in City Homicide's run.
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City Homicide airs on Wednesday nights at 9:30 p.m. (AUS time) on the Seven Network.
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
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