Laura (Debra Messing) investigates the kidnapping of a boy. Theo (Jared Rascio) from his home, after he was almost abducted when he was in the park, as a man stops a taxi from coming towards him and is killed. It appears the man was actually out of rehab and was going straight also having a girlfriend. Theo wasn't the parents biological son since Laura notices the husband, Carl (Peter Rini) telling his wife, Julie (Cara Buono) to take her pills to calm her down, which gives Laura a clue since she was meant to have had a birth without any meds. Also thought the daughter, Candace (Taylor Rose) was hiding something too, of course one thought was he could've been her son really, but that wasn't the case. There had to be a catch too of Theo needing his insulin cos hes diabetic and the kidnappers not knowing this, meaning having to work against the clock.
We did get illegal adoptions though being run by a shady doctor, Pamela King (Claudia Fielding) when Meredith (Janina Gavankar) and Billy (Laz Alonso) visit her in desperate need for a baby. The precinct gets a new Captain Santiani (Callie Thorne) who's meant to be there temporarily since Jake (Josh Lucas) was off on sick leave and he returns early. She lets him investigate the case with Laura, but they all want her gone. Only she's not leaving cos she likes the place and she thought she'd be promoted at her old precinct so was horrible to everyone there, turns out she didn't get the promotion. She is a stickler for getting the job done, but at the same time she doesn't really want to get to know her team and how they operate before coming in all gung ho and wanting things done her way. Almost wish Jake did use that info on her to get rid of her. Whereas in comparison, we have Jake who came back early to work and wanted to get back into the swing of things, but is partnered with Laura which he didn't really object to at all. One way to be with your ex, or close to her is by working with her so closely. Even if he can't recall what he said in the hospital at the end of last season, we do, about still having feelings for her. Ultimately we know this is gonna come back and bite!
But all Laura could do was go on about how for the past five months she had to care for his ass and do everything for him, well he has a pretty cute ass. Erm, yeah including bringing up his "smart ass" sons. Well you're their mother! Anyway she must have some iota of feelings for him if she was willing to do all that and not just cos he's her babies' daddy and out of the goodness of her heart.
Santiani has her own way of doing things which causes the case to go south almost as she doesn't listen to Laura when she tells her the kidnapper isn't the one who has the boy, but he was in the van when Julie was making the drop, cos the cable van doesn't service this area. As always some piece of foreshadowing accompanies the ep and this time it was Laura's throwaway comment at the beginning of how everything's expensive and she's got cable bill to pay. Along with her gluten free comment and how everything tastes better with gluten, in front of Theo and Julie. It appears Candace knew the dead man as they were both in rehab together, and that's what the family were hiding. As well as giving them the break they needed as to where the kidnapper was hiding out.
Jake isn't getting his job back, so takes a demotion just to stay at the precinct and goes back to being a lieutenant. Which was a shame cos he had a laid back way of doing things, not that he was lax cos things did get done, but Laura got leeway on her cases, not that she didn't and wasn't going to get her own way as usual. No mention of Billy and Meredith and whether they got together, not even when they went undercover in that short scene. Frankie disappears so I don't know why they bothered bringing her into the show last season, she was a much better addition than Santiani, who comes across as a bit of a bully. And a little like the Captain in Castle! Surprised she doesn't want to be called "sir" as well!
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