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Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode 16, Episode 17, Episode 18, Episode 19, Episode 20, Episode 21

Episode 1

There's No Place Like Home

Jordan, with black sunglasses on, and flat light brown hair is sitting in a seedy bar, which looks like it may be in a Mexican area. As she orders a drink, some guy slides up to her. Jordan seems to know the guy and asks him bluntly if he has what she wants. He hedges a bit and says it's in the car and invites her out. She says no at first but her need to know pushes her to accept the offer. Outside, the guy pulls an envelope from the car and asks to get paid. He then says he wants to see her breasts, which finally annoys Jordan enough to pull a small gun on him. He quickly relents and hands her the envelope. In side are pictures of Redding , who Jordan has been trying to find. Looks like he's in LA.

Later Jordan has found the place where Redding is seen in the pictures and breaks into it. As she looks around someone out side runs past and Jordan chases after him. As he turns a corner he drops a cell phone which she picks up. She catches up to him and calls out the name Redding, but when the man turns around it's not him. She demands to know who he is and what his connection is to Redding. At first he says nothing, but when Jordan pulls out her handy gun again he says he was hired to make documents for Redding. Just then the police show up and arrest the two of them.

Later Jordan is lead to the interrogation room, where she is questioned by two officers. They know about what she is doing and try to make her understand that they either can handle the case or she can help them with it. Doing it herself is just going to get her in trouble, but Jordan tunes them out. It seems Jordan has taken the last few months and chased Redding through South Dakota, Oklahoma , New Mexico and finally Los Angeles. Getting no where with her they prepare to put her back in her cell when a call comes in informing them someone has paid her bail.

As she comes outside she spots a familiar face, that of Det. Woody Hoyt. They greet each other but start to argue almost immediately. He wants her to stop this madness, but she can't seem to let it go. He tells her that he has two plane tickets for a late night flight and wants her on the plane.He also mentions how much trouble her father is in thanks to her. In the car he tells her she should phone her father and she seems to do so as she makes a call. The call though is to Nigel, who she asks to run the cell number to find who it belongs to. Woody gets mad and tries to stop her, while Nigel who is glad to hear from her tells her at first he can't do it. It seems there is a serial killer on the loose in Boston and the ME office is backed up as everyone is being used to find the killer. Jordan pleads and he gives in, while Woody steams.

At the ME office in Boston, Garret shows up looking worse for wear, and is told by Emmy that the DA Jack Olsen is waiting for him. Garret tells her he is busy and closes his door on her. A minute later Olsen walks in none to happy with Garret's brush off. Olsen says he put Garret there and he can take him out. Olsen says he could also take his chances with a potential new DA as elections are running right now and the ADA Wolcott desperately wants the job. Olsen is in a bind thanks to the Purgatory killings that have been going on for a month. It seems someone is killing prostitutes and dumping them in purgatory lane. With out a killer he looks bad and that doesn't help his chances at the polls.

Nigel meanwhile has traced the call and gives Jordan the answer, which she thanks him for. In the car still Woody and Jordan make a deal. Since they have about nine hours before the plane leaves, go and check out the address Jordan now has. If nothing there, they are on the plane. Woody relents, but is still not happy with the idea.

At the address which seems to be in a wooded area, Woody takes the lead and knocks. He too quickly says no one is home and Jordan is not fooled since she sees a TV on inside. They go in to find an old woman who they realize is not really there. Her mind is gone and she stares blankly at them. Jordan then spots a bunch of cables and such coming out of a fuse/power box. The high powered cables run outside and into a shed. Opening it up they think they have found Redding, but they instead have found the guy Jordan chased down earlier, the document guy. He has been shot in the head and sits in front of a computer. Woody tries to call the cops, but Jordan stops him and pulls out a forensic kit. She pulls something off the guy while Woody tries to get into the hard drive. Jordan makes it easier by simply shading a note pad which has an address on it. So much for high tech, but they argue on the address before they leave.

It's stake out time as Woody and Jordan sit across from the two apartments which may contain Redding. Woody picks one and decides to go in. Jordan protests and says she wants to go but Woody says to stay there and perhaps call her father. Jordan pouts while Woody takes off and then dials Pouge Mahone the bar Max owns. He answers the phone, but Jordan just can't bring herself to talk to him just yet and hangs up. Max looks perplexed and tells Garret it's the fourth time that has happened. They then talk about the last few months. Garret is depressed over his job, no real joy over it any more. Max tells him he should focus on one good thing in or about his job and it may make it easier for him. Garret mentions Lily the intern who left a few months ago. Hasn't been the same since.

Jordan meanwhile is waiting for Woody, when she spots Redding in the side mirror. She sees which apartment he goes into and loading her gun goes after him. Breaking the door she shouts his name but Redding is on to her and pushes her into a closet and runs. Jordan breaks out of the closet and gives chase. She chases him on to the roof and then has to jump to another building's roof. Since she took her eyes off of Redding she can't find him, but he finds her and hits her with a piece of wood knocking her down. Stunned Jordan can only listen as Redding tells her that before he was arrested he came into possession of a car. In it he found her mother's file and the finger print he planted later for her to find. He says as well that she really would not believe what was in the trunk of that car. He tells her that while the car is gone he still has the key which he flashes at Jordan. He then starts to drag her to the edge of the roof, intending to throw her off of it. Just then he is shot and then shot again by Woody who has shown up on the roof. Redding falls off the edge and to his death, while a stunned Woody and Jordan look on. Jordan spots the key Redding had in his hand and dropped and grabs it.

Two days later in Boston, another body is found in Purgatory Lane. Garret and Nigel show up and talk with Det. Lois Karver who tells Garret that his ME has already checked out the body. Garret is surprised since he never sent one out yet, in fact he and Nigel were going to take it. Karver points out a woman and Garret goes up to her and confronts her. She happily introduces herself as Dr. Elaine Du Champs, the ME assigned to the Purgatory Case. As she tells him duChamps realises Garret is clueless about all this and explains that it was supposed to be worked out already. She was assigned by ADA Wolcott, who is talking to the press at the moment. Garret recovers and welcomes her aboard.

Later back at the office, Nigel reads off Elaines resume which is impressive for the most part. Went to University of Chicago medical school, had her fellowship at Stanford, 4 yrs as forensic Pathologist in New York and 2 yrs in Seattle and is a expert in blood splatter patterns. Everything was geared towards reaching the top brass when she fell off the map for 6 yrs, until now. Garret smells setup and spy and is ticked off at the shady dealings going on. He doesn't want any more surprises as he goes into his office, only to turn around and see Jordan sitting there.

Jordan for her part is contrite and apologetic, but Garret is really mad at her. Jordan took much longer then a 30 day suspension and Garret tells her at first she is fired. Jordan really goes into apology overdrive saying she is over her problems and such. Garret relents a little and says she can hang around and do some very small stuff while he decides what to do with her. He tells her to talk with her father who is in deep water thanks to her.

Jordan goes to her office only to find Elaine there cleaning it out. They talk about who was in here before, since Elaine has found a picture of Jordan's mother in there. Jordan takes the pic and then introduces her self as Dr. Cavanugh. She leaves and as Elaine keeps cleaning she picks up the name plate which has Jordan's name on it. Elaine looks at it and is puzzled, realising who she was talking to.

Jordan walks around the office and meets up with Nigel and Bug who are grateful she is back. They share a tender group hug.

Later in the autopsy lab, Garret and Nigel are looking at the latest body found, who has been id'd as Jean Turin. Elaine walks in and takes over wanting to see if this is a purgatory body. She puts some barium in the wound and uses a radiation camera to take a reading. Looking at the wound this way they determine that it is upside down and not the same as the others. This looks like a copy cat murder, and therefore is not her case.

