A homeless man finds a DB outside on the street and once again Jake (Josh Lucas) is already on the scene. Renaldo (Marc Webster) says he's been shot and Jake asks Laura (Debra Messing) to breakfast, not to actually have breakfast but to talk. He's sorry he lied, he's stable but there's other complicated stuff going on too. She says she's over it and has moved on, the least she could've done is tell him why she's moved on, although he already knows with whom. As the DB is taken away she smells jasmine and they wonder why a man would be wearing jasmine. Until she notices the building across the road is Belle Reve: perfume manufacturer and looks him up to be CEO of the company, Michael Dunham (Richard Hughes). Checking out the place they talk with his son, Jonathan (Jerry O'Connell) who tells them he was working late. There were only a few of them around anyway and he' should've got the security camera fixed cos he can't tell them who came and went. That was convenient. Though initially he was my suspect by the time I go tot he end of the ep, I changed my mind and decided it wasn't Jonathan and he's being framed.
Especially since we later find out that he doesn't inherit anything as his father left everything to a foundation and the board will run the company, as his lawyer, Brenda (Stockard Channing) tells him. She is in-house counsel for Belle Reve so she only has two clients. She thought it was a good idea for her to be there when Jonathan is questioned. Yeah conveniently;y (sorry for overuse of word) since there's no better way to ingratiate herself into the conversation/investigation and since we later find out the board voted her in to run the company.
Anyway Jonathan's assistant at the front desk, Ellen (Bo Stansell) says she would've recalled anyone leaving and confirms his alibi. She was there too and Laura notices the fudge one her desk and helps herself to a few pieces. Even if it is 7am. These Vics tend to get killed during the early hours or at least are found then. In the photos there's a graffiti tag across the building which Jake says spells 'ARK' and online Max (Max Jenkins) finds they're animal activists which is a good thing but then they could be violent as Santiani (Callie Thorne) says. Meredith (Janina Gavankar) tries to find another tag from them which could lead to a possible location and she and Billy (Laz Alonso) check out a warehouse building. Inside they find animals and another man passed out, as well as coming under attack by masked activists. The man tells them he was smuggling animals into the country and he wouldn't kill anyone though. Funny Laura had on a chimp T-shirt at this point, wonder what was behind that then.
Marcus (Reuben Barsky) does tell them about 'the Nose' and how he would sniff out perfume. Usually hanging out at Coney Island, they received a tip off Belle Reve was using animal scent but that didn't pan out so they didn't do anything. Laura recalls the name George Tilleu (Willie Garson) which doesn't sound French to her and Meredith and Max countdown to when it'll hit her. She recalls he was 'The Nose' and (hey I used to say that years ago to my niece, 'the nose knows.!!) Oh don't even wanna mention Laura's pun of "the nose is running." His name is George and he kept it in remembrance to what he used to do. Meredith senses something's up and Laura tells her she's with Tony and told the children he's her boyfriend, but she hasn't told Jake yet. Yeah always the last to know!!
They go to Coney Island and Jake doesn't understand her fascination with this place and she replies he doesn't know how to have fun, which he says he does, his other definition of fun of course. The man, Bosco (Dan Grimaldi) tells them there's no Nose here and he's running a burlesque place. Jake feigns to get a location on him and they follow him inside where they find George. He's hiding out cos he was beaten up and his nose was damaged, now he can't smell anything. But he did get his nose insured and he did the false tip-off cos he was in pain and on painkillers. Also that Brenda sent those thugs after him. Brenda tells her she won't talk and Laura shows her pictures of the thug she sent after the Nose and she says she was watching out for the company cos Jonathan will run it into the ground, even if he is a reformed addict. That Michael was seeing someone. Laura figuring out it was Alya (Clara Wong) cos she only had two clients, so it wasn't hard to work this out and she was a gold digger too who was sleeping around for money.
Jonathan's fiance, Ayla went abroad and says her luggage got lost on the flight back and she was seduced bu Michael. She thought she could help out Jonathan and he doesn't know. Laura understands how she feels of course, cos she went through the cheating scenario, talk about rubbing it in our faces in a subtle in yer face way still. Jonathan comes in and overhears them talk about a secret. Laura speaks with John and finds he didn't know and she believes he's innocent but doesn't have the evidence to prove it. He has a violent fit in front of her by breaking his father's chair and after all his studying and going to rehab he seduces Ayla.
Meredith and Billy talk to Jake about commitment and Billy's all for it and thinks he should talk to Laura and Santiani (Callie Thorne) says if they can't narrow down a suspect she'll give them one. Meredith nudges Billy not to say anything. She tells him about Tony and Jake doesn't know, later Billy tells Jake he shouldn't have gotten involved and that he should talk to Laura and tells him about Tony and her decision. Max finds a lost luggage receipt which Jonathan signed for so he knew where Ayla was and the receipt says St Lucia where his father was checking out the franjipany harvest which he told them about earlier. They get a warrant and Jake thinks he should've followed up on this before. They see Ellen listening to music on headphones, so he could've snuck out anytime without her knowing and Laura sneezes again cos of the lavender and apparently Jake finds the air isn't circulating and the vent is slightly open. Inside they find a bloodied lab coat.
Renaldo matches the blood, DNA and GSR to the coat and Jake says they have the trifecta for the arrest of Jonathan. However he's disappeared and as they wait for him to arrive at work and see if he shows up, Jake says they have time to talk. She's moved on and she waited a year to tell the children, but to her, Jake hasn't changed at all. He says he's the last to know, hey I said that too and she should've been honest with him. Could really feel for him in that scene, especially when he says in his mind it was always her and the two of them, as she tells him she didn't. She didn't even look at him in his eyes, but takes a long time to tell him Jonathan's here and as he rushes in after him, almost like she was in a mad panic to get away from Jake, the place blows up. Laura's fine as Jake says she always is. Meredith finds a note and also drugs in his car, they suspect he had a relapse and probably killed himself.
Santiani senses the tension between them and says Laura is a strong woman cos she couldn't work with her ex for so long, well her ex beat her up, Jake didn't. At home Alicia (Alysia Joy Powell) finds the door open and Laura finds Jonathan in her room with a gun.
Santiani also says she can get her a new partner or transfer Jake if it's too hard for her. Yeah pick on him to get transferred why don't you after taking over his job too, why didn't she offer Laura the transfer, doesn't want to spoil her run of cases being closed that's why. Laura saying she'll think about it, well s said if she feels so strongly about it maybe she should get the transfer for herself. Not like she won't still be seeing him around, he is after all the boys' father!!
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