Teaser:
Jordan is in autopsy examining a body that has been
burnt. Apparently the person grabbed a live power
line. Ivers tells Jordan that it is a sign out,
but Jordan informs him that it is a sign out when she
says it's a sign out. Garret walks in as Jordan is
telling this to Ivers and has a conversation with her
about it in the hall way. Jordan tells Garret he
needs to get rid of him because he is driving everyone
nuts. Garret then tells her he is sending her to
Maryville which is a 6 hour drive from Boston.
Jordan is not happy about having to drive all this way
for an accidental drowning, but Garret says it is her
punishment for not behaving herself in front of Ivers
like he asked.
Lily and Jeffrey come
out into the hallway talking about what they are
thinking they want to do about their situation.
They both have been doing a lot of thinking and Jeffrey
tells Lily that he thinks they should get married.
Lily looks uncertain about this. Jordan is on her
way out and is in the elevator as the doors are closing,
but Lily stops her and tells her that she needs to get
away from things and is going with her to Maryville...as
soon as she goes to the bathroom.
Woody is pulling up
to the police station and he has a guy in his back seat
handcuffed and acting wild and crazy. The guy is
kicking and screaming on the ground and Woody can not
get a hold of him. Two officers standing outside
the station start laughing at Woody. Woody gets a
hold of him and then they hear gunfire in the parking
garage next door. Woody throws the guy towards the
door and tells him to admit himself. Woody and the
two officers head over to the parking garage.
Woody finds a guy on the ground who has been shot.
He then hears a noise and sees a guy walking in the
garage. He makes him drop his weapon and as he is
trying to cuff him he learns that this guy is a cop.
Act One:
Woody is checking the guys badge and gun and he
determines the gun had not been fired, and that this guy
really was a cop. The guy introduces himself as
detective Parnell from drug control. Woody asks
him what happened, but Parnell claims he just heard
shots and responded. He then gets up to leave, but
Woody says he can't go. Parnell says he has
business and if Woody needs to get a hold of him he can
call his office. Kate arrives to take a look at
the body. Woody tells her he needs a full autopsy
on this body ASAP, but Kate says she will do it tomorrow
morning. Woody pushes for her to do it that night,
but Kate does not budge.
Jordan and Lily are
driving the ME van and Jordan is sipping coffee.
Lily wishes she could have some, but knows she can't.
She then just starts crying for no reason. Jordan
looks concerned and tells her it is probably a
combination of hormones, sadness, and frustration.
Lily then vents a little because she does not know what
to do. She does not want to marry Jeffrey.
Jordan thinks she should just tell Jeffrey that, but
Lily is not so sure. Jordan does her best to make
Lily feel better. Lily then tells Jordan that she
has to go to the bathroom. Jordan can not believe
it, but she pulls over.
Kate and Nigel are in
autopsy and there is classical music playing. They
are both going about their work, then Kate asks Nigel
for more swabs. Nigel can not hear her over the
music which is playing quite loudly. Kate then
shouts that she needs more swabs. Nigel calmly
goes over and turns off the music and showing his
frustration hands her the box with the swabs.
Woody then comes in wanting results. Kate asks
Woody if he has anything better to do that hang around
the morgue waiting for results, but Woody fires back at
her and informs him of all he has found out while she
was getting her rest the night before. Nigel tells
him that the cause of death is a gun shot to the back of
the head. Woody tells them that he has found no
evidence that the boy had any enemies. Emmy then
comes in and tells Kate that the Drew Marshall's (the
boy) parents were there and since Lily was not there she
was going to have to talk with the parents. Woody
makes a smart comment doubting Kate's abilities to deal
with the parents.
Woody, Kate, and Mr.
& Mrs. Marshall are in the conference room. Mrs.
Marshall is sharing pictures with Kate and explaining
what happened the night Drew was killed. Mrs.
Marshall begins to cry, and Woody takes Mr. Marshall
aside and asks him some questions about Drew. It
turns out he may have been hanging out with the wrong
crowd the previous year, and had stopped seeing them
about six months ago. Mr. Marshall gave Woody some
nick names to go off of, but that was all he could
remember. Mrs. Marshall is stricken with grief and
asks Kate if she is sure it is he son. Kate tells
Mrs. Marshall she is sure, and is so sorry for her loss.