In the morgue basement Nigel and Bug lead Jordan to table there. She wants to do something that keeps her under Garret's radar. They give her a bag of bones of a woman found a week ago in purgatory lane. She has to put it back together again. This isn't exactly what she had in mind but Nigel reminds her she doesn't really have a choice. The bones indicate the woman was late 30's early 40's killed almost 15 to 20 yrs ago. Jordan works on the body for a while before leaving.

Later Elaine gives Bug something, calling him Mahesh and leaves while Garret walks up. It seems Elaine has recruited Bug for the purgatory case. He doesn't like her much since only his parents call him by his real name. Garret says it might be nice to have her around, give some energy around the place. Bug says they had that with Lily until Garret screwed that up. Garret tells him what happened with him and Lily is between them and to butt out. Bug is not happy about it.

Down at Max's bar Jordan finally shows up and meets up with her dad. The reunion is not pretty as they clearly do not trust each other still. Max is mad at her for the mess she mad for him saying it looks bad for him. Jordan tries to apologize but Max does not want to hear it. He dismisses her and she leaves upset over it.

Back at the office Garret and Karver discuss the Jean Turin case. It seems she had a thing for the purgatory killings as they found numerous news clippings in her apartment. They also found out she was not paying for the apartment on Beacon Hill which is a better part of the city. Karver says an Orvill Schmit was paying it, which seems to ring a bell with Garret although he doesn't let on. They also look at a security camera and see a guy enter her place and come out a few hours later.

At Boston PD Jordan waits for Woody in his office. He's not really happy to see her, telling her he was grilled for 9 hours over shooting Redding. He then tells her that he has been assigned to the Purgatory Killings, was asked for by DuChamps. Jordan says to watch his back with her. They then talk about what happened and Jordan tries to apologize but Woody sees right through her. He compares her to an alcoholic and refuses to feed her obsession. He leaves Jordan standing there, who is very hurt by what he says.

In a outdoor restaurant, Garret meets up with Olsen again and talks about when they were college buddies. He reminds him of the fictional Orvill Schmit and how this person is paying for Jean Turin's apartment. Olsen admits it is he who was paying for the apartment but denies killing her. Garret insists he has to go public with this but Olsen tells him if he does he Garret will be the loser.

Down in the morgue basement, Jordan is working on the body when she seems to make a discovery and calls Nigel. He comes down and she tells him to look at the rib area, that she was knifed in the same area as the purgatory killings. Nigel checks the bones and says the same weapon was used. They can't figure it out since this body is suppose to be 15 to 20 yrs old. This would make this body the first victim. Later Jordan goes to Elaine and tells her that she has not gained much trust around here, but she may have something that could help her gain some friends. Jordan wants a trade though, and asks Elaine to pull some weight and get Wolcott to bury a case for her. In exchange she will give Elaine the purgatory killer's first victim which Elaine thought she already had.

Later Jordan visits Garret in his office and they talk. He tells her how he got into the job and that Olsen helped him get it. Garret tells her that no matter which way he turns he is screwed. Jordan jokes that it was good she came back when she did. Without her around life is just not as interesting. They decide to go back to the autopsy room and look at Turin again. They find that she has a hand stamp on one of her hands which looks like a treasure chest. They also find that she was very sick, in fact terminal. Jordan suggests Anderson Fabry disease but Garret says that only happens in males. They then check the body again and realize she is really a man.

Nigel has been looking for places that use the treasure chest stamp and finds a night club that uses it. Jordan and Garret head down to the club were they spot the guy who was on the security camera. They accuse him of killing Jean and that she was hooking. He tells no way was she hooking and that he knew she was a man before. Says he loved her dearly and would do anything for her. He then leaves and Garret and Jordan don't pursue.

At the office, Elaine, Woody and Bug map out where all the bodies have been found so far. Bug is also trying to clean the bones of the unknown victim but can not because they are already too clean. He has a hunch on how this happened and goes to get his stuff. Later Bug has a bucket full of worms and a drumstick of meat. He places the drumstick in a large wide tube and then dumps the worms in. They are called Meal Worms and museums use them to clean bones to a nice polish. He pulls out the drumstick which has already been eaten to the bone. Elaine realises that the body is the latest victim not the first, as the meal worms accelerated the decomposition of the body.

Garret and Jordan arrive back at the office and run into a insurance agent. Wants tests done on Turin since they too suspect a disease and suicide. Turin bought a policy 5 days before she died and he tells them the beneficiary is Olsen.

Garret meets Olsen in his office again, and Garret confronts him on the policy and that Turin was a man. Olsen denies taking a policy out and knows she was man. He did not know she was dying. Garret won't let up this time and Olsen finally confess that Turin was really his son, which leaves Garret speechless.

Next morning, Garret and Jordan walk down Purgatory Lane to where Turin's body was found. Garret says Olsen son supposedly died 4 yrs ago in Paris from a fire. Jordan thinks he killed Turin since if found out it would ruin him. Garret thinks it is the boyfriend at the club. They play the game which Garret says gave him nightmares last time and find out neither man killed her. She killed herself and tried to copy the purgatory killings so it would look like a murder and her/his father could gain more money.They realize that the boyfriend has the knife. Later at Boston PD the boyfriend admits to and tells them the whole plan. Olsen listens and is devastated but does not press charges. He says it will be his last act as DA, since he will quit the race. Garret says people would have understood but Olsen says Garret is naive if he really believes that.

Back at the office Garret is in his office, when Lily shows up. She asks for the counseling job he offered her and he says it's hers. Garret tells her it's nice to have her back and she tells him the same.

Next morning Woody shows up and tells Elaine that the mystery body has been id'd. It belongs to an Alice Gribbs,43 who went missing 9 days ago. He has an address and the two of them to there.

At the apartment a young man greets them. He is George Gribbs, Alice's son. They tell him that his mother is dead but his reaction is weird. He tells them she was a whore. They look around his place and ask him what he does for a living. He tells them he is in the bait business. Woody take a look into a room and sees a bathtub full of meal worms. He motions Elaine over to look and then takes his gun out and points it at George. George is puzzled but says he didn't kill the other women his mother did because they were having sex with George and she didn' t like it. He then decided to kill her to stop the murders. He asks if he is in trouble, and Elaine says yes he is.

Garret is in his office watching the news conference of Elaine and Woody who have cracked the purgatory case. Jordan walks in and Garret tells her he's impressed with Elaine. Jordan confesses to helping Elaine out. Garret decides to keep her when Jordan tells him that while she has problems she is trying very hard to overcome them. That settled Jordan leaves the office but Nigel catches her and says he has traced the key that Redding had to a 1966 Ford. Jordan says her father has a '66 ford, but is interrupted when Max walks in. Nigel splits while Max tells Jordan he has been cleared about the Redding case. He knows Jordan butt in somehow but doesn't let it get to him. He tells her they are going to have to build their trust up again over time. She agrees and then accepts a dinner invite from Max for later on. She tells him she has some things she has to drop off at the house first and will meet him later.

Later at the house Jordan goes to the garage and uncovers her dad's '66 ford. She tries the key in the ignition but it won't go in, which relives Jordan who has forgotten what Redding said about the trunk of the car.

ANALYSIS:

The second season starts off well but falls to an okay episode. A lot of changes occurred for the second season not all of them that great.

