- Evan Dunbar and son Chris, customs brokers, are attacked, killing Evan and injuring Chris. Chris' subsequent actions and Evan's brother, just released, are suspected. Isles' old flame Dr. Faulkner visits and Rizzoli's mom is suspicious.
- Jane and Maura investigate when a man is killed during what appears to be a robbery. Evan Dunbar is killed and son Chris is badly beaten leaving him with broken ribs and a gash on his face requiring 22 stitches. Their immediate suspect is Arthur Dunbar, Evan's brother, who was released from prison just 6 weeks ago and who was imprisoned largely on Evans' testimony. DNA testing on rats however lead them down another path, one that includes the importation of illegal drugs and a kidnapping. During all of this, Maura is more than a little distracted when the love of her life, Dr. Ian Faulkner, drops in to see her. He doing good works in Africa but thanks to Jane's nosy mom, Jane learns that Ian is wanted for questioning by INTERPOL.—garykmcd
- Trucker Chris Dunbar is hospitalized, wounded in the face with broken ribs in the street mugging that got his father Evan killed, yet after 22 stitches dismisses himself so he can do a scheduled delivery. Dead-honest Evan's testimony got his recently paroled brother jailed for drug trade. The seemingly innocent cargo actually contains hidden drugs, as Maura finds out, and the hot cargo is worth another crime. Angela's impertinent snooping, while practicing fro an organizer certificate on Maura's home, proves that Maura's bones-jumped guest, Australian doctor Ian Faulkner, whom she fell for while volunteer working in Ethiopia and who does a great job on Jane's in-growing toe nail, is dodging an Interpol drug investigation.—KGF Vissers
- A father and son walk to their car after dinner, and are discussing who will take the leftovers home when a masked assailant hits each over the head with a gun. Then he takes deliberate aim and shoots the dad.
Maura answers her door and is surprised and thrilled to see an old flame, Ian (Jonathan Cake). She wasn't expecting him, but leaps into his arms anyway. He says it doesn't matter where he's been, he's there now.
At the crime scene, the initial read is a mugging gone wrong. The son, Chris Dunbar, is on the way to the hospital. His father Evan is dead.
The restaurant manager says Chris always carried a wad of cash. They think the murder weapon was a .38. Jane wonders where Maura is, but calls her local informant instead. He's already waiting at the crime scene.
She slips him cash and asks him to look for a junkie who is newly flush with cash or bragging about a murder.
Maura shows up wearing two different shoes.
Jane goes to talk to Chris in the hospital with Frost. Chris has broken ribs and fingers and 22 stitches in his head. He didn't see the attacker.
In the morning at home, Ian makes tea for Maura. "Why don't you ever tell me when you're coming?" Maura asks. "I never know if I am," he says.
They start making out but are interrupted by Jane's mom Angela coming home. Maura pretends Ian is a colleague. Angela is taking classes to become a professional organizer and wants to try her skills on Maura.
Jane and Korsak respond to a crime scene, called in by her CI. A junkie named Viper had a bunch of cash but is dead now at a public park, with a needle in his arm. They find a .38 revolver tucked in his pants and Evan's wallet in his pocket. Jane thinks it's odd, she's never known a junkie to shoot up in such a public place.
Jane visits Maura in the lab, where she's beaming over her text messages. Viper OD'd with 80 percent pure heroin. A report says the syringe had no finger prints on it. Maura's phone buzzes again, but she hides it from Jane. She declines Jane's invitation for coffee, saying she has already had tea.
Jane goes to get coffee from her mom in the cafeteria and Angela immediately mentions Maura's "new hunk." She knew what was up despite Maura's ruse.
Jane talks to her CI, who says pure heroin hit the streets six months ago, but no one knows where it's coming from. Korsak relays a report that confirms the gun found on the junkie was the murder weapon, but there was no gun shot residue on his hands.
They learn up on the victim, a customs broker. Chris worked for him, they don't find a record for the dad. But he had a brother named Arthur who was in prison for dealing cocaine. Evan was indicted with his brother, but got immunity for testifying against him. Arthur got out six weeks ago.
Maura tells Jane that Evan Dunbar has a weird residue on his shoes, found in nail salons. When Maura's phone buzzes, Jane asks if it's Ian.
Maura checks out the victim and says he's never had his nails done. She says Ian lives in Africa and "it's complicated."
She can't tear herself away from her cell phone, but sees that Jane is limping. She looks at her bare feet and sees he has an ingrown toenail.
They get a call that Chris is leaving the hospital. They meet him there, where he blames his leaving on insurance coverage. Chris says his dad never went to a nail salon. They tell him the mugging might not have been random. Chris says he hasn't seen his uncle since he went to prison, but doesn't think he'd hurt them. After Chris leaves, a nurse mentions that his insurance didn't run out, and that he's actually leaving against medical advice.
