- Having found Rosie's hidden letter, Linden and Holder interview her teacher Bennet Ahmed. He denies having anything to do with her death but provides them with new information, a super 8 film she made. They learn something interesting about Ahmed's wife, Amber. On the campaign trail, Richmond's ads are having the desired effect but he still trails the incumbent mayor. At Gwen's urging, he approaches Mitch Larsen but can't quite bring himself to use her. He's still trying to find the mole in his campaign. Stan and Mitch find that friends and customers alike are avoiding them. A frustrated Stan decides to get his on information on what may have been going on at Rosie's school.—garykmcd
- Rosie's teacher provides Sarah and Holder with a new piece of evidence. Richmond's campaign team plans a new anti-crime television commercial. Mitch continues to struggle with the loss of her daughter, while Stan becomes more determined to find Rosie's killer, and asks his colleague Belko for help.—AMC Publicity
- As Ahmed arrives to work at school, Linden and Holder watch him from the parking lot, then enter his classroom and ask him about Rosie. Ahmed is adamant that the relationship was not sexual, even when his notes are mentioned. The night of Rosie's murder he says he was home, but has no alibi. He sent his wife out of town because a flooring company was supposed to come to the house and do work. Ahmed says the company cancelled on him. He had access to Richmond campaign cars but never used them. He gives them an envelope which contains evidence of her talent as a student.
Noticing the family is out of milk for his cereal, we see Denny Larsen grab cash out of his father's wallet. Tommy Larsen is wetting his bed. Denny walks to the store. When Tommy notices Denny is eating Rosie's favorite cereal he says he'll tell their parents: "Go ahead," Denny says. "They don't care about us."
Gwen tells Richmond they've pulled to within five points of the mayor. She's booked a big-time director for his new TV spot. He's still being hurt by Rosie's story and she wants him to ask the Larsen's to appear with him.
Richmond meets with Jamie, who is being taken to the mayor's special place that day. Richmond wants him to get the mayor drunk. Jamie is worried because he doesn't drink. He tells Richmond he still thinks Gwen was the mole.
Linden and Holder watch the video Ahmed gave them. It is something Rosie made. Linden wonders if during her filming she might have "seen something she shouldn't have seen."
Mitch tells Terry she'll go the store for some groceries.
A roof issue has come up with the home Stan purchased. Clients are cancelling on Stan because they've worried about the awkwardness of dealing with him. Belko says he has a friend who works at Rosie's school and offers to see if he can get some info about who the cops are looking into. Stan isn't interested.
Rick is heading back to California. He asks whether she'll take an interest in Rosie the same way he did the kid with drawings. He doesn't expect her to drop the case in time for a barbecue with his family.
Mitch runs into Richmond at the grocery store. He references his wife, but can't bring himself to ask her about appearing with him.
Richmond gets into a car in the parking lot and lies to Gwen, telling her Mitch wasn't there.
Jamie sits with the mayor and one of his top aides at a lodge significant to the mayor's family. The drinks are poured and the mayor tells Jamie he'd be the last person he'd tell if he had someone inside Richmond's campaign.
Linden orders non-refundable plane tickets to California for her and Jack.
Holder (who is counting cash he says he won at blackjack) tells Linden that Ahmed lied about the flooring company canceled on him. It was the other way around.
A drunk Jamie tells he left because he got tired of Richmond's ethics. Jamie goes to the bathroom to puke. The mayor joins him in there and references Yitanes having a background with planting people inside his campaign. The mayor doesn't seem to suspect Jamie.
Belko helps Tommy cover-up his bed-wetting and tells him he won't tell his parents.
Mitch and Stan drop off the dress Rosie will be buried in. The funeral director tells them they can see her in it if they wait.
Jaime tells Richmond the plant came from Yitanes. Richmond thinks her goal was to make sure her husband got the contact. Jaime points out that Gwen used to work for Yitanes. Richmond asks Jamie to cross-check his staff E-mails with Yitanes.
After seeing Rosie in her dress Mitch and Stan stop at a gas station. Stan says he needs to get oil, but goes to the bathroom and weeps. He returns to the car and tells Mitch they were out of oil.
Gwen meets with the hotshot director. He makes reference to their having a sexual history together and wonders if that's why he's there.
Holder suggests to Linden a scenario where Ahmed has Rosie over that night and something happened.
Principal Meyers tells Linden and Holder that Ahmed and Rosie's relationship was professional, but references his having an incident with a student at his last school. She also says that Ahmed's wife was one of his former students.
Linden and Holder visit Amber Ahmed at her home. She is very pregnant. Amber says that Ahmed wrote her notes when she was an 18-year old senior. Amber is due in a week and tells Holder the night of the dance Ahmed called her at 10pm on his cell phone. Linden excuses herself to use the bathroom and find chemicals in the nursery. One of them is ammonium hydroxide.
Holder wants to pick-up Ahmed. Linden says they need to link Rosie's apartment first. She asks the lab to check Rosie's file for ammonium hydroxide.
Jamie sends Richmond a file with Yitanes' plant. It turns out to be Nathan, the same staffer he earlier had looking into everybody's E-mails.
Later than day Yitanes comes to see Richmond. He confronts her about Nathan and says she will continue to endorse him or he'll turn her in for what is a felony. On her way out she tells Gwen that Richmond had Nathan look into her E-mails as well. Gwen is pissed.
Mitch returns home when Denny is in the bath. She walks into the show and yells at him to get out of the tub. Denny looks terrified.
Richmond arrives at his commercial shoot. Gwen has replaced the director.
Linden learns that Rosie had ammonium hydroxide on her hands, nails and even in her lungs. The stuff is used for flooring, but could also be used to cover-up sexual assault and other evidence. Whoever used the stuff is probably experienced.
Stan tells Belko he wants to know who the cops are looking at.
Linden studies images from Rosie's film. She focuses on one particular symbol.
We see that Richmond's TV spot features the Seattle All-Stars. He steps in front of the camera and puts him arm around . . . Ahmed.
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