The episode was of course part 2 of last season's final, and in resolving that final they did okay but I expected more. I felt the Redding issue was simply done too pat and cliche and ended too early. Yes we get the key thing but I wanted Redding to bait her more. We find she has been trailing the guy for months but all we get is a few minutes worth of confrontation between them. It then completely switches over to the purgatory case which did not have really any suspense or pop to it. Jordan plays a small part in it , mostly begging for forgiveness from everyone while the new actress carries the show. Bad idea I believe as Toussaint just can't compare to Hennessy. While I like the fact the other doctors have cases, taking away from the supposed focus of the show will hurt it. It was established as veichle for Hennessy and it should stay that way.The purgatory killings just did not grab me in the same way as other cases have such as the Digger case of last year did. Tousiannt came off as Elaine as too nice, too calm not impatient or tight as Jordan would have gotten. The Turin case was a little better but still seemed forced out. The election campaign and Garret's friend was puzzling. Olsen has never shown up before this, at least I don't recall him at all. His connection with Garret seemed out of the blue as was the idea that he helped Garret into the office.

Character wise, changes have occurred. Gone is Trey Sanders, who really was gone already last year by the end of the season. It would have been nice to hear that he is off studying or something but not a mention of him happens. True we knew he was on one year fellowship but it was made out as if he had decided to stay. A tie up would have been nice. Nigel and Bug are the same funny, compassionate guys from last year and it was nice to see the group hug. Jordan can still tie Nigel around her finger as she gets him to trace the cell and the key for her when he really shouldn't.

Now to Garret, who seems to have turned into a mess in the last few months. Granted he had the pressure of the purgatory killings going on, but when we last left him he was a happy,contented guy with a love life. Now he's depressed and moody and there is no sign of maggie anywhere. And what is the deal with his job. It gets more confusing as it goes on. We first saw Garret as an assistant ME, then he becomes the chief ME after asking Yakura for the job.Then we learn that Yakura and Jordan were office partners when Jordan started and 5 yrs later Yakura is in charge. I don't recall if Jordan said Yakura and her were both starting out or if Yakura was senior to her.Then in a flash back he seems in charge when he hires a young Jordan. Then we hear from Leo Gelber that he got the job of Gelber who the board pushed out a year or two ago. Now we hear he got it through Olsen,which doesn't make sense at all. Perhaps someone can explain it to me.

The new doctor is Elaine DuChamps who seems to be gunning for Garret's job and is a mystery to everyone. 6 yrs are missing from her resume and no doubt we will find some things on her. Here she came off as too nice and cool, with no fire. If this is an act because she was a spy I hope it changes now that the result is known. Toussiant usually plays characters with more power and I hope she does this. She was described as a nemesis to Jordan but I did not see that here.

Woody Hoyt played by Jerry O'Connell is now a regular for the show. He's getting stronger with every performance and the nice naive guy is all but gone now. Jordan has made him grow up with her wild actions, and in turn he now has the courage to stand up to her even if it may hurt her a little. I was wonderful when he told her she was like an alcoholic. He's not fooled by her and knows she needs help and would do so it she was straight with him. He make a nice addition to the cast and of course a good love interest for Jordan.

Jordan of course has her problems here and it's obvious that they are not going away. She got a new hair do, which seems to have taken out some of her punch. Too plain jane for me. She spent most of the episode apologising and really doing nothing much else. She seems to have convinced herself and others that she is fine and getting back on her feet. Woody though nailed her when he compared her to a alcoholic and you can see in the end that all she's doing is masking the problem with work and a smile. Like alcoholics she does her stuff in secret, but eventually it will catch up to her and someone will find out. We see she still suspects her father in her mother's murder, while at the same time going on about trust and such. All this leads to trouble in the future. Max is still the same old guy and I was glad for that. He's annoyed with Jordan, but then who isn't. Glad he made the real first move in mending their relationship.

Lily returns briefly to say she's back and wants a job. She seems mellowed but who could tell with the short scene she had. Maybe next episode we will get details. Emmy is now the new secretary and I love this. She's such an airheaded nerd it's funny. Those thick glasses make her the weirdest looking person there.

Tech stuff includes a new whole music/scene intro. I guess they decided it should be more E.Rish but as one person complained the names of the people go by too fast to notice. Gone is the wonderful Celtic music and a much more modern theme is in its place. Which goes with all the metal music they played here which is grating at times. As well the lettering needs to be about 3 sizes bigger. The intro and the naming of the various places and dead bodies in Boston were so small and so light that people with 20/20 vision would miss it. I could barley make them out. They have also stopped naming the crime scenes, at least for this episode they did.

The victim/killer game has been revamped and I for one actually like it much better. It doesn't make Jordan look silly when playing the victim or killer. The morphing technique is much better than the make believe stuff of last year.

Overall an okay episode, which could have been much more tense. The purgatory case was flat and uninspired with none of the desperation of the Digger case. The new doctor is okay but I will reserve judgement until I see her in a few more episodes. The addition to the main cast of O'Connell was nice and he delivered the best performance. Jordan was too sad and deflated, hopefully she will bounce back. New music not great, especially with all the rock and metal music. New look to the game, really good.

I give it 2.5/5 stars RTMS Top Message Board

Episode 2

Bombs Away

It's a nice day in Boston as Garret hands Jordan a case and tells her she's working with Elaine on it. Jordan is not too happy having bootlicking Elaine along or that Elaine will be supervising, but quickly shuts up when Elaine comes along. She's heard about the case and is ready. The killing has taken place on highway 12 in Brockton.

At the scene they meet up with Woody who defers to Elaine and all but ignores Jordan. Jordan quips that Elaine and he get along, and Elaine does not deny it saying he's good at his job and cute. Jordan looks a little jealous. As they determine time of death examine the body, a car pulls up and a middle aged black man comes up. His name is Hawkins and he works for the ATF and ID's the body as that of Wendy Marsh. Her husband owns a cabin up the road. Other than that he is not forthcoming on any info which bugs Jordan and Woody.

When he tells them that he will be in on the autopsy Jordan starts to say no way but Elaine smooths it over and says yes. Meanwhile Woody asks Jordan to give him the COD when they find out but since he's acting like a jerk she will too. She tells him he can get the info from Elaine. Jordan just is not good at taking a back seat.

At the office Bug helps Lily move some of her counseling stuff into her new desk. She mentions something about phoning and Bug suddenly remembers, with dread that his mother's birthday is coming up and he has to phone her. He doesn't like it since all she cares about is if he has a girl friend or not. He then tries to tell Lily about how he feels, but is interrupted by Nigel who gives Lily a nice fruit and nut basket, making a joke about the nuts and counseling.

In the trace evidence room Jordan and Elaine go over Wendy Marsh. They note she has chest trauma thanks to a seat belt. They inform Hawkins that Wendy was not murdered but died from a high impact car injury. Jordan still wants an explanation why Hawkins wants Wendy's husband so bad. Hawkins tells them Lester Marsh likes to make bombs and such and is very clever in how he goes about his business, since every thing he does is lawful. Hawkins needs info so he can get into the cabin, since the ATF has been turned downed for warrants three times already by judges. The phone rings and Elaine answers it, after ward tells them that Lester is in the conference room to id his wife.

In the conference room Hawkins and Marsh meet and they throw some words around until Jordan calls a truce and persuades Hawkins to leave. Lester seems both trouble and sympathetic at the same time. While he grieves for his wife, he is defiant when it comes to the gov't. He tells Jordan that Wendy went out shopping the other night since she got harassed during the day time. He turned in early, which he realises gives him no alibi. He tells her that while he makes bombs, he is no killer and Hawkins just harassing him. Jordan tells him he has some paperwork to do and to seek counseling with the morgue's counselor.