Korsak and Jane stake out Chris as he leaves the hospital. He gets in a cab and leaves his wife and son standing at the curb. Korsak and Jane follow him to the Port of Boston.
He pulls a container at custom's holding. Jane calls for a search warrant.
Later, police cars drive up as the container is being unloaded. Chris is in the cab. They bring drug sniffing dogs in the back. There are dead rats in it.
The shipping manifest shows one of the customers was a nail salon. The drug dog finds nothing, which means Jane has to release the container. Jane talks to Chris while Frost looks at the contents. He finds studded leather sex toys that are illegal in Massachusetts. It's enough to hold the container.
Jane drops by Maura's, limping in pain from her toenail. Ian is there and offers her some wine. Angela has reorganized everything, alphabetizing it.
Ian sterilizes pruning shears and numbs Jane's toe with Betadyne he has on hand with supplies he's taking back to Africa. He uses the shears and a toothpick to fix Jane's ingrown toenail. She limps home.
The next day at work, Jane accepts delivery of a package from Ian for Maura. Angela can see that Jane is hurt that Maura isn't confiding in her. Jane says she got a weird vibe from him and mentions that he covered up his boxes when he saw Jane. Angela offers to snoop.
Frost hasn't had any luck tracking down uncle Arthur and Chris threatening to sue to get his container back.
Jane and Korsak go talk to the owners of the nail salon, Lee and Ted, who had supplies on the container. They say Evan was always reliable. Korsak pays $112 for a jug of something they promise will get rid of his nail fungus.
Frost calls having tracked down Arthur's work address, a garage. He didn't know his brother Evan was dead. He says he was going to call Evan after he got settled. Arthur says Evan had nothing to do with them getting busted with coke and he forced it on Evan.
Angela returns to Maura's prepared to snoop and hears someone get in the shower. She digs through Ian's things and finds that he has multiple passports.
In the morgue, Jane is doing necropsies on rats. Maura accepts delivery of more supplies for Ian and Jane asks her what she's up to.
Maura runs a test on a rat's blood and finds it's chockfull of heroin. She also found blue fibers -- just like the blue blankets they found packing the contents. Jane thinks the blankets were soaked in liquid heroin. The drug dogs wouldn't have smelled it over the smell of the rats.
Jane brings Chris in to the police station, telling him they found $2 million of heroin in the container. Chris wants to talk to his lawyer.
Angela calls Jane over and tells her about Ian's multiple passports in multiple names. She thinks Ian is a spy.
Frost finds that Chris took out a line of credit on his business for $2 million that morning before he was arrested.
Jane gives Ian's aliases to Korsak to run down.
They find that Chris' phone call that morning wasn't to his lawyer, it was to his own cell phone.
Frost, Jane and Korsak track Charlie's phone GPS. They see uncle Arthur walking to the nail salon. Korsak also learns that Ian is wanted for questioning.
They follow Arthur to the nail salon, where they see the young female owner Lee is grabbing the duffel full of cash from Arthur. She pulls out a gun and shoots him. They bust in and she aims at Jane. Jane shoots her dead.
As Arthur gasps on the floor, he says Lee's business partner Ted has Chris's wife and son and killed Evan and wanted the money. Lee was the only one who knew where they were.
Back at the station, they talk to Chris again. He says his dad didn't know about his smuggling scheme originally, but he found out about it when the weight of the container was off. He went to talk to Lee the day he died. Chris says he called his uncle when his family was taken.
Maura calls with news. She finds Lee had a poultry mite infection, which she could only get from being around them. They find there was a closed slaughterhouse near the nail salon, a perfect place for her to cut and dry her heroin. As they race off, Jane tells Maura that Ian is wanted for stealing drugs. Maura is shocked that Jane was snooping.
Jane, Korsak and Frost go to the slaughterhouse. They each search a floor in the dark. Jane whirls around when a machine is turned on. She goes to investigate but a man with a ski mask tackles her. She rips off the mask and finds it's Lee's business partner Ted. Jane is fighting him off when Frost comes in to help and they quickly subdue him. He won't tell them where Chris's wife and son are, so Jane threatens to hold his arm to the circular saw he turned on. He finally caves and directs them to the freezer.
They find Chris's family asleep inside, but OK.
Jane goes to Maura's house later. Maura's near tears. Ian's gone. She says he's the love of her life, but she never mentioned him because she tries to forget him. Jane apologizes for snooping.
Maura says she can't talk about him because it's too upsetting. Ian's crime is bringing drugs and basic supplies to places in Africa that nobody cares about.
Jane looks at Maura's cabinets and finds that Angela has gone label-maker crazy. Worse, she rearranged Maura's closet and threw away her shoe boxes. Jane offers to take Maura to the airport, but Maura says no. They hug it out instead.
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