Dorothy's funeral takes a toll on Jessica as she evades police, and Hogarth offers to make all of Kith's problems go away.
Jessica narrates about there being true stories about people, and the ones others tell, as men take Dorothy's body to the mortuary.
The detectives from last episode, Imada (Tina Chilip) and Defford (Anthoula Katsimatides) interrogate Jess about Nussbaumer, and though she says it's a confidential case, they find her research files on him. One officer gets heated when Jess tells them what he did, saying he saved her from a drug dealing "kid." They want to keep talking when Jess gets a call, but another officer enters, having found no evidence, so they leave. Jess and Trish head to the mortuary, where the director, Gene Burchell (Mark Kenneth Smaltz) explains Dorothy made arrangements before her death. Trish protests, as Hogarth's firm was the one that helped set it up, so Jess says she'll get Dorothy's will from them so she doesn't have to worry. Gene goes on that Dorothy wanted a memory board and asked that Trish give the eulogy. Trish gets more upset, so Jess sends her out and handles the rest. Outside, she finds Trish snapping at the officers from before. Jess says they can follow her, but to leave her family alone, and Trish flips them off when they give condolences. Jess explains she thinks Erik killed Nussbaumer, but doesn't want Trish to act because she needs to find out what happened. Trish leaves, and Jess sends Erik a text. Kith visits Hogarth, who says the IRS has lowered the payment demanded and only Demetri Patseras (Wayne Maugans) refuses to settle. Kith agrees to take a loan from Hogarth, and explains Patseras is vitriolic because he and his wife were two of the Lyonne's closest friends and original investors, but his marriage broke up after Kith realized he was abusing his wife and got her away. Hogarth has someone looking into Patseras's financials, which causes Kith to leave, warning that Patseras is aggressive, like she knows Hogarth is. Hogarth's assistant comments on the speedy meeting, and Hogarth asks that a meeting be set up with Trish. The assistant is confused, wanting to wait until after the funeral, but tells her who is handling the estate and agrees to send him up.
While the cops watch Jessica's apartment, she searches for something to put on the memory board, and comes across a camera Dorothy gave her, with film still inside.
Erik arrives, and Jess explains that while the cops are after her, he should be worried since he has motive, only for him to claim he didn't do it. Claiming both their alibis are that they're innocent, he promises that while he's glad Nussbaumer is dead, he didn't kill him; his fists show no damage from a fight. As she's still just trying to believe him, he says he'll let her work on it and suggests she stay out of trouble, then leaves. Jess heads out to plan Dorothy's funeral, but Malcolm stops her. The police questioned him, and since he knew their evidence was circumstantial, he wants to help. She tells him Erik is her other witness, but says she'll handle it. He says he'll look for another suspect, and tells her he quit and was fired from Hogarth's, but his warning that he's different now gets light teasing from her. While going to retrieve the will, Jess finds Hogarth, who presses that she was to meet Trish, and says she plans to terminate her relationship with Sallinger. Jess is suspicious, so Hogarth reads the will; half of Dorothy's belongings go to Trish, much to a tax write-off charity, and a liquor cabinet and armchair with sentimental value goes to Jessica. Hogarth goes over other things they need to handle, but Jess fires her. Hogarth says Trish needs a good lawyer, and requests that Jess set up a meeting. Jessica coldly states that Dorothy tried to do good without knowing she would die, and asks what Hogarth is doing while aware of her coming death. Hogarth claims she's trying to fix multiple mistakes, but Jessica says even this feels calculating. Returning to Alias, Jess gets updates from Gillian and tells her to have the camera film developed, and Malcolm enters with crime scene photos of Nussbaumer. To her confusion, his badge is missing, but as they theorize about it, Dorothy's phone goes off. A young girl excitedly talks about having gotten a part, so Jessica sadly tells her what happened to Dorothy, and the girl offers condolences.
Malcolm finds Zaya trying to get into the apartment and says he had to fix the locks; inside she grills him about not telling her he got fired.
He tries to rationalize it that he couldn't work doing terrible things, though he admits he chose to do them. She asks why he's punishing her and tosses out that she wants to be like Hogarth and pressures him to work there, so he claims this is why. Tearing up as he asks for time alone, she says what he's doing makes him cruel, not a better person, and leaves. Jessica escapes the police watch and goes to Erik's with booze, where she explains she thought Dorothy was her first bad guy since she used to hit Trish. Erik relates that his dad being terrible didn't make it easier to bury him; it felt like Erik was losing the chance to see him become a better person. Jess says no one is who you need them to be, and they start making out after she admits she needs him to be the man she thought he was. Hogarth invites Kith over to explain she threatened to counter-sue Demetri, and while they have a chance, it would be a long process. She knows Kith wouldn't want this, so she suggests they have a "powered person" who owes her a favor determine for sure if he's evading taxes. Disgusted, Kith says Hogarth doesn't understand and never will. Hogarth tries to follow as she storms out, but stumbles and sits before Kith can see. Back at Erik's, Jessica goes snooping in his closet and finds a file on someone named Jace Montero. She believes Erik is looking to right his wrongs, and leaves with photos. Along with the upcoming funeral giving the girls a surprise, Jessica makes a late realization about the murder, and Kith asks Hogarth to cross lines.