In one of the labs Nigel is setting up a heart to determine what was wrong with it. Bug comes in and they discuss Bug's love life or lack thereof. Bug says he was just about to ask Lily until Nigel showed up and ruined it. Nigel tells him he has to get with it and get brave. Bug tells him it should be done at the right time.

Lily and Jordan talk about Lily's counseling session with Marsh. Lily says that at first he clamp up but then opened up. He told her how he used to work for the ATF. Jordan is surprised by this revelation.

During the autopsy of Wendy, Hawkins is still there to watch. Jordan and Elaine find semen which means she had sex recently. Nigel comes in and says the seat belt was made for pickups that ended in 1994. Hawkins gets excited and leaves, telling them Marsh's pickup is a '94.

Later at Marsh's cabin, Hawkins and the ATF agents surround the cabin while Hawkins demands Marsh surrender. Woody is watching and Jordan comes and watches as well. Jordan informs him Marsh use to be a ATF agent but Woody already knows, and that he believes Marsh is the psycho type. Jordan doesn't see it that way, but Woody tells her she has a hard time seeing any point of view of except her own. Jordan tells him she has always been that way. Meanwhile Hawkins has waited long enough and goes to unlatch the gate. When he does it sets of a charge that explodes the cabin and shed. Woody and Jordan fall down and Woody protects her, then asks if Jordan's theory still holds.

After the fire is out, Woody and Jordan question the neighbours some of whom seem quite happy Marsh is gone. One man Stan Benedict says Marsh was the quite type,stayed to himself. An agent calls them over when a burnt body is found.

Evening has come and Garret and Lily have a talk. They set some ground rules since Lily is serious about her new job. Garret informs her that she will have to shoulder the burden alone since he is worried about his job and such.

In the trace evidence room, Jordan and Elaine examine the burnt body. Hawkins of course is there as well. Elaine finds something and shows Jordan. They then tell Hawkins that the body had advanced osteoporosis, and since Lester Marsh looked fine when he last came in, this is not his body. That means Lester is missing.

Next day Nigel tells Jordan that dental records id'd the body as a James Marsh, Lesters father who died a year ago. Lester won the right to bury his dad in the back yard. As well Nigel has found out that Lester Marsh was in the same unit under Hawkins at the ATF. One case came out bad, and Hawkins said that it was the assailants fault. Lester disagreed and testified against Hawkins which put reprimand on Hawkins and forestalled his climb up the ATF ladder. Lester was labeled a snitch and after a while could not take the harassment and left. This explains why the two don't like one another.

In the crypt, Lily is clearing out her old desk so Emmy can come in. Bug comes in and finally gets up enough courage to ask Lily out. Unfortunately Lily says she only wants to be friends, which hurts Bug big time, but he puts on a brave face.

Elaine gives Garret the final report on the Marsh case. Garret then accuses her of getting a leap on the case thanks the new DA. Elaine denies this then says he's getting paranoid.

Bug meanwhile is embarrassed and mad and is in no mood to talk to Nigel. When Nigel wonders why Bug gives him piece of his mind and tells him his advice sucked. He blames Nigel for the trouble with Lily,but Nigel isn't going to take it and tells Bug that deep down he's a coward. They part and get to work at their desks.

Late at night Jordan sees the gang at the desks and notices they are strangely silent. She asks what is going on when Nigel motions with his eyes for her to turn around. She does and sees Lester Marsh there with a gun and a sports bag. He comes out and Jordan asks what he wants. He wants justice and for them to prove he didn't kill his wife. Jordan says she knows he didn't do it since they found semen and it was not his. Then Marsh gets a new idea and says Jordan is going to find the man who was with his wife and bring him to the office. He tells her she has 3 hours and reveals the bomb he has with him. He also tells her no cops or he will blow the place and the hostages to hell.

Jordan rushes over to the Boston PD, and informs Woody of what is happening. He says he should report this , but Jordan tells him Marsh will blow up the building. Jordan says they need to find the vehicle Wendy was in.

Back at the office, Marsh makes the place secure so no one can get in or out unless he says so. Elaine though who was not with the group manages to get out and call the cops.

At the impound lot Jordan and Woody locate the pickup Wendy was in. She takes a photo of prints on the seat belt and sends them to the office. She phones to tell Lester that she emailed them and Lester tells Nigel and Bug to get on it. Lily tries to talk to Marsh but he knows the drill and won't take the bait.

Back on the phone Garret tells Jordan to tell Abby his daughter he has left her something. Jordan doesn't like this kind of talk and refuses at first but then relents. The call is interrupted by Hawkins who now knows what's going on. Marsh finds out and blames Jordan who says it was only a matter of time before anyone found out. He tells her she has only 40min left.

Jordan not happy when he hangs up on her and tries to think of another way to help her friends. Woody is prying off the airbag hoping their might be DNA to find, but Jordan says it would take to long to find that out. Then she gets an idea while looking at the airbag.

Outside the office Elaine complains that Hawkins is not doing enough to help her co workers.

At the police station Jordan is blowing something in a tube into a box. It's iodine and since the driver hit the air bag with his face he left facial oils on the bag. The iodine will pick this up and give them an id of who was behind the wheel. While waiting they get a call saying the prints belong to Stan Benedict, and the face on the airbag confirms this.

Nigel and Bug are still working at their computers and Nigel tries to apologises,but Bug rebuffs him saying its not sincere.

Jordan and Woody arrive at Benedict's house and enter it. They find Benedict at the table and he confesses that they had sex and he was drinking. He drove her home but had an accident and she died. He panicked because he was afraid of Lester and put the body in the ditch. He blames himself and takes his gun and kills himself when Woody tries to arrest him.

With 17 min left, Garret tries to apologises to Lily but she tells him to get over his guilt trip, and get on with life. Bug asks Marsh if he can phone his mom and is allowed to do so. Bug has a nice moment while he wishes his mother happy birthday and reveals his childhood nickname as "heshy". Nigel smiles when he hears this and everyone is touched by the call.

With 6 min left, out side is a mad house as Hawkins wants to go in now. Elaine is concerned for the hostages and phones Marsh and makes a deal with him. She will take care of his wife's body if he agrees to let someone go. A deal is made and Marsh says either Garret, Nigel or Bug can go. Garret pulls rank and stays but demands either Nigel or Bug go. Nigel says for Bug to go and it's settled. Bug comes out with the body and is quickly taken aside. Jordan and Woody finally show up and tell Hawkins that Jordan is going in. Hawkins forbades it, but Woody then says he will go with her. When they get up there Woody tries to pass himself off as the guy Wendy was with but Marsh sees through the lie. Jordan then tells him the truth, that his neighbour Benedict and Wendy were having an affair and shows him a picture of the two. She says he confessed to accidently killing her when driving drunk and then killed himself over it later.

Marsh tells everyone to leave and they do except Jordan. Jordan argues with him over his plan to blow up the building. She tells him straight that while the gov't has been after him he baited them along and never let up. Now he's alone with out job,a wife or a home. He's only being a self destructive jerk and she knows what that's like since she's like that herself. Marsh complains that Hawkins will take any opportunity to shoot him dead. Jordan says if he goes through with his threat he's no better than Hawkins.

Hawkins is ready to go in when the others come out. Garret greets a distressed Abby who rushes up to him. Then Jordan comes out with Marsh's gun and the bomb. She demands Hawkins and the agents lower their weapons before Marsh comes out. Hawkins finally relents and lowers his weapon and order the others to do so as well. Marsh comes behind Jordan and is arrested.

After it's all over, back in the office Garret tells Lily that she helped a lot in the crisis. Then he tells Jordan thank you for saving is ass and as they hug Jordan squeezes it and says it was worth it. They then look over and see Elaine hogging the limelight with reporters around her as she gives her heroic version of what happened. They can only shrug.

