Laura's father, Leo (Robert Klein) has moved in with her for a while while he's having work done on his place and she doesn't like him being here so is relieved when she gets a case. Jake (Josh Lucas) and Laura (Debra Messing) talk to the DB's wife, Mimi (Stephanie Janssen) who lets her son's grandmother, Helen (Kathleen Garrett) take their son into the next room. He was just getting to call him dad and he was his step son. He got a job with FIFA and they were moving to Europe, which his father, Kurt (Greg Grunberg) wouldn't have wanted. Well granny Helen wouldn't have wanted it either cos there was more than one suspect in this ep, as there always are, but she's less obvious. Laura noticing her walking stick with the pink padded handle. They find that a man, Charles (Harrold Perrineau) had a grudge against the doctor and he had made a song and dance about it. At the gym they arrest him after he assaults Meredith, who gave Jake her lunch hour as he's got tickets to the basketball and they all want to go with him.
They find that Kurt is a member of some Mens Resistance group from Charles who says he apologized and sent his lawyer a bottle of wine and a note apologizing. The club is a place where men get together to talk about their misogynistic tendencies. Jake and Billy check it out cos they'll be accepted there, as Kurt rants about getting karma and he doesn't have to worry about losing his son now as that's all taken care of. He has tar on his hands and when arrested tells them he wanted his son to stay here. But he has an alibi as he was working on a roof in the Hampton's which Santiani (Callie Thorne) says checks out according to his female boss.
Meanwhile everyone wants to know what's happening with Tony (Neal Bledsoe) and he texts Laura wanting to see her. She hasn't told Jake it's over and hasn't decided what to do. Santiani even calls Jake a prince for the little things he does, like offering to get them a coffee refill, further adding to Laura's dilemma. As does Leo who tells her she needs to be happy and think of herself and her future. As they draw a dead end with Kurt, they ask if Charles recognizes any other men in the photo and he points out a man at the front who was hanging out outside the doctor's clinic. George's (Arthur Gerunda) another member of the men's club and find he has an apartment in town. Billy still mentioning how they've got some cheap apartments going round here. As they arrive, a woman falls from the stairs in front of them. It's George's wife.
They try and figure out who could've done it and Max (Max Jenkins) tells them the tar on the DB came from paving tar and not roofing tar. Laura thinks Strangers On A Train, which Max is too young for and hey I thought the same not two seconds before her. Two strangers meet and agree to kill the other's problem so they both have alibis and no motive. They find George was on a helicopter when his wife was killed and they bring Kurt in again. He finally confesses he killed her cos he made him do it, but he didn't want to. Oh so that's what that men's club does, make them turn into wimps who can't refuse a murder?! Kurt turns him in and George tells them he had an alibi for his wife, well he didn't look too convincing at the news when Meredith and Billy tell him. Little chase here to the helicopter, think we're cutting down on those.
George couldn't have killed the doctor cos he would've stood out in the surveillance footage. Thus he probably took the credit for killing him which made Kurt kill his wife in return. Jake gives Tony the tickets cos he's fed up of everyone sucking up to him as Tony brings Laura sandwiches for working late. He wants to take her to the game and she agrees to go even though her heart's not in it, or the game. Laura goes home and talks with Leo some more, who says she didn't realize his place is already done, but he just wanted to stay here. Reminding her she's still stuck on Jake and how much he loves his daughter. If he had his way he'd send them in the river in cement shoes, giving Laura the clue that she needed. See granny did it. Meredith watches more footage from several cameras and finds one from the previous bus where they spot a cane with a pink handle. Which Laura says belongs to granny and will have tar on it. Also cos Helen saw the route Alvin took on his jog and his wife wasn't with him, so she had the perfect opportunity.
She confesses her husband has Alzheimer's and she wouldn't be able to see him for the rest of her life. With Alvin out of the picture her grandson would be here. Laura adding she'll see him from prison now for the rest of her life. When she gets home she finds Jake in the kitchen, but it's nothing much and he offers to take the boys to the laser tag party cos she hates it. See it's the little things she's reminded of. He tells her to go to the game where she breaks it off with Tony. He shouldn't waste his Vegas dream on her. Meredith agrees to let Billy move in cos of back rubs and his famous coffee and cos he's cuddly and it'd be nice waking up to him everyday.
Jake seemed to be taking losing out on Laura in his stride and even offering his tickets to Tony, which I thought he would've done but I went for maybe going with him, but they're not exactly best friends. Laura's taking her time telling Jake how she feels and one day she'll realize she'll have lost her chance, unless he doesn't hold back and tells her how he feels, which she already knows. Agh dragging it out til the end!
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