Family Ties - Recap

The scene opens in Brighton Beach in a Russian night club “Tatiana” where a man by the name of Grushenko toasts to his son Mischa for getting engaged to Sophia. Mischa and Sophia dance and Anna sits next to Grushenko and he asks how long her husband has in prison. She tells that he has 8 years left. As they are dancing, Mischa sees a girl across the club. Meanwhile, Erin is watching the news where Deputy Director St. Clair has been arrested for his evolvement in bad things. She tells Niki that it is someone else’s problem. Frank, Henry and Jamie are watching the same news report and tell that Rosolini is going after the Mayor too soon and that it is just politics. Back the club, Sofia tells that she has to go to the bathroom and Mischa walks by the girl from earlier and taps her shoulder. She goes off with him and they start kissing. She takes off his pants and the door opens and an unknown person shoots Mischa.

Danny’s phone rings with the word that Mischa, the son of Grushenko and prince to the mob boss, was killed. Curatola comes in and Danny brings her up to speed. She wants to know who would take the mob boss’s son. Curatola tells that she went to school with Anna and that at ages 14-15 they were soul mates, but than Anna got knocked up by a mob boss. Danny tells that Curatola’s history might help. Frank meets with Chief Winston and he tells that Grushenko is going to want revenge and Frank doesn’t want body to pile up. Back at the station, Curatola talks to Sophia and asks who Mischa and Sophia tells that she doesn’t. She tells that Mischa was Grushenko’s son and had many enemies. Danny tells that Sophia is a suspect and that they shouldn’t leave the city.

Rosolini meets up with Erin and he asks how he looked and he tells that Rosolini had to indict him sooner than later because St. Clair bought property in Monte Negro and was thinking of fleeing the country. He tells that she has the case and she tries to tell that Firestone has the case. Rosolini tells that he wants his best on it and tells that is why Erin is on it. Meanwhile, Curatola and Danny meet with Boris, Mischa’s best man. He tells that he doesn’t know who Mischa was with when he died and tells that he doesn’t care. At the police station, Renzulli tells Jamie not to worry about lunch because his wife made lasagna. He tells Jamie that Lidia Gonzales was found dead in her apartment. She killed herself. Jamie lies that he’s heard of her but never met her. At Erin’s office, Firestone comes in with the files and he is not happy that he got pulled off the case. He tells that she is being used and that she is Rusolini’s tool.

Danny and Curatola visit Anna at her store. She asks who was with Mischa before he died and she tells that she doesn’t know. Curatola tells that they need their help if they are going to find the killer. Sophia comes out smugly and asks if she is not the killer anymore. She tells that they need to be looking at her ex-boyfriend Sergei. Meanwhile, Frank sits down with Grushenko and tells that he knows what it is like to lose a son and tells that he doesn’t want Grushenko and his “associates” to handle things and for him to let Frank handle it and bring the killer to justice. He tells that he will. Danny and Curatola visit Sergei at a flower shop where her works. They ask him to help with their investigation. He tells that he doesn’t know anything. Danny points out that some guys are outside waiting for him and tells that he will get treated better if he talks to the police. He tells that he had nothing to do with the murder of Mischa and Danny tells that he needs to watch out or he will be the owner of the next flower wreath. Curatola gets off the phone and tells that the owner of the club had just been murdered. They arrive there and find that the man has burn marks from a welding torch and then had a knife to his head.

Erin goes over the case with Rusolini and tells that they really don’t have on St.Clair yet, but if they go after Josh Saunders, they are going to have a better case because he probably bagged money for St. Clair more. At Frank’s house, Frank meets with Danny before dinner and he tells that they only have two suspects. At dinner, Henry asks why Rusolini dumped the St. Clair case on her lap and that it is suspicious. Erin tells that the business should be done legally. Henry tells that Erin is being used and walks away. After dinner, Frank talks to Erin and tells that Henry will calm down. Erin tells that she knows that it could be bad for Frank and Frank tells that it is not her problem. Frank tells that she earned every position. The next day, Erin meets with Chelsea Cole, Josh’s private banker and she tells that she will have to talk to her lawyers. Erin tells that Chelsea went with Josh to “business trips” and that she was the one to convince Josh to hide money and extort St. Clair.

Danny and Curatola visit Sergei and tell that they have to talk to him because of the fact that he talked to Sophia the night of the murder. He tells that he was trying to convince her not to marry Mischa. They let him go because they can’t arrest him. He gets in his van and it explodes. At the hospital, Sergei is in critical condition. Frank comes in and tells that he doesn’t want his city to be turned into Bagdad and that they are going to get Grushenko for this. Meanwhile at the law office, Erin and Rusolini meet with Josh Saunders and tell that the deal that he got from Firestone because they found out that he was extorting money from St. Clair. He tells all about St. Clair’s dealings. At the station, Danny tells that Boris is a bomb expert. They bust into Boris’s apartment and find makings of a bomb. Curatola tell that Sergei is conscious. They visit him and Sergei finally tells that the girl that took Mischa from the party. He tells that her name is Svetlana. She used to work at Anna’s dress shop. They visit Anna and have found out that Anna was the one who killed Mischa for being a womanizer. She tells that she was protecting Sophia from being hurt.

At the law office, Rusolini thanks Erin and tells that he wants to take her out for a drink. She accepts. Meanwhile, back at the police station, Danny tries to get Boris to roll on Grushenko and he won’t do it. Danny tells that Boris is going to go to Federal Prison because the bomb is a terrorist act. He finally confesses that Grushenko told him to do it and Danny gets what he wants. At a bar, Rusolini asks about her daughter and he tells that he could settle down with someone. They leave and Rusolini kisses her. She tells that she didn’t ask for it and she kisses him. Jamie is at home looking at the article of the dead Lidia Gonzales and Erin goes back to the office and Henry comes in with flowers. The next day, Danny arrests Grushenko and Frank is there to watch it. Later, Danny talks to Curatola and they talk about how Anna through away her life for her daughter and Danny tells that it makes sense in a Gloomy Russian kind of way.

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