As the team investigates a deadly robbery, it discovers one of the perpetrators is a classmate of Jubal's son.
This episode was originally planned to air for Season 4 on May 24, 2022 on CBS but was pulled due to the Robb Elementary School shooting
that occurred on the same day.
Tropes:
- A Day in the Limelight: Jubal and his teenage son Tyler.
- Ax-Crazy / Teens Are Monsters: Zach O'Connor.
- Bittersweet Ending: Jubal is able to rescue Tyler and stop Zach. But Clayton is still dead and Zach will be facing serious jail time. In spite of this, Jubal and Tyler reconcile and are on the path to repairing their relationship.
- Driven to Suicide: Clayton Hall.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Clayton's parents are devastated that their son has taken his own life.
- Troubled Teen: Tyler. Between recovering from leukemia and his father's absence, Tyler has been going through depression which led him to associating with Zach.Jubal: "Look, I'm glad that Zach has been a good friend. I get it."Tyler: "No, you don't. You've no clue what I deal with. What I go through. What's it's like to be me. The weak kid. The sick kid. The cancer kid."
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: OA and Nina are dismayed over how Clayton could go from smiling and laughing with his parents on the beach to fantasizing about school shootings, participating in robbery and murder, and committing suicide.Nina: "I don't understand. I mean, how do you- how do you go from smiling and laughing on the beach to, I mean, all of this?"OA: "Who the hell knows?"
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: Deconstructed. Jubal's absence in his son's life due to his work has led to Tyler resenting his father and associating with Zach.