Kate gives Mrs. Marshall a hug, and Woody seems a little
shocked by this. Garret is seen observing this all
outside the window, and as he walks down the hall he
runs into Ivers and tells him the conference room is
being used. Ivers has a file in his hand and stops
Garret to ask him a question about why the BPD lab and
the morgue lab ran ballistics on a homicide case.
Ivers is confused on why both places did the test
because it would save money just doing it once. It
questions Garret about the necessity of it, but Garret
assures him both tests were necessary. Woody,
Kate, and Mr. & Mrs. Marshall come out of the conference
room and Woody complements Kate on how great she was
with the family. Kate sees right through him and
says that the surprise in his voice makes it an insult.
They both walk into the autopsy room where Nigel is on
the computer. He has news to share with Woody.
He begins to tell him the results of a fingerprint match
and Kate looks upset. The print turns out to be
Parnell's, which is a lead because Parnell told Woody he
did not know Drew Marshall. Woody leaves, and Kate
scolds Nigel for talking to Woody before talking to her.
Nigel defends himself saying that Woody is the
investigating officer and he should have every right to
share information directly with him. Kate then
repeats herself saying that he is never to release
information on any of her cases without her permission.
Nigel is just about to lay in to her when Ivers walks
in. Nigel stays quiet...although it is hard.
Jordan and Lily pull
up to the crime scene and meet up with Deputy Joe
Whatley. There is a body on the ground next to the
river. Deputy Whatley tells them that some hunters found
him. They pull back the tarp and it turns out it
is just a little person measuring about 4'6". The
Deputy does not know him. Jordan notices the
broken rope tied around his waist. Deputy Whatley
tells them that the rest of the rope is tied to a tree
close to the river. Jordan confirms that it is a
drowning, and then Lily points out that she can smell
hibiscus and it is starting to make her sick.
Jordan asks if she needs to sit down, but Lily says she
is fine. Jordan notices something in the victims
hand and pulls out a ring attached to a chain. It
looks to be a pretty expensive ring. Lily then
walks over to Jordan and whispers in her ear that she
needs to go to the bathroom...again.
At a rest stop Lily
is using the bathroom and Jordan is in the back of the
van with the body checking his fingerprints. She
notices his fingernails are a bluish color. While
grabbing a bite to eat at the rest stop Jordan checks
with Bug if there is any match on the print, but the
body is a John Doe. Jordan then sits next to Lily
at the table and tells her what she thinks she should do
about her situation with Jeffrey and the baby. She
tells Lily that she knows she is scares, but that she is
not alone. She just needs to worry about taking
care of herself and the baby. Lily smiles, and
then the smile changes to a disgusted look. She is
smelling hibiscus again...but Jordan thinks she is
imagining it. The get up to leave and Lily notices
that the back doors to the van are open and she asks
Jordan if she left them open. Jordan says no and
they both go running to the truck. When they get
there they discover that the body has been stolen.
Act Two:
Woody meets up with Parnell and confronts that he knows
he knows Drew Marshall. Parnell says he has
nothing to say because he is on a case that is at a
delicate stage. He says he does not know who
killed him. According to Parnell, Drew Marshall
was on drugs.
In autopsy with
classical music blaring, Kate is closing on Drew
Marshall. Nigel comes into the room with
headphones on so he does not have to listen to the loud
music. Kate can not believe that everyone is being
so dramatic about her music. She turns it off.
Nigel gives her results of what was under Drew
Marshall's fingernails, and it is nothing incriminating.
He offers to move on to ballistics on the bullet, but
Kate informs him that she already sent it to BPD.
Nigel asks why and Kate tells him it was because he was
busy doing something else. Nigel claims that they
do it faster in the morgue, but just at that moment the
computer beeps and there are results from the police
department about the bullet. Kate does not think
it is anything that can help them. Nigel on the
other hand digs a little deeper and finds that the
bullet is from a gun that was involved in a robbery.
He has found the guns owner and thinks Kate should tell
Woody. She doesn't care and asks Nigel to finish
closing for her while she moves on to another patient
with a stab wound. Nigel takes out his phone and
calls Woody with the information he has found, without
telling Kate.
Jordan and Lily are
back in the van and Jordan is speeding down the road.
Lily reminds her that there are three of them in the car
and asks her to slow down. Jordan tells Lily to
call the Deputy again, but Lily claims she has already
left two messages and that the guy is out fishing all
day. Lily asks if Jordan has ever had a body
stolen before and Jordan answers with a calming yes.