Outside Woody and Jordan make up and he apologises for being a jerk to her. Jordan says don't bother, he doesn't need to make up for it. He insists he do something and she tells him breakfast would be nice. They walk off in the predawn for a good meal.

ANALYSIS:

Another okay episode, mostly mediocre for almost the whole time. The bombing plot was just not suspenseful. Again Jordan is not the real focus of the show, Elaine is and this hurts the show.

There was really only the bomb plot in this episode to watch. Bug and Nigel's fight was insightful but not much else. The affair of Wendy Marsh was just a side of the A plot and again it was telegraphed from almost the start.The moment Stan Benedict showed up you knew he was involved some how. The bomb plot only took up the second half of the show hence everything felt rushed. In about 10 min it when from 3 hours to 40 min left for Jordan to find the guy. I never felt the hostages were really in danger, thanks to Marsh who was more noble than savage. If this had been a killer on a rampage I would have worried far more.

Jill Hennessy as Jordan is not getting much in these first two episodes to do. It would seem CJ is trying hard to go a real ensemble show and not one just focused on one character. This is what has probably bothered me about the episodes so far. Again I say go back to Jordan and make her the top ME in the office. Let her do her cases and let Elaine and the rest have a short side case. It worked very well half way through the season last year. We need to see Jordan jump in and get her hands and feet and anything else dirty. We need to see her take charge and really go at a case just as she did last year. We need to see her make waves and not be too cautious lest she offend someone or get fired. The writers have backed her into a corner and she's going to have to really piss someone off to get out of there.

We finally see that Elaine is gunning for Garret's job and is a grandstander. Finally we see her true colors and its annoying. Since when should Garret have to worry about his job. This is just like the conflict in ER between Weaver and Green, yet we don't need this nonesense. Garret was established last year as the choice for chief ME and he should not have to fight for it. This whole job conflict came out of the blue just so we could have conflict for Garret? He had conflict thanks to Jordan, who was enough for him. He's been there for over 12 yrs, gets passed over once by an upstart in Yakura and now he's clinging for his job again? No way, and I say drop the conflict, put Elaine down a notch and put Jordan back up.

Nigel and Bug have a humorous but insightful fight over their idea of love. Nigel is a go at them now guy, full of charm and easy smiles and quick words. Bug is shy and sensitive and I would not call him a coward even though Nigel did. He is cautious and needs to get over that a little more, but he's a nice guy and not arrogant. I felt so sorry for him though when Lily shot him down, and really Lily should have been better at that then she was. Who knows where all this is heading.

Jordan and Woody finally make up and it was a nice little scene. Yes he was curt with her and somewhat ignored her but as she admitted she put him through a lot. He had a right to be a little annoyed with her. I loved her line to him that when it comes to different view points her is all that matters. That's what we need to see more of, not the too worried to make waves lest she get fired again.

Technically a good show, with the explosion of the cabin awsome. The trick with the airbag was little confusing, since I don't understand whether a picture of a face popped up or they inferred it. There was no victim/killer game here and I'm glad they are not overusing that device. It was a little dark I thought in places and I could not tell sometimes whether it evening or day at the office. As well the labeling of the labs and rooms and places again needs to be bigger. I have to really watch closely for the labels since they are so small and light.

In the end a okay, mediocre episode where Jordan again plays it too cautioned and takes another back seat to the others. The bomb plot was not engaging enough or suspenseful and the last half felt rushed. I give it a 2 and 1/2 out of 5 stars. RTMS Top  Message Board

Episode 3

The Truth is Out There 

Episode 4

Payback

It's midnight, 12:33 am and Jordan is just getting to bed. She turns out the lights and lays down only for the phone to ring. She answers and is called to a crime scene. At the night club Nano, Jordan looks on at the bodies lying around. She notices a young woman in the back of a cop car who is seriously angry and pounding the seats with her feet. She meets up with Garret and asks him if that is really Cynthia Montgomery, poor little rich girl. Garret doesn't care for her comments and tells her bluntly to shut up and go home. Jordan tells him he called her here to help, but Garret won't budge on the subject. He and Elaine can handle the mess he says. Jordan turns around and again looks at the girl who calls her a fat cow. Det. Woody Hoyt comes up and Jordan asks him if the girl is high or throwing a temper tantrum. Both he figures, but before he can say anything else DA Wolcott comes up and asks if the girl can be charged and Woody says she can. Not looking very happy she tells him to book her and get her lawyer. Jordan goes home and again tries to sleep. It's now about 2:30 am and just as she lays down the phone rings again. She hurries over to Boston PD to find Cindy dead and Woody accused of killing her.

Morning time and everyone is in the conference room, having coffee while Nigel reads the morning tabloid report about the incident at the club. Apparently Cindy, after being turned away at the door decided to make her own entrance and used her SUV to mow down some people. Garret comes in and assigns the various bodies from the night before to the staff. Jordan gets Cindy to look after. He tells them that there are lawyers around and to stay neutral about everything. He dismisses everyone except Jordan who he tells has made some waves with the DA. It seems her comments got back to DA Wolcott and Wolcott pressed hard to have Jordan removed from doing the autopsy of Cindy. He then apologies for his attitude last night and when Jordan wonders if she now has to apologize for her comments he jokes he would never ask the impossible from her. Jordan plays along and says she could do it with some time and rehearsal.

Later in the trace evidence room, Jordan is going over Cindy's body. Woody is there and he's upset and wants answers. Jordan tells him she can't know right now and tests are being done. Woody wants Jordan to clear him but at the same time he can't really remember what happened in all the chaos as he flashes back to last night. Garret and Wolcott come in and seeing Woody there Wolcott tells him to get lost he's not on duty. After he leaves Wolcott questions whether Jordan should be doing the autopsy since she and Woody are friends. Jordan shrugs it off and when Wolcott asks for some answers for the death Jordan tells her nothing is certain right now. She walks out and Garret tells Jordan not to mess up.

Meanwhile Lily spots a kid who demands to know where the dead bodies are kept. She doesn't understand but can't stay with him when she spots the Orteses. She sits him down and tells him to wait, but when she leaves he runs and then kicks Bug out of his way before Sid the security guy catches him. Garret comes along and asks who he is, and the kid tells them Johnny Rocket. Garret tells the security guy to get him off this floor.

Nigel and Jordan are in the trace evidence room using a new toy Nigel has gotten. It's a high powered scanner that can scan in 3D and look at every muscle,bone or cell in the body. Nigel thinks this will change the way autopsies are done in the future. Garret walks in and wonders about the new machine and where it came from. Nigel admits he borrowed it from MIT from some friends of his. Garret gives in for now, and tells Jordan that Mary Montgomery is coming in with her lawyer to ID the body. He tells her to keep he mouth shut and no comments. Jordan agrees and he leaves while she and Nigel turn the body over. On the lower back they see a dark bruise band that they can not identify.

Sid comes out of the elevator and tells Lily that the kid kicked him and got away.

In the crypt Nigel and Jordan wait for the Montgomery group to come in. They do and Jordan is surprised to see her grandmother with Mary Montgomery. They say hi and her grandmother apologises that she should have let Jordan know she was coming. Then Mary ID's the body and walks out upset. At the elevator she "tells" Jordan that the rumours of drugs and such were not true. Jordan says goodbye to her grandmother, and she and Garret talk. He wants to know why she didn't tell him she knew the Montgomery's, but Jordan denies knowing them. Garret mentions her grandmother knows them, and Jordan says true but she hardly knows her grandmother and walks off.

