Ellie’s son goes missing as the series takes another big turn.
Not so in this episode.
Emmett uses his momentary slip as an opportunity to sidle up to Tom and start asking him questions.
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He asks if Tom is alright, and if he and Danny got along with Paul.
You assume the worst in people at every single moment, Joe tells him.
Ellie asks her son if he is okay and questions about Danny, and he lashes out at her.
You dont even know anything about me anymore, Tom says.
On the way to school, Toms little brother drops his toy.
A short while later, Ellie gets a call from the school, revealing that Tom never showed up.
A look of horror crosses her face.
Suddenly, she is on both sides of the case.
Of course thats what Im thinking, Ellie replies.
Ellie, as hard as she may try not to, initially places blame on Joe.
Soon enough the entire town is out searching for Tom, led by none other than Mark Solano.
They approach Ellie in a massive pack, and Ellie and Joe reconcile.
And then theres the shocking conclusion.
Paul Coatesa man who has been an object of Emmetts suspicionsstumbles upon Toms bike.
In Piersons home our detectives find weapons and antipsychotic medication.
Lars, meanwhile, sits eating a hamburger in the back of the police car.
But when Emmett goes to interview him alone, what emerges is something more tangible.
When he finally shows Lars Dannys picture, Lars says Budapest.
Its not some sort of code.
Lars told him the answer.
Its a question that seems completely genuine.
Emmett asks why hes asking.
Ive seen guys that know when someones dead.
They look like you look, Lars says.
Beth takes this news to Joe Miller.
Raymond told her that Toms been hurt and that hes bleeding.
The first time we see both of them this episode, they are each engaging in suspicious behavior.
Meanwhile, in Vinces shed, we see him closing a freezer and washing blood of off his hands.
Those brownies were meant for Vinces mother, and Vince realizes quickly who brought them.
Vinces mother notices blood on his face and says he went hunting.
Susan told Vinces mother that hes in trouble.
He throws the brownies in the trash.
Later he goes to Susans trailer, handing her an envelope as a bribe to leave Gracepoint.
She tells him, I know what you did, and encourages him to talk to her.
He becomes violent, grabbing her by the throat.
He tells her he has a rifle in his van, and says dont make me use it.
next to a picture of his face.
The county supervisor is cutting the budget.
Now, theres another missing kid, he doesnt appear to be running things very well.
After a press conference wherein Emmett is a target, the chief says he should consider stepping down.
And then his daughter arrives.
He asks her gruffly, Whats up, Julie?
and she corrects him to Julianne.
When he leaves her alone in his office she goes through his drawers and finds his medication.
All you care about is other peoples children, she says.
After he interrogates Lars, he comes out to find that Julianne has left.
Thoseotherdeaths
Though the episode ended with another distressing reveal, it began with Jack Reinholds funeral.
At Jacks funeral Paul Coates takes on the town.
How are we here?
Why did this happen?
Because we let him be smeared and intimidated.
He says, We failed him, just as we failed and continue to fail Danny Solano.
Emmett and Elliedidfail to properly protect Jack, and the town did fail him.
It feels like a diversion.
The show, after all, is still focused on the Danny case.
The new evidence that came to light?
Dannys cell phone was set to forward all calls to another numberlikely his smartphone.
