Son of a Gun
Directed By: Nick Gomez
Story By: Tom Fontana
Teleplay By: James Yoshimura
Thormann is shot and sent into a coma, and Crosetti goes on the warpath to find the shooter. Bolander bonds with his neighbor, an eccentric and lonely cabinetmaker (Luis Guzman). Howard and Felton discover crucial evidence against Calpurnia Church.
List of tropes applying to this episode:
- Based on a True Story: The shooting of Chris Thormann is based on the shooting of Officer Gene Cassidy.
- Better to Die than Be Killed: Played for Black Comedy. Calpurnia unsubtly tries to talk Lewis into letting her overdose on her medication, but he isn't having it.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Lorenzo Molera, Bolander's neighbor. He's friendly, but seems unaware of social cues and happily nabs beer from Bolander, then offers to share the same beer with him.
- Driven to Suicide: Lorenzo, who commits suicide because he was unable to cope with his divorce.
- Mirror Character: Bolander quickly finds he and Lorenzo have a lot of similarities. They're both lonely divorcees who were destroyed emotionally by the divorce, and they share a lot of the same interests and hobbies. Lorenzo's suicide serves as something of a wake-up call to Bolander.
- You Owe Me: When Giardello originally refuses to let Crosetti be involved in the investigation of Thormann's shooting (because he can tell It's Personal for Crosetti and he knows that would mess up the case), Crosetti reminds him of how he was shot in the line of dutynote , and while he never actually says the words, "You owe me" to Giardello, it's pretty much implied.