Evening and Jordan has stopped off at her father's bar for a drink. Max tells her that her grandmother and the Montgomery's have known each other for years and are great friends. He says Jordan even played there when she was young until she was five and asked why the Montgomery's had slaves. Even back then she had a big mouth. Jordan remembers having fun times with her grandmother and then she seemed to fall out of her life. Max says that her grandmother had a hard time dealing with her daughter's illness and decided to leave her alone. Woody comes in looking haggard and wonders why Jordan is taking a booze break when his career is on the line. Jordan tells him she is waiting for tests to come back and that the autopsy will be done tomorrow. Just then she gets a phone call from Nigel who is at the office. He tells her something that gets Jordan upset and she rushes back over.

Once there Nigel tells her that the guy simply came in and started the autopsy of Cindy and had a court order to back him up. They open the autopsy lab doors and come across the body of Cindy who has been opened up and is a complete mess. The doctor is not too sympathetic.

Later Dr.Thaxton and Jordan stand in Garret's office while Garret reads the court order. Jordan is not happy with what Thaxton has done and wants to know what is going on. Thaxton says her conflict of interest prompted this. Jordan asks what conflict of interest and Garret says her relationship with Woody. Jordan denies having a relationship with Woody and wonders what the results are. Thaxton says Cindy died of internal bleeding from a broken rib puncturing the liver. It could only come from extreme external force. Jordan says if she had broken her rib she would have been in pain and the girl she saw at the club was not in pain. She accuses him of lying and breaking the bone himself but he reminds her that any good ME can tell whether a bone is broken pre or post op.

Nigel sees Lily and invites her to drinks but she declines saying she's too tired. Meanwhile Rocket is in the crypt looking at the bodies and making noise. They hear this and come in to find him standing over an old man. He is crying and saying he would have never have left him for no reason.

On the roof Jordan and Woody talk about the case. She asks him if he knew or saw that Cindy was in any pain. Woody says no he never saw any of that. He flashes back to the scene and says she was out of control and would not let anyone touch her. Jordan tells him to go home and she will try to make sense of the mess Thaxton made of the body.

Morning and Rocket is sleeping on Lily's office couch. Bug comes in and says the prints match that of a Gary Stains who was homeless and has no family. Garret comes in and wants the kid out now. Lily decides to take him for breakfast and they go to a cafe nearby. There Rocket says he would like for Gary to have nice funeral but Lily tells him since no one will claim him he will be going to potter's field for unclaimed bodies. Rocket doesn't like this and runs away.

Jordan is trying to make sense of the mess Thaxton made while Garret looks on. She is angry over the contaminated mess in which no stomach contents were taken, the organs were not separated but just thrown into a bucket together and because he used a bone saw to open Cindy up she can't tell which rib it was that was broken. Garret wonders if she can still make a go of it but Jordan really can't and even wonders where the report of the autopsy is. Then she remembers the 3D scan they took of the body before the autopsy. They go over to the forensic lab and Nigel fires up the scans and projects them onto a screen. He tells them that Cindy was high on cocaine and Extacsy but not enough to hurt her.Woody then comes in and announces that he, Boston PD, and the club are being sued for 50 million. He hopes they have good news? They look at the images on the screen and rotate the image to the side. They spot the broken rib. Jordan tells Woody that the collision did not make the rib puncture the liver but that some external force restraining her did. Woody flashes back to when he had to grab Cindy and make her settle down. He feels he did indeed then accidently kill her.

Jordan and Woody go back to the club and play the game to see what they come up with. They determine that Cindy was looking for a certain person in the crowd and aiming at them. They realize it is a young man she was looking for who was also at the scene.

At the office Garret argues with Wolcott about not letting any of this out before all the facts are in. Wolcott does not care and will subpoena Jordan before a Grand jury. She walks out and Lily comes in asking for help in finding the kid who ran off again. Garret tells her to have Bug help her.

In an autopsy room Jordan and Elaine look at Elaines case who is the person Cindy was after. His name is Thomas Harrison the fourth who died from the impact of the SUV.

He also has the same black bruising on his lower back. Elaine is as stumped as Jordan is as to what is causing the marks. She offers to help out since she like Woody too. She says while she and Jordan will never pal around they can work together. Jordan thanks her.

Bug and Lily are in the crypt and by using a machine that can pick out scents they determine that Gary hangs out at the zoo. Once they go there they find the kid has already been there and hung up a sign asking for donations for Gary's funeral.

Jordan and Woody are walking out side and Jordan tells him it's not his fault that Cindy died. He fills her in on Cindy's last day. Cindy and Thomas were together in her house for most of the day. At around six they got into a huge screaming match and Thomas left which left Cindy furious at him. Woody sort of hopes that Jordan could get in the house and look around. He suggest that since her grandmother is friends with them she could go to the wake being held. Jordan is reluctant to do so since she and her grandmother don't get along but decides to try anyway.

Later Jordan visits her grandmother and asks why she fell out of her life so early. Her grandmother says that Max decided to keep her away, and Jordan feels Max has lied to her again. Her grandmother says no, he was just trying to protect her then. They had different views on how to treat her mothers illness and Max had his way. Jordan then comes to the point of her visit, that she wants to go to the wake so she can search the house. She believes what killed Cindy is in the house. Her grandmother is shocked that Jordan would abuse the hospitality of the Montgomery's like that and denies her request.

When Jordan gets back to the office Garret tells her that Wolcott is on the warpath and he would like some answers. She can't tell him anything more than he knows but spots Elaine who may have some info. She and Elaine walk to Elaine's office and Elaine tells her that her guy also had cocaine and Extascy in him and that the bruises were 3-8 hrs old. She still can't find out what the bruises were from but she has given the info to Nigel to refine and so Jordan will trust the results.

In the crypt Bug and Lily find that Stains body has been moved. Nigel tells them a funeral home took him which surprises Lily. When Garret comes in she asks if he set it up but he quickly says no. He wants to know about the kid and what Lily plans on doing. He tells her to take a social worker with her tomorrow when the find the kid.

Next morning and Lily has found the kid at the zoo where he and Gary hung out. She tells him that Gary will have funeral now and he in turn tells her his name is Jonathan.

At the wake Jordan walks up to her grandmother who has just arrived. She tells her grandmother that she's going to the wake with her and she will make a scene if necessary. Sighing her grandmother notes that at least she dressed appropriately. While the wake goes on Jordan sneaks into the house and upstairs to the bedroom of Cindy. Her grandmother spots her and follows her. In Cindy's room Jordan is going through the closets when her grandmother finds her and confronts her. She says she will have to call Mary and Howard Montgomery up there when Jordan pulls out a S&M looking out fit. Jordan tells her grandmother to tell the Montgomery's to meet her at Boston PD.

At the police station, Jordan tell the chief of police, the Montgomery's and their lawyer about the outfit. It works like a Chinese finger trap, the more you struggle the more it constricts the body. She tells them it's called Constriction fetish and is used to heighten sex. She points to a place on the suit which is maximum constriction and says it matches the marks on Cindy's body and is what killed the girl. The lawyer says even if true no judge would allow the evidence since the stuff was stolen. True says Jordan but once told all the info about this and what was going on with Cindy would be public record. She asks the Montgomery's if that is what they want, their daughter's secret life on public. Mary tells her husband to make it all go away and leaves. The chief tells Woody to pick his gun up and stuff. Howard tells them all to stay quite about this and they all agree. After they leave Woody asks Jordan if it is now really over and she reassures him it is and he thanks her.

Evening and Garret and Lily talk about Jonathan. The kid is rich and left alone so much that his parents would care if he's missing. She then asks if Garret paid for the funeral but Garret is mysterious about it. Bug looks on and seems glum and annoyed at the situation since maybe he paid for the funeral?

