Dana Elcar (Macgiver) makes his first appearance as Sheriff
Patterson introduced when called by Elizabeth Stoddard after being told through
the startling admission from caretaker Matthew regarding his pushing the dead
body of fishing fleet manager Bill Malloy, found at the bottom of Widow’s Hill,
back into the water, watching the corpse catch a current, floating away.
Meanwhile, Burke Devlin first calls Roger about how Sam Evans ties to his
wrongful conviction and why Malloy would insist on his being at the 11:00 night
meeting. Burke’s got the taste of flesh and blood in his mouth and wants to
feast on the carcass of Roger—and perhaps Sam if he had a hand in the false
implication—demanding to know if they had a partnership in his conviction.
Roger, of course, swims around such accusations (he calls Burke’s forceful questions
an Inquisition) and flat denies any involvement with Sam and considers Malloy’s
disappearance possibly voluntary. Roger has few aces left up his sleeve, and it
will only get worse when Elizabeth calls him home to talk to Patterson. The
dartboard in Roger’s office is put to good use as Burke hits a bullseye after
informing Roger that he isn’t about to just forget the meeting and Malloy’s
mission to see all parties together that night. Matthew mentions that he just
wanted Collinwood spared notoriety, but his suspicious behavior does place him
in the pool of suspects. There’s a lot more of this to come, for sure, as more
suspects will find themselves in the pool (Sam’s drinking will probably worsen,
if that’s possible). Good stuff.
Burke interrupts what could have been a decent dinner between Maggie, her father, and Vicky, and he's sore, agenda-driven, and pointed in defending himself, while also demanding answers...answers Sam is willing to flee to protect. Sam's only link to Burke at all, besides Roger himself, is the letter he wrote to Maggie. He escapes out the back door while the others were in the living room and heads to Collins Port Inn where the letter is kept but the owner will not give it over to him. The letter is Maggie's and she will have to give permission before Sam can get his hands on it. Malloy's death looms large and will not go away--especially as long as Burke steamrolls throughout Collins Port, pissed off and unrestrained. He wants to know Sam's connection to the wrongful conviction and isn't about to just forget his presence at the meeting that night. Maggie just cannot believe that her father had anything at all to do with Malloy's death; Sam and Malloy were fr...
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