A frantic mother searches for her son and Tao's (Michael Paul Chan) son, Kevin (William jay Behlendorf) brings him in to investigate. The boy, Eric disappeared from voluntary Summer camp and no one knew was there or even missing since attendance wasn't taken. Which is pretty stupid where children are involved. Raydor (Mary McDonnell) finally gets to question Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) over the Shootin' Newton murders and plays back the video confession to the killings by Turrell. Rador claims Brenda knew his gang would kill him and Brenda saw them there. Brenda insists she took him back home as per his request. As for what happened to him, she calls it a "happy ending." Which Raydor explains is why she wasn't recording the interview and how that confession gives Brenda motive.
Tao calls in Sanchez (Raymond Cruz) to help in the search and he talks with the mother, Tina's (Meredith Monroe) boyfriend, Marcus. Who claims he doesn't want to help or get involved. He's a yoga instructor. Eric's parents are divorced and they bicker. Tina notices the bike and it's propped up. Clue for later. Sanchez searches in the helicopter and spots a floating body in a nearby pool. Kevin volunteers at the camp and helps them out with some information on the parents and other things. He appears to be on the ball just like his father. Pope (JK Simmons) suggests to Taylor (Robert Gossett) they get the press involved as soon as possible and meets Kevin.
Raydor tells Brenda her team are capable of handling the case without her. Kevin and Tao have father/son issues and he needs to improve his grades which is why he doesn't have a car. Kendall didn't find any signs of abuse or trauma on Eric. Brenda talks with Glen, (Marcus Giamatti) the father and he isn't told about Eric. He says he was at a gas station and then went to work. Whilst Tina had her car detailed. Gabriel (Corey Reynolds) finds that strange behaviour when her son is missing. Of course they suspect her but Glen looks more like the real suspect with his overly abusing Tina over Eric and letting him ride the bike. See at the start he asks Tine how long the bike was there and whether she saw it or not, directing a great deal of attention towards it. Even saying she wasn't meant to let him ride it irresponsibly.
Gabriel checks their alibis and Kevin points out to Tao that Glen's left the interrogation room. Why was he left alone anyway like that. Usually Brenda leaves someone with them. Glen hears Tina in the other room and storms in breaking the news about Eric to her. Marcus (Shane Johnson) attacks Glen. Kevin watches everything as it's the first time he's seen what his father has to deal with at work and it ain't pretty.
Pope asks Brenda about Raydor and she hasn't finished with the questions yet. She has to deal with this case first. Which really just gave her an excuse not to deal with it for as long as possible. Provenza (GW Bailey) goes to find the counsellor. Glen blames Tina, again with the blame. Dr Morales (Jonathan Del Arco) doesn't find any foam in Eric's lungs so he didn't drown and was already dead. He doesn't go into the autopsy room to tell her, preferring to stay outside. A case which gets to everyone. Brenda goes in, even though he's not put him back together yet. He also found purple fluid in his stomach, chocolate and traces of sedatives, which can't be identified until tox results are in. But if she has a suspect she can get search warrants.
Gabriel found Vicodine and Soma in Tina's house belonging to Marcus. As well as an LVPD uniform. Fritz (Jon Tenney) explains Marcus was a policeman in Las Vegas and had to leave before his wife filed a lawsuit against him and the LVPD for domestic abuse allegations. Marcus told Tina from the outset he didn't want to be a parent and wouldn't marry her. Glen calling that immoral. He later proposed to her but she refused. Again suggesting she's the killer. He was more of a father to Eric than Glen.
Tao's wife, Cathy (Patti Yasutake) arrives to take Kevin home and they quarrel over his being there and not being able to get a driver's licence. Kevin says he won't drive away like Eric did with his bike, giving Brenda a clue about the bike. Kevin's 16 and he can't treat him like a child. Tao hugs Kevin saying he can hold onto him forever. Clearly this case is close to home for Tao as he has a son too and is protective of him. Which he has every right to be after what he sees in his line of work. Brenda finds their conversation moving. We have a situation with Tao and his son which is in stark contrast to the case involving Eric and his parents. Eric was the one who suffered his parent's anger and inability to get on, even for his sake. He was used as a pawn by them both.
Brenda is angry she couldn't go to the CS cos of Raydor and Fritz asks if she wanted to be there when they found Eric. She wants to see their divorce decree and settlement. Tina took him for everything he had and then for everything he would make. Glen wanted primary custody calling her an unfit mother. Brenda is told by Raydor that she needs to get her own lawyer since Brenda maintains Turrell was her responsibility only as long as he was in her custody. Tao has a hard copy of Glen and his alibi and Brenda shows him buying a purple drink and a chocolate bar at the mini-mart. He gave Eric the bike so he would pester his mother until she let him ride alone. He admits he killed Eric so she couldn't have him and so she won't get his money anymore. He took what she had and she'll have to live with that forever.
Seems like they were both unfit parents. Tina wanted to torment him by having custody and by getting alimony from him so she didn't marry Marcus. But he only wanted Eric to torment her back. Eric was the innocent one here being pulled part by his parents until he is finally killed over their petty squabbles over money. In short neither one deserved to have Eric. Buzz (Phillip P Keene) tells Tao at least he got the killer. Tao agrees to driving lessons for Kevin. Flynn (Tony Denison) asks if anyone knows what Raydor is doing here. Provenza replies they're the police and they're always in trouble. Well, speak for yourself, Provenza attracts trouble judging from the last episode, ha.
Raydor takes Brenda to Turrell's house and shows her his blood and where he was eventually killed. Her criminal liability would be cleared by her explanation that he wanted to go home and her responsibility ending but not from civil liability. If the attorney settled then that would leave Brenda to take the blame. Raydor: "for your own sake get yourself your own lawyer." Does this mean Raydor is watching her back after all? Beneath all the facade Brenda is worried about this case and I wonder if she thinks she would have done things differently now.
As the title suggest everything isn't under control, not for Brenda and certainly not for Glen and Tina. Oh what a horrible, selfish set of parents for Eric to have had the misfortune of having.
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