At Max's bar, Jordan and her dad watch the news where Wolcott says Cindy's death was a terrible accident. They turn off the TV and Jordan confronts Max over what her grandmother said that he prevented Jordan and her grandmother getting together. Max says he felt he had to protect her when young and made a decision. Now that she's older she can make that decision. Woody walks in all happy and thanks Jordan for helping him. He gets her to admit that she would have missed him if he had left. She then moves away across the bar while Max comes up and starts to say something to Woody. Woody thinks he knows what Max is going to say, something about being careful with Jordan and such but Max only says congratulations on clearing his name. Then he tells him if he's smart he will listen to that little voice in his head concerning Jordan. Jordan has started up the music and beckons Woody to come and dance with her. He can't resist and goes and boogies with her happily.

ANALYSIS

Another good episode although the B plot could have been better spent on a better case. The focus is on Jordan again and as well Woody for the first time. Both actors were great in this episode and played off one another well. The A story had it's origins in two events. One of course is the constant stories of cops beating prisoners and the other is the event of last year when a high society woman decided to drive her SUV into a night club.

The night club plot was good and kept your interest until the end. How she died due to internal bleeding brought on by reckless behaviour was kept from the audience until almost the end. It definitely made one think that Woody may have at least accidently hurt her and made you love him even more. Here Woody was mostly a upset and haggard person, almost unreasonable because he couldn't really clear his conscience until the end. Jordan was his rock here and he learned he can depend on her, wiping away what happened earlier between them.

Jordan as noted above came through for Woody here, but she still has trust issues with Max and her grandmother. It was nice to see the woman again and she had a much better role here. We get some more background, but it seems Jordan has forgotten that her grandparents tried to get custody of her when her mother died. She states her grandmother dropped out of her life when she was 8 yrs old, yet she went to them just two years later and stayed with them for a while. Either some of the writers are forgetting last year completely in order to have a new beginning or there is some spotty writing going on. Still its always nice to see some family background and I have to wonder about Max and his wife's parents. He seems to not like them much and one wonders how the dating went with these people.

The B plot was I felt was a waste of time and could have been used for a much better case. Listening to the whiny rich kid go on about his friend was torture. Lily should have taken Garret's advice and got the social worker and got him out of there. As well it's kind of alarming that they would even tell this kind of story with all the child kidnappings going on last summer. This makes it seem like an adventure when in fact it could have been tragic. Most homeless people can't be trusted and I would never let a kid keep company with one.

The Lily and Garret and Bug triangle keeps going, with no hint that Garret is happy with Maggie. I feel sorry for Bug who can't seem to get a break with Lily. It's obvious she is still stuck on Garret and going after him again. I guess there had to be some sort of romance going on this season but it seems they are just rehashing last years romance.

The new DA Wolcott is great, a person you love to hate and hate to love. She really seems to have it out for the whole staff at the ME office but especially Jordan and Garret. Jordan stands up to her and I look forward to seeing more fireworks with them. She's cool and calm which makes her dangerous and her reasons for her animosity are still unknown. What ever Garret did I hope it's really worth all of the tension she's causing.

Tech side we got a great body shot of the autopsy of Cindy Montgomery. It was really gross but realistic and I think the bloodiest it has ever gotten on the show. The new scanner was cool and I can see them using it more this season. Nigel seems to have a new toy every other show. Loved his borrowing excuse for the scanner. The game is getting better all the time, not making the stars look foolish like last year.

Overall a solid episode that was brought down a little with a weak B plot. Jordan and Woody make a cute couple and it looks like they may go further in the future. The main story was solid if not really original but the answer to the cause of death was kept until the end and so kept your interest. I give it 3 out of 5 stars. RTMSTop  Message Board

Episode 5

AS IF BY FATE

Jordan is having dinner at a nice restaurant with a unknown man. It seems Lily set her up on a blind date due to the fact she knows the guy from gym class. His name is Ross Larken, and he comes off as too direct, and blunt. Of course Jordan is her usual charming self meaning she's not taking to the bluntness well. A woman,who Larken refers to as Katherine comes up and wants to talk to Larken. Jordan takes this opportunity to leave seeing as she's bored anyway. Larken promises to call.

In the morning, Nigel is taking the train to work, and talking to Jordan on the cell. He says he doesn't need a ride and that his business options are getting thin. He hangs up and chats to the man next to him who is a broker. The guy tells him about his wife and new baby and how proud he is of them. The world is a different place he says now that he has them. A woman comes along, her hands full of grocery bags and Nigel lets her have his seat. He starts to move to the back and the train lurches. As he continues he sees a black man playing a sax. He gets to the back door and goes through to the other cab. Just as he closes the door the previous cab he was in lurches and snaps away from the rest of the train and crashes leaving a stunned Nigel looking on in horror.

At the another crime scene, Jordan arrives and the detective on the scene sees her and immediately likes her. Unfortunately for Jordan he's a complete jerk, introducing himself as the father of her children and as Phil Berman when that doesn't work. Jordan handles him with her evil eye and gets the info on the scene. Berman says the hotshot took a half gainer off the 5th floor. Berman says he found a number on the guy and phones it. Jordan's cell rings and she answers it as both realize it's her number. Jordan then looks under the sheet and finds that it is Ross Larken, leaving her stunned.

At the train site crash, Garret and Lily walk through the dead bodies doing some quick visual work. They find the guy Nigel was talking to, a Joshua Barrow who seems to have died from head trauma. They also find the woman he gave his seat too, and then Garret looks over to the saxophone player. Garret id's the man as Calvin Wheeler, a once great Jazz player. Garret looks for the sax the man had.

At the office, Jordan is doing some trace evidence on Larken with Bug helping out. Bug wonders if she slept with the guy since that's the rumour. Jordan lets him know that that's all it is. They note he has his rib cage broken, multiple fractures. Jordan questions whether it is suicide since the guy did ask for and said he would call her. Not the words of a suicide guy. A jumper with a deep stab wound then goes out the window? Needs more info.

Back at the train crash, Garret finds the sax among the lost items recovered. Lily looks around the site an spies Nigel who sees her and quickly runs away. Lily is puzzled by Nigel's reaction.

At Ross Larken's apartment, Bug is spraying the place with luminal. Jordan and Berman then come in. Jordan immediately smells bleach, which tells her someone wanted to clean the place of clues. Jordan says Larken was killed with a long weapon, and Bug interrupts showing her that a golf club is missing in the set by the door. Berman makes a racist remark calling Bug Ghandi and how would he know about golf? Bug calls him a racist bastard and says he was champion golfer at 15. Berman is impressed and is put back in his place by Bug. Jordan then mentions the argument with the woman Katherine and looks at his address book on the computer. They find her name there numerous times. They then flip the lights out and the luminal shows blood stains all over the apartment.

In the crypt, Nigel walks in and looks at the dead bodies around him. He apologises to them and cries a little. Then fantasying the bodies come awake and some tell him don't worry and others are somewhat angry about the whole thing. He's brought back to reality when Bug comes in and tells him they have been waiting for him all morning. He doesn't listen and walks out.

Jordan and Berman meet with Katherine Fielding the woman from last night. They ask how she knew Larken, and she says he did some business for her. When Berman insinuates that she had something to do with Larken's death she tells them to leave.

At Max's bar, Berman gives Jordan his theory, saying Katherine must be having an affair and Larken was going public with it so she kills him. Berman then says that the bar is dead as morgue, which Max overhears and comes over. Jordan introduces Max as her father which catches Berman off guard. He quickly leaves the scene and Max tells Jordan that what Berman said is true, it has really been quite lately and he needs the business. Jordan tells him not to worry, and Max says he might bring in some musicians to play some old mellow songs. Jordan doesn't see that as a good idea.

