The coroner, Kendall (Ransford Doherty) examines Sara's DB at the scene, stating she hasn't been dead all that long. Buzz (Phillip P Keene) uses his video camera to film as usual and Sara's computer is missing. Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) asks Provenza (GW Bailey) to speak with Skander (Aaron Refvem) as he's kind of close to him. Morales (Jonathan Del Arco) was meant to be with his boyfriend's family. He finds Sara has the same torture marks on her body as her sister, Anila. Brenda invites Morales to Christmas dinner with everyone else at work.
Flynn (Tony Denison) crosses off everyone's names on the board, as each one of their plans is put paid to. Tao (Michael Paul Chan) has an Albanian translation book and tells them of an Albanian rule of the 'blood feud' called 'Kanun' which doesn't allow for anyone to be killed in their home, or for women to be killed either. Taylor (Robert Gossett) asks if he can help out and Provenza hands him the Santa Claus suit. Raydor (Mary McDonnell) plays the 911 video of Armand (Michael Aronov) and Shariq fighting, but it's in Albanian and she can't understand it. Brenda needs Skander to retract his statement about Pope (JK Simmons) and for Joan ( Margaret Easley) to withdraw the lawsuit, then Raydor can leave. Tao has Sara's e-mails from the computer, though they're also in Albanian, he shows her a photo with Joan and Armand which Sara sent out before the killings started.
Fritz (Jon Tenney) calls Brenda, Willie Rae (Frances Sternhagen) is distraught. Arriving home, her parents show her the RV has been broken into and the presents have been stolen, as has their microwave. Fritz mentions Clay (Barry Corbin) found the yellow CS tape. After a moment where Clay talks of the real meaning of Christmas, Brenda's phone rings and she's called back in. For someone who's just had a robbery in front of their home, Fritz didn't seem too concerned, so what's he hiding?
Sanchez (Raymond Cruz) and Gabriel (Corey Reynolds) found Joan had surgery at the hospital and that's why Sara sent the photo. Small world ending up at that hospital, in the same town, in the same country.
Brenda shows Joan the video of the attack on Armand, after Gabriel and Brenda wonder which one of the two they can ask to translate for them, since Fritz was unable to find an Albanian translator. Joan translates the word, "ghost." They also show her Skander's taped interview with Provenza, who told them Shariq was afraid of the police. Skander tells the same story as Armand; only Shariq's son died on top of him, after Shariq was shot in the back. Her husband isn't Armand, which is what I said last episode review. She's shown the bullet removed from Shariq's back, which matched a Serbian weapon. Armand's DNA didn't match any of his 'family' but it did match Skander. He is Armand's son. Joan tells of Armand coming home and changing his clothes, he told her he was covered in blood after the fight but in the video, he didn't have any . Brenda believes if they can see blood inn the car they can have probable cause to search it. Joan worries everything she told her about their conversation is privileged between husband and wife.
Joan wears a camera and wire and speaks with Armand, Tao relaying anything Armand says in a police station to his wife has no expectation of privacy. She told him her alibi consists of being with him so he replies he'll say the same thing. Brenda has other ideas on how to catch Armand for murder. Willie Rae invites Raydor to Christmas dinner with them. Fritz and Brenda question Armand, asking him his real name - to check whether he's on the list of war criminals. if he's not then Brenda will release him. Skander's his son and he claims he fell for an Albanian girl and was hated by everyone, so he left. Brenda doesn't believe him, he'll just going on making up another story and another. He reveals his name is Zoran Antonowicz - he's not on the list. Thus he's also not legally married to Joan, that name's not on the marriage licence.
Tao searches the car for blood with luminol and it comes back positive. Gabriel arrests Armand/Zoran for the murder of Anila and Sara. Joan's going to take his children and Skander and disappear. Brenda's parents decide to leave and return to Atlanta. Fritz and Brenda planned the break in.
Don't you hate it when you're right. Armand being a Serb - whether a war criminal or not, was what I said in one of my scenarios last episode. It was apparent why he killed the entire Marku family. But how could they have been sure Zoran was even his real name either? Still at least he didn't get away with murder as he thought he would. That's Brenda he was dealing with and she never gives up. Also the way he spoke to Brenda showed his true colours. Though Skander wasn't involved, I stand by my previous comment on that look he gave Brenda last episode, if looks could kill. He may have been right to act that way due to his grandfather Shariq's fear of police. Skander was more defiant.
For all the work Joan did in that village, she didn't know who Armand really was, but it's easy to become someone else when you're suspected of genocide and war crimes. Though nothing was found on Armand/Zoran he was still guilty of murder and Skander was 'living proof' of his crimes.
At least the team had Christmas dinner and no one was alone for Christmas and they got their killer in the end too.
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