But claims it always crazy people responsible for it.
Lily then tells Jordan that she is smelling hibiscus
again, which Jordan does not really care. But Lily
points out that every time she smells it usually means
it has something to do with this case. Jordan just
goes with it and follows Lily's nose. Jordan turns
the van around and they take a road down into the woods.
The scent is stronger than ever for Lily and she can not
believe Jordan can not smell it. They stop and
spot a pick-up truck. Jordan tells Lily to stay in
the van and that if anything happens for her to get the
heck out of there. Lily says there is no way she
is just gonna let Jordan go alone, but Jordan reminds
her that she is carrying a baby and gets out of the van
and heads to the truck. Lily thinks for a moment,
but then gets out of the van and follows Jordan.
They approach the truck and Jordan picks up a rock just
in case. The back of the truck is filled with
hibiscus flowers, and when Jordan opens the front door
they see that no one is inside. There is, however,
a booster seat and the peddles have been altered so that
a shorter person could drive the truck. Lily
starts laughing and Jordan gives her a dirty look.
Lily apologizes. Jordan then tells Lily to go and
get some help and she will stay with the truck.
Lily says there is no way she is going to leave Jordan
her with a bunch of crazy little people running
around....and then she starts laughing again. All
of the sudden they both hear a noise behind them and it
is their stolen body bungee jumping over a bridge.
They are both shocked at what they are seeing.
Woody is sitting in
his car waiting for his new suspect to come out so he
can follow him. The suspect finally comes out and
Woody gets out of his car to follow him. He is
just about to approach him when he is grabbed and drug
into an ally. He is thrown against the wall and
handcuffed, and when he turns around he sees it is
Parnell. Woody threatens Parnell and says he is
not going to get away with it. Parnell makes a
phone call and informs the person on the other line that
they have a problem.
Act Three:
Woody is sitting in the back of Parnell's car with the
handcuffs still on, and Parnell is sitting in the front
with the door open waiting for someone. Jeffrey
shows up and gets in the passenger car. Woody
tells him he has three seconds to explain things before
he head butts him. Jeffrey tells Parnell to
un-cuff him, but Parnell says no. Jeffrey then
starts to explain that Woody's suspect is going to lead
Parnell and himself to a drug bust that night.
They want Woody to hold off questioning this guy until
they pick him up that night at the drug bust. The
suspects name is Jesse Brennen and there is no way
Parnell is going to let Woody ruin all his hard work
tracking him down. Woody says that Brennen is his
after the bust, and Jeffrey confirms that is fine.
Woody just needs to back off and do things their way.
Woody agrees and tells Parnell to get the cuffs off.
Parnell turns around and jokes with Woody that he lost
the key. Woody is not in a joking mood and head
butts Parnell. By this time Jeffrey is out of the
car and tells Parnell he was just asking for it.
Jordan and Lily are
at the top of the bridge trying to pull up the body.
They have it pretty much to the top when their van
drives by. They can just let the body go, so
Jordan tells Lily to call it in. Lily informs her
that she left her cell phone in the van. Jordan
tells Lily to use hers, but when Lily grabs it out of
Jordan's pocket she drops it over the bridge and into
the water. Jordan is pissed, not at Lily, but at
the situation. They somehow get the body down to
the pick-up truck and put it in the back. Jordan
hotwires the truck and attempts to drive the truck with
the shortened peddles. It is a challenge for her,
but she manages. She is driving like a madwoman
and Lily asks her to slow down, but Jordan does not
listen. They find the van in front of them and
Jordan does some fancy driving and cuts the driver off
and gets them to pull over. She tells Lily to stay
in the truck and she gets out, grabs a crowbar and heads
for the van. She opens the drivers door and there
is a young woman there. She says her name is
Geneva Todd, and then passes out on the steering wheel.
Back at the morgue
Ivers is still going through files, questioning the
reasoning for some of the tests. Garret insists
that all the tests were necessary...that it helps them
identify murderers. Ivers claims they could do
that on a cheaper machine.
Jordan and Lily are
at the van and Geneva is still lying on the steering
wheel. Lily tells Jordan she should do something
because she is a doctor, but Jordan thinks she is faking
and tells Geneva they can wait her out. Jordan is
right and Geneva opens her eyes and sits up.