In a way I'm surprised seeing how Hogarth acts this episode, and the unexpected amount of people revealed to have cherished Dorothy.
After discovering Trish's identity, I had assumed Hogarth would find a way to go public, but she chooses to seemingly side with her and Jess again? Of course with Hogarth, nothing is ever as it seems, and it becomes clear she's trying to weasel her way into a good position once again. She tells Kith a powered friend owes her a favor, and for us, it's obvious she plans to use the proof of Trish's identity to force her to help against Demetri. Jessica really hit the nail on the head when she met with Hogarth about the will, saying it seems like she's always calculating something. Because really, when you think about it, it's not in Hogarth's best interests to go public with Trish's identity yet, even though it'd help. Why out her immediately and send her on the run, possible incurring her wrath, when she can blackmail her into helping at the risk of being exposed? By keeping the photo secret, rather than using it immediately, Hogarth has leverage over Trish to possibly get her to do whatever she wants. This will put Trish in a similar situation to Jessica's recent experience with Sallinger, and it'll be interesting to see how she handles it, since she always used to be so critical of her sister, but is now making her own mistakes. I like Hogarth's interactions with Kith, who continues to show disgust at the former's methods, even when they could help her immensely. Something I find interesting is Kith is now a witness to two things that could hurt Hogarth: when the lawyer admitted involvement in Peter's death, and her claim that a powered friend owes her a favor. As I said in a past post, it could be pretty damning if Kith went public as someone who heard Hogarth admit what she did to Peter, and now she could hurt her crusade. Hogarth has been against powered people ever since taking on Sallinger's case, yet suddenly she's talking about having a powered friend and wanting their help? It certainly wouldn't help Hogarth's public image if she was crusading against vigilantes, only to use one for her own purposes, especially a "friend." Hogarth is one of many characters who spends this episode being what another person needs her to be, acting differently for Kith. Kith knows how dirty Hogarth's tactics are, but the lawyer is stuck being clean because of her, but is willing to change to follow her former lover's directions. Another person is Erik, whom Jessica wants as the man she thought he was, which at first seems to mean someone who can comfort her in a tough time. When she snoops through his closet, another option appears: she needed him to be a sucker from whom she can get what she needs through sex. Upon first meeting, Erik might've impressed Jessica, but she clearly didn't see him as much more than some hookup she met at a bar. Now, she's doubting that he's the good guy she started to see him as, because it's possibly and likely he killed Officer Nussbaumer. Things are never that simple in this series, however, and in a way this makes Jessica similar to the detectives following her, as she doesn't have all the pieces. The detectives have no idea about Erik, and as such don't know he was on the scene, only that Jessica was spotted having an altercation with Nussbaumer. Similarly, Jessica knows Erik has a dark history with Nussbaumer, but hasn't considered that anyone else would want to kill the dirty cop. It's frustrating seeing Jessica's relationship with the police has soured so much again, as before there were so many on her side thanks to her actions with Killgrave. Now, her disastrous case against Sallinger has turned many against her, especially since Costa took a hit, and the new detectives don't like her at all. I do feel like this could change, however, as Imada seems more on the edge of believing Jessica than Defford, who regards the hero with malice. In the opening scene, it is Defford who constantly antagonizes Jess and searches, while Imada calmly searches. She obviously doesn't like Jessica either, but is willing to listen to her and directly states the situation. Malcolm is in a weird situation right now, with his relationship in shambles, going freelance, and especially taking in Brianna. He admits to Zaya he felt like he was being forced into being someone he wasn't and working a job he didn't want to, but I don't entirely buy it. The conversation with Zaya really rubbed me the wrong way, because she was trying to make it all about herself and disregarding him. Malcolm tries to say he needed to help those who really needed it, and Zaya starts asking why he's doing this "to her." Malcolm really hasn't done anything I'd regard as trying to hurt Zaya, and she's disregarding that he was just unhappy, thinking he is attacking her. We've seen Malcolm hold back on feelings throughout the season, so I got the feeling he wasn't being totally honest with his admittance. I also didn't understand what Zaya was saying when she claimed he was being cruel, not kind, by leaving Hogarth's, unless it was again about how she felt. Malcolm has talked about his issues with Hogarth's business before, and now explained he feels like he's not helping those who really need it. I dont' see how this would make him cruel, though it's not a good move on his part with regards to appearance to take in Brianna. Zaya knows nothing about him hooking up with the woman, but saying he needs time to think, only to take in a woman, won't be a good look, and of course we know things are going to happen between the two. Though devoid of the season's antagonist, this episode gives us some new mysteries to solve, and shows how characters are handling difficulties thus far.
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