A man cleans himself in a dingy motel room. The killer's face can be seen but then we're shown the face of a woman in a broken mirror. She's seen the murder though a vision. Cal (Tim Roth) is at a book signing with Emily (Hayley McFarland) and the customers all avoid looking at him and maintaining eye contact. The woman who 'witnessed' the murder is also there, Trish (Erika Christensen) who tells him the police won't listen. Does Cal believe her? Gillian (Kelli Williams) turns up dressed in a new outfit. Cal has a meeting to vet judge Trent (Richmond Arquette) as he's nominated for the Supreme Court by the President. Cal wants to find the science behind her vision and wants Gillian to meet Trish. Cal puts Ria (Monica Raymund) in charge of vetting the judge, which he doesn't like and neither does Ben (Mekhi Phifer). He tells Cal the President asked for Cal especially but Cal knows when he's lying. Zoe (Jennifer Beals) also arrives informing Cal she's left the DOJ for a job in Chicago where she'll have her own firm. It's with someone from college who Cal distinctly hates. They need to tell Emily. Cal can see her on holidays.
Cal checks out the motel room, swiping the key when the manager's occupied. He sees blood, but there's no DB so the police can't do anything since the blood could belong to anyone. Ria questions the judge, asking about his wife, whether he's cheated on her, making him clam up and angry. The judge reckons anyone so young doesn't really know anything (referring to himself as will be revealed later.)
At the hotel Cal observes a woman come in, looking for something. He thinks it's Trish as she has the same tattoo, but she calls herself Jessie. She's a hooker and he pays her to accompany him to the Lightman Group. She sufferers from multiple personality disorder. Ben is absent when Ria continues her questioning of the judge and brings up his past cases and her interest peaks when she mentions a particular case, that of Margaret Lane. Ria can tell he's lying when he claims nothing happened.
Gillian questions Jessie under hypnosis and needs Trish back. She mentions another personality, RJ who's the protector. When she's released from hypnosis another personality emerges, that of Sophie, she's the main personality. She has a brother, Gavin (Michael Raymond-James). Ria tells Ben why he shouldn't be nominated as she looks at a video saying the judge was aroused by her and comments on her "gooey voice." Ben believes Ria hates the judge and it's personal for her. Cal talks to Gavin who informs him their grandfather abused Sophie. Cal walks round the room where Sophie used to stay and he watches Gavin hold his breath. Cal finally steps on a loose floorboard and Gavin exhales, Cal realizes he's hit the mark. A wallet belonging to Kyle Arnold (Anthony Starke) is found. Cal visits his house under the pretext of admiring his car. Kyle admits two prostitutes robbed him and Cal suggests his wife should have herself checked out for every STD going as he likes unprotected sex with hookers.
Eli (Brendan Hines) doesn't surface much this episode but he is still around. They need RJ to surface. Cal is about to talk to Emily when Ben interrupts, they've found a DB belonging to Amber. Cal locks the room and orders Sophie to strip, in the hopes of making RJ emerge. Eli brings the master key and RJ punches Cal (not another beating he already suffered one in season 1.) Trish is arrested and Cal says RJ can't speak but she needs to ask him what happened and who killed Amber. She returns saying she knows who the killer is. The judge admits to kissing the woman but wants to withdraw his nomination. Ria doesn't want him to do this since he was young and made mistakes. Cal tells Ria she was right about this case.
Ria tells him how her boyfriend robbed a store and she was sitting in the car when she was younger. Cal tells her she has the ability to aim even higher than baggage checker. Sophie dresses as Jessie to trap the killer, the hotel manager, who finally confesses he killed Amber. Cal gives Zoe a cheque for her share of the Lightman Group. He's buying her out and she can open up her own firm right here. Cal sees Gillian dressed in pink and she's happy she can wear this colour and no longer needs to wear her blacks, greys etc. Gillian knows Cal took the money from the Group and he reassures her he can win it back in Vegas.
So what's Cal been up to in Vegas since Gillian says not Vegas again? Multiple personality disorder done umpteen times and this had to follow suit. A bit of a no-brainer as to what was happening with Trish. What was more interesting was Ria, not so her case itself, but her attitude towards the judge, or should that be her prejudices towards him. Then she was the one to tell him to not withdraw his nomination. Gillian's transformation after her divorce was interesting and that Alex was stifling her in their sham of a marriage. No mention of why she divorced him again (even if it is obvious ) - like to know when she discovered his philandering ways. Hey her divorce came through quickly. Hopefully we'll see more of Ria going it alone. Plus Cal pulling out all the stops to ensure Emily stays. People may see him as a lot of things - but he loves his daughter.
Eli: "Where are you going? None of my business. Power of non-verbal communication. Awesome. Love it."
Gillian: "I'm divorced and I'm free and I'm happy and if you do something to screw that up..." Like admitting his feelings for her?
Cal: "What will you be when you grow up?...You're on your way to becoming one of the lead experts in deception. But up here [in Ria's head] you're still a baggage screener at the airport. Until you change that you will always think you're not ready." Only last season Cal used to insist Ria wasn't ready to go it alone and here he's let her do just that and she could handle it too, proving she has grown up, but still has to change her mindset.
Thought that scene in the bookshop was going to turn into a scene from Castle. Luckily it didn't. When did Cal find the time to write a book and do the others know about it?
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