Follow TV Tropes

Following

Recap / The Pretender S 2 E 16 Silence

Go To

Jarod investigates the death of a DEA agent, witnessed by a traumatized boy who hasn't spoken since the incident. Miss Parker and Sydney discover another of Raines' past projects.


This episode contains examples of:

  • Dumb Struck: The investigation revolves around a small child who hasn't spoken since he witnessed a murder. While he was traumatized, it's revealed that part of the reason he won't talk is because the murderer threatened to kill his mother if he ever said a word about what happened.
  • Fingertip Drug Analysis: A drug dealer does it, after Jarod hints that his stash has been been tampered with. This is how he discovers that Jarod has replaced his stash of brown heroin with an equivalent quantity of chocolate milk powder.
  • Room Full of Crazy: The razor-wielding maniac has a room with the walls covered with his (murderous alternate personality's) name written over and over.
  • Split Personality: In the B-plot, Miss Parker's crew learn about a secret Centre project that resulted in a man with a murderous alternate personality. Although Sydney refers to it by name as "dissociative identity disorder", it's made clear that it was artificially induced by the Centre (which conveniently waves away any differences from natural DID) — the medical records they uncover state that when he fell into the Centre's hands, his initial diagnosis was mild depression.

Top