Well…now everyone believes that James really does exist.
The elusive half-brother has a face.
James and Jordan: I like James. Despite
everything…I like him. I don’t think he’s a bad person. He’s a lonely, unloved
person searching for some truth…some family. The one person he trusts is Jordan
(I know he has a funny way of showing it. He wouldn’t hurt a hair on Jordan’s
head though.) He needs her to help him. Only he’s afraid to ask directly for
her help…for fear of her turning him down.
It’s too bad he’s a fugitive, because I think he and Jordan
would have a fun relationship. With his need for a family that loves and
accepts him and Jordan’s need to know her half brother (a connection to the
mother she misses so much) I think those two would have bonded. They already
have to an extent.
That said: James went and jumped out a window into the
Charles and is presumed dead. I however am going to believe that he’s still
alive, because as Woody said, people have been know to survive falls like that.
The scene with James and Jordan at the end is heartbreaking. He just wants a
family to love him (i.e. Jordan). He wants her to accept him, he wants to know
her. Jordan wants desperately to save him. She made sure Woody couldn’t shot
him, standing right in front of James. Jordan’s a protector. Even when she was
terrified (the police car scene) she wants to have faith/believe what he’s
telling her. He’s a lost soul that’s hurting. Some love and understanding
might go a long way to help heal him, and Jordan would have given it too him.
She told him so right before he jumped.
The almost handhold—hand touch at the end between Jordan
and James was heartbreaking. James conveyed so much grief, agony, and love in
the simple touch. Then he goes on to tell Jordan he’s sorry he wasn’t a better
brother. I reiterate—he’s just looking for someone to love him. He wants a
family. Poor Jordan—she’s had a rough time of late. She loses James and now it
looks like her father’s leaving (why give her the deed?). The Cavanaugh family
hasn’t had an easy go of it.
I wonder what would have happened if James had stayed at
the scene and let the cops investigate what had happened. Then the whole truth
might have finally come to light. And did anyone notice where Malden was first
shot? It was in the abdomen. A bullet that ricochet up to the heart/lung and
killed him. Who aims for the stomach? And we can believe/assume that James is
adept at handling a gun. The wound suggest there was a struggle and that in
fact maybe James only killed Malden in self defense. It is conceivable that
James could be cleared of charges (especially with all the murky business
surrounding Malden and Jordan’s mother—there are a lot of secrets out there).
Then Jordan and James could have had a chance at getting to know each other.
As I said early, I choose to believe he’s alive and maybe
he’ll come back and maybe he’ll turn himself in and maybe they’ll prove self
defense. I know it’s a lot of maybes…but anything is possible.
Capra: I liked her. She’s the total opposite of the
other cops. She’s soft spoken, sweet, thinks things through, doesn’t voice her
opinions to the world, until she’s proved them (or has enough information to
prove them). Despite her tricking Woody into talking (only Woody would have
fallen for that) he took a liking to her. Being kind can get a lot more
information out of a person than screaming and yelling and being on the
defense. And being kind instilled more trust in her (from Woody and from
Jordan). She was kind, but she was on a mission to prove the truth—Jordan and
Woody still respected her for that. Even when Jordan was the suspect at one
point.
I found it amusing the scene between Walcott and Carpa.
Those two didn’t exactly get along.
Woody: He was his dependable self. Could you see
the grief in torture in his eyes when he took Jordan into custody? He can bend
the rules, but only so much. He knew he couldn’t get away with anything here.
This was too big a case. I found it interesting that the only person Jordan
trust—completely trust—is Woody (poor Garret when Jordan told him that).
4 out of 5 Dead Bodies. An emotional conclusion that
didn’t give us any answers to our questions! We still don’t know who killed
Jordan’s mother. Overall it was compelling and at times heart wrenching.