In the lab, Garret and Nigel with Lily in attendance get ready to perform the autopsy of the woman who is named Elisabeth Freid, who is single. Lily has already called her parents. Nigel though is unable to bring himself to help in the autopsy, arguing that the woman died due to being pinned underneath the man next to her and drowned. Garret and Lily want to know how he knows this but he simply runs out of the place. Lily runs after him and confronts him outside. At first he says it's just a bad day, which he can have now and then but Lily persists and realises that he was on the train crash and lived. Nigel then tempts fate and walks backwards through oncoming traffic, with vehicles almost hitting him he wonders why he lived. Lily can only watch in sadness as he does this.

In the lab, Bug and Berman are discussing the case. Even though the place was clean the blood matched Ross. Bug then says that before the place was cleaned and the killer put gloves on he had to move the body with his bare hands. Berman promises a steak dinner if he finds something. Bug takes a watch out of a bag which is Larken's. Under a microscope they find a print. Bug gets his steak.

Later Jordan and Berman meet with Stuart Fielding, Katherine's husband. He denies killing Larken, saying they only have a print, and can not prove it is really his. He is smug and arrogant and tells them they don't have a case, since he's a lawyer and knows how to get out of these things. Jordan inquires about the cuts on his cheek but he tells her it was from falling into the bush while riding his bike. Jordan clearly doesn't like him but they have to leave for now.

The next day Berman tells Jordan at the office that he ran Katherine's credit card and found that she bought two watches that were the same. Berman's theory is again that Katherine killed Larken and framed her husband. Unfortunately he can't question her since she complained to Berman's boss and the boss told him to stay away from her. He tells Jordan that she could still talk to the woman and leaves her with that thought.

In the crypt, Garret is talking to Wheeler's son, who has come to id his father. He does so but then will not take any responsibility for the body. He's angry with his father because when he was 12 his father came home and suddenly started to beat his mother up. Then he left them on their own for no reason. Wheeler says as far as he is concerned his father can rot and his sax can be used for scrap.

Outside, Lily catches up with Garret and tells him about Nigel and his problem. Lily says that Nigel feels guilty about what happened.

In a park Jordan walks up to Katherine who wonders how Jordan found her. Jordan asked the nanny where she was. Katherine still won't talk about Larken even when Jordan says she suspects her husband of killing the man. Katherine gets upset and quickly leaves.

At the train site Garret finds Nigel sitting by a firetruck. He tries to talk to him, telling him he has to go on. Garret suggests he go for therapy which may help him out of his guilt. Nigel rejects this idea, saying it won't help.

Out at a street vendor, Jordan and Berman talk about Jordan's attempt with Katherine. Berman tells her too bad for the interview. He then tells her about a call he got from the insurance agent for Larken. The agent wants to know if it was suicide but Berman can't tell him. Then the agent drops a bomb shell on him, telling him that Larken has set up a trust fund worth 2 million for Matthew Fielding, the Fielding's son. This shocks Jordan and gets her to wonder why. Berman wonders if Larken is Matt Fielding's father. Jordan at first discounts this since Matt is 3 yrs old so it would have been 4 years ago that he was conceived. Larken was in Europe at the time. They then realize that maybe Larken was sperm donor. Jordan tells Berman she needs Katherine's medical records.

At the office, Garret and Lily talk about Nigel and Wheeler's son. Garret mentions what the son said, that Calvin became violent suddenly and for no reason. He has found out that Calvin and some band members were in a bus crash in '78 and that he received a concussion. Since he didn't treat it, this may well be the source of the violent behaviour.

Later in the computer lab, a x-ray of his head confirms that there was hemorrhaging and bruising on the fontal lobe. Lily argues the man may have just been violent and Garret may be biased since he liked the guy. Garret acknowledges this but still believes the injury may be the reason and wants to know for sure.

On another computer, Jordan and Berman look at Katherine's medical records, including the ones from her OB. They find that the couple tried for years to have children and that she visited at least 6 specialists until the last one found out it was Stuart's fault not hers. Four years ago she visited a donor bank and got inseminated and was pregnant. The problem is trying to prove Larken was the donor.

They fix that problem by visiting the donor bank Katherine visited, and while Berman bombs with his jokes, Jordan fills out the questionnaire. She then calls him over and tells him she described Larken in the questions and they look at the possible donors. They find one who likes to bike in Europe, and is a lawyer and Jordan believes this is Larken. They get the semen and bring it to the lab. Bug runs the test and it is indeed Larken's DNA. Berman still thinks Katherine killed him since now money is involved. Jordan receives a call and leaves.

She meets Katherine at a lounge and sees that Katherine has been beaten. Katherine tells her that she and Ross never had a physical relationship. She never told Stuart that the baby was not his and for a while he thought it was a miracle. Then lately he noticed that the child did not look like him. He also started to beat her and yell at the child. Since she had a friend at the donor clinic she had them find out who the donor was hoping that if Larken knew his kid might be in trouble he could do something. This though broke the anonymity clause. She didn't tell the police about her suspsions since Stuart is a big time lawyer and could have influence. Jordan wonders how he found out now, and she tells her that she mistakenly asked him about the print on the watch. He then beat her.Katherine is scared and thinks Stuart has done the perfect crime with no clues.

Jordan is not so sure.

Garret is in his office listening to some old Wheeler music, when the son walks in. He accuses Garret of trying to get on his good side by playing the song Calvin wrote for his wife. Garret tells him about the crash and the head injury and his theory about his father's sudden mood swings. Wheeler doesn't really want to hear it since he made up his mind early on and it hurts him to remember his father.

At the bar, Max has set up a karoke machine and sings a song before Jordan interrupts him. She tells him bluntly it won't work, people will fly out of the place if he does that. Don't sugar coat it Max tells her. Jordan tells him that she can call her old band that she used to sing with and they could play at the bar. Max welcomes the help. Jordan and he then play the game and go over the fight. At first they can't see how to catch Stuart, since he cleaned up the place. Then Jordan remembers that Larken wore a collage ring and it would explain the cuts on Stuart's face.

At the lab Bug analyses the ring and finds the blood. Now they need some sample from Stuart to link him up.

In the crypt, Lily is comforting Mrs. Borrow who has come to id him. Nigel comes in and talks with her and says maybe the reason he survived the crash was to help comfort her. He tells her that her husbands last thoughts were of her and his child.

At a gala dinner Stuart Fielding is talking to friends when Jordan and Berman come up and arrest him for the murder of Larken. Katherine is there with them and she is not shy about showing the beating he gave her. They tell him they got his DNA from his toothbrush thanks to Katherine lending it to them. They take him away in front of his guests. Katherine tells him that Larken was just a donor for their son.

Later at Max's bar, which is now packed thanks to the band Max gets Jordan to sing a song for the group. While she sings we see Nigel and Lily comfort Mrs. Borrow with the pictures recovered from the crash. Then Lily comforts Nigel. Wheeler's son comes back and gives the sax to Garret. And Jordan quitely finishes her song.

ANALYSIS:

A good episode, with some great character growth for Nigel finally. The new detective was a little annoying, but I warmed up to him a little after watching the show again. In fact it provided some comic relief and a chance to see Jordan really give it to someone. Anyone else would have left running the first time Jordan talked back at them but this guy just kept going. The plot with Nigel was really done well and hopefully with the new episode coming up it affects him somewhat still. Lily also had a good outing this time out and really came through. Before I felt she was almost a tack on character who came in and offered a pearl of