Jordan has her give her the cell phone and the van keys
and has her stay in the van. Then she asks for
Geneva to explain what is going on. Geneva claims
that the man is her father, Samuel Todd. Lily can
not believe that someone would treat their own father
that way. Geneva then gets defensive and and tells
them that people thought her father was a joke because
of his size. Jordan asks about the bungee jumping,
and Geneva pulls out a piece of paper from her pocket.
It is a list of things he wanted to do before he died.
Geneva thought she would help fulfill some of his wishes
even after he died because she believed the soul was
still in the body. Jordan then notices that one of
the items on the list is "return engagement ring".
She asks Geneva about it and she claims that all she
knows is he wanted it returned to the person at the
address on the list. Jordan is not really buying
the story, but Geneva sticks to it. She tells
Jordan and Lily she wants to complete the list for him.
Woody come's in and
starts venting to Nigel about Parnell. Nigel has
some news to share with him, but he lets Woody continue
on his rant. Once Woody is done Nigel informs him
that Drew Marshall was not a druggie. The tox
screen came back negative for drugs. However, in
looking at Drew Marshall's hair he did notice that until
six months ago he was using marijuana. Woody then
thinks back to when Mr. Marshall was telling him about
Drew getting in with the wrong crowd last year.
And also remembers Jeffrey had talked up Parnell saying
he had developed some incredible sources. He is
starting to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
Lily is driving the
van very slowly with a bunch of cars following her.
Jordan and Geneva are in the back of the van with the
body. Jordan is telling Geneva that she feels a
little bit bad for having to turn her in. But she
has to partly because she contaminated evidence when she
touched the body. Jordan wants to know where he
got the black eye and they turn to the list and it says
"insult a bigget." Jordan then asks how he got in
the river. Geneva points her attention to number
four on the list which says "learn to swim."
Jordan asks where Geneva was when all this happened.
She said they were out there to camp by the river.
She went to the store to pick up something and when she
got back the police were there. Jordan tells her
about the rope tied around his waist and it looks like
he tried to learn how to swim on his own. Jordan's
phone rings and it is Bug. He tells Jordan that he
got an ID on the man and it turns out his name is Harry
Fleck. He is a con man and scam artist who was
wanted in five states. Apparently he traveled with
a young woman fitting Geneva's description. Jordan
thanks Bug and hangs up the phone.
Woody approaches
Parnell at the police station and asks him if Drew
Marshall was his snitch. It turns out Woody as it
all figured out and he is pissed. When all things
are said and done it was Parnell's fault Drew Marshall
was killed. Woody and Parnell start shoving each
other in the hallway and Jeffrey comes out to break it
up. Woody tells Jeffrey what is going on and that
Drew Marshall was underage for being a snitch.
Parnell never denies it, but also never admits it.
He gets ready to leave because of the drug bust, but
Jeffrey stops him because there hitch in the situation.
Apparently Jesse Brennen killed someone else.
Woody says he can not hold off until the drug bust...he
is bringing in Jesse Brennen now. Jeffrey then
informs Woody that the cops do not know where Brennen
is.
Act Four:
Woody and Parnell bring the body to the morgue and Kate
is assigned to the case. Woody wants her to tell
them where the guy who killed him is. Kate tells
him that he thinks forensics can do more than she thinks
it can. Parnell and Woody start going at it again,
and Kate yells at them. Woody asks him what he is
still doing there because his case is over and he does
not know where the drug bust is going to be.
Parnell starts yelling and Garret comes in and shoves
Woody away from Parnell. Garret asks what is going
on and Woody tells him that Kate thinks this body can
not help him find the killer. Kate defends herself
by saying that forensic science has limits...Garret cuts
her off and says he will take over the case and do it
himself. Kate thanks him and walks out of the
room.
Geneva, or whatever
her name is, and Jordan are still riding in the back of
the van and Jordan is just listening to her go on and on
about her "Dad" even though she knows it is a lie.
She finally tells her to just stop and just tell her the
truth. She informs her that she knows his name and
that he was a con with her help. The girl starts
tearing up and asks Jordan if she wants to hear the real
story. Jordan nods and the girl begins to tell the
truth. Harry is her boyfriend. She said they
were very happy and she wanted them to settle down in a
house someplace where they could plant flowers.
But Harry always wanted to do just one more con or one
more scam. Finally they did take a break from that
and Harry made his list and started completing his tasks
on the list. She starts yelling at Harry, and then
turns to Jordan and tells her she wants to know who he
was going to give that ring to. She also tells
Jordan that she is pregnant and that Harry didn't know.
She starts yelling at Harry again for getting in the
water when she was gone and puts her head down and
cries. Jordan takes her arm to console her and she
tells Jordan that her name is Ruby. Jordan asks
her if Harry was ever a smoker. He had been a
smoker until about a year before, and it turns out the
bluish color on his fingertips was a sign of lung
cancer. He wanted to live like he was dying
because he really was dying. The van stops and
Jordan apologizes again that she is turning her in.
Lily opens the back of the van and they all get out, but
they are not at the police station. Lily has taken
them to the address on the list where the ring was
suppose to be delivered. She wanted Ruby to be
able to complete the list. Ruby starts running to
the house because she wants to know who the other woman
is. Jordan goes chasing after her and tells her
she can not just barge into someone's house. Ruby
gets away and opens the front door. There is a
room full of hibiscus flowers and a large sign that says
"I love you Ruby, Will you marry me?" They all
stand at the door surprised and Ruby looks happy and
relieved.
Woody and Parnell are
waiting as Nigel and Garret go over trace on the body.
They are talking in very scientific terms and Parnell
jokes with Woody about if they always talk like that.
Garret and Nigel narrow down the areas the killer could
be to two local areas. Woody goes to ask Parnell a
question, but he is gone. Woody picks one of the
areas to search and tells the guys to call him if they
find anything more specific. Woody is in his car
and on the phone with Nigel. He is in the right
place and is trying get more information about exactly
where the killer Brennen might be. Woody comes
across Parnell's car and goes in to investigate.
He hears a gun shot and then a man yelling "don't shoot,
don't shoot." The he hears another gun shot.
He runs inside and finds Parnell standing with a gun
over a Brennen who has been shot dead. Parnell
points to the van and informs Woody he has found the
drugs.
Act Five:
Jordan, Lily, and
Ruby are outside the house waiting for the cops.
Lily is talking to Ruby shortly, and then comes to talk
to Jordan. Lily asks Jordan if they really have to
turn her in because she has lost everything.
Jordan tells her that the authorities will probably go
easy on her. Lily asks Jordan to give her a
chance, and to give her baby a chance. The police
arrive and Lily tells Jordan to just do the right thing.
Ruby tells Jordan that whatever she does is ok.
She is fine now because she knows that Harry really did
only love her. Jordan is left thinking about what
she should do.
Lily is back at the
morgue and she runs into Bug. Bug asks about the
case and Lily says they never found the person
responsible. She then asks Bug if they can just
talk tomorrow because she is tired and has some things
to do.
Woody and Parnell are
in the hallway at the precinct and Woody tells Parnell
he didn't need to shoot him. Parnell said he had
no choice, but Woody tells him he heard Brennen yell
"don't shoot." Parnell claims that was after
Brennen shot at him, and was about to fire again.
Jeffrey then comes out and congratulates Parnell on the
drug bust. Woody just looks on. Jeffrey
tells them he thinks it was a legal shoot, but Woody
just stands there not really believing that.
Parnell just takes off and Jeffrey tells Woody that he
knows Parnell can be a bit pushy, but that he is a hell
of a cop. Lily then comes and interrupts them and
asks if she could talk to Jeffrey. Woody leaves to
give them privacy. Lily says she would do anything
for their child, but she does not want to get married.
She thinks it would be a mistake.
Jordan is in the
crypt with Harry and Garret comes in asking about her
case. She says it was just an accidental drowning.
Ivers then comes in and tells them that he is ready to
write his report. He also tells them that there is
no evidence of any corruption or malfeasance.
However, what he did find was serious mismanaging of
finances. So starting right away Garret is to
implement cost effective forensics. A case that
requires a full autopsy they can do, if it does not
require a full autopsy then don't do one. Jordan
then chimes in and says they do not do autopsies for the
hell of it. Ivers then tells her it is not her job
to get justice. Garret asks what exactly he needs
to do. Ivers informs him that much of his
equipment will be replaced with less expensive versions
of the same thing. He also mentions the amount of
overtime the workers claim. Garret points out they
don't claim it, they work it. Ivers then threatens
Garret and says that it is just a matter of time before
he screws up so badly that he puts the DA's office at
risk. Ivers leaves and Jordan and Garret are left
in the crypt to process what he said.
Written by: Mary Jo
