Love Her Tender - Recap

The scene opens up with a man standing on the edge of building. Office Sutton attempts to talk to the man. Sutton tells that he has purchased an apartment and they agree that Sutton is going to buy a water feature from his store when the incident is all over. But Seiro Houston, the man on the ledge, is distracted by the helicopter. Sutton tries to grab Seiro but they both fall. Luckily they fall only a few feet but Sutton finds himself handcuffed to the building. Dwight Hendricks and Charlie White are on scene and try to talk Serio from jumping. Asking the same questions that Sutton asked, Sutton fills them in. Dwight picks up that Seiro is upset of a woman. Dwight tells that Serio needs to get off the building ledge and make up to his wife and ask her to take him back. He listens to Dwight and is taken into custody. Charlie tells that it was impressive that Dwight could do that.

Dwight enters into the station where there is Elizabeth Hatcher in Lt. Rice’s office. Her daughter Ivy, a Miss Southern Appeal contestant, has gone missing along with her car. She is 17 years old. Dwight and Charlie go to Elizabeth’s home and Glenn Hatcher, Elizabeth’s husband, is there. Charlie asks what highway Ivy would have taken. The Hatchers have guests arrive and George, the butler, is instructed to take Dwight and Charlie up to Ivy’s room. Ivy’s sister Jess enters and shows the detectives Ivy’s diary but it is written in “Jevilee”, a language Jess and Ivy made up. Jess says that she could translate it. Dwight finds a love letter by J.M . Dwight has an idea who J.M. is. Dwight and White arrive at the pageant and meet Jimmy Masterson, who is the pageant director. Dwight thinks that he wrote the love letter to Ivy. But he tells that he has not been involved with Ivy and that he has an alibi. Dwight smells “Wild Turkey” on Jimmy’s breath and Dwight tells that she shouldn’t go anywhere.

Dwight visits Alex and he asks, while she was Miss Southern Appeal, if Jimmy ever tried anything with her. She tells that Jimmy was only the dorky son of the director but Dwight tells that he was 35 years old at the time. Dwight tells Alex that she needs to start to get her catering business up and running and to get the word out. Alex says that Dorothy Sutherland made out with Jimmy. Dwight gets a call and it is Reginald. He tells Dwight that Jimmy’s alibi doesn’t check out and there are some developments.

At Mud Island River Park, they find Ivy’s car. Lt. Rice tells that they car has been wiped down but there is a thumb print in blood. Jimmy is talking with the Board of Directors and Charlie and Dwight grab him and take him in a room. Dwight tells Charlie to hold Jimmy down as he pulls out knife and needles. Jimmy gets scared and admits that he has a drinking problem. He tells that he passed out on the bench and was in the Drunk Tank last night. But claims that he doesn’t know where Ivy is. Jimmy makes the announcement to the other contestants that Ivy Hatcher is missing. The girls start panicing and Lt. Rice gets the microphone. She tells that they need to get their heads together. One of the contestants, Miss Southern Perl” tells that she took Ivy’s phone. Dwight …Kate Caldwell, “Miss Bluff City” and Bobby Tyme are in their dressing room and they tell Dwight and Charlie that Charlie tells to put the dog in Bobby’s hands on the ground. Kate tells that there was a fight the night Ivy went missing. Elizabeth tells that Ivy wanted another car but in the morning, all was peaceful. Dwight asks Lt. Rice if Alex can cater the precinct. Lt. Rice says that it is a good idea and looks forward to meeting Alex.

Reginald and Sutton tell their Sutton translates the message Dwight gets from Jess and tells that Ivy has been spending time over at Bic’s Bar. Dwight and Charlie asks Bic about Ivy and he tells that she has been ordering fries, cheeseburgers, and other junk food. They ask if anyone ever looked at Ivy and he tells that he will ask his bouncers, the Marines. Dwight gets a call from Reginald and he tells that there is an armed intruder at the Hatcher home. They arrive and George tells that the intruder said to give him the paintings or Ivy is dead. They have the intruder at bay and Dwight and Charlie aim their guns at him. He turns around and it is Jimmy, who is claiming that it is all a misunderstanding. At the station, Lt. Rice is questioning Jimmy and he tells that he found the note on Ivy’s stand and decided to use the money for his “specific needs” and tells that he had to borrow from the pageant and that he blew it all. He tells that Ivy fainted twice at rehearsal and tells that the Hatchers are the bad guys because they have all the money.

Dwight looks at the ransom note and notices the watermark from the Country Club. The ransom note was written on Country Club stationary. The Hatchers are brought in and deny that they wrote the ransom note. Lightfoot enters in and he is bleeding. He tells that the wife stabbed him but it is alright. Jess arrives and tells that she finished translating. She tells that the Hatchers have been locking Ivy in a shed in the back. Dwight and Charlie arrive and George shows the shed. Bic’s is a mile away and that would explain why she would go there. They exit the bar and Dwight tells that there are no cameras in the parking lot. However, a familiar face sparks Dwight’s attention and they bring in the gas station attendant and found that there was a camera pointed at Bic’s parking lot. As they watch the video, they see that Kate “Miss Bluff City” walking in the bar after Ivy.

Officers escort Kate to the station and Charlie starts to question her. She denies that their meeting was nothing and Charlie tells that the beauty pageant girls are all the same. Kate tells that she is not a dumb girl and quotes Avid. But Charlie quotes Johnny Cash. Alex enters and tells that her stock is gone. She tells that Dwight is going to start craving her tofu sandwiches like mad. Dwight tells Kate that Ivy was pregnant and that is why she was eating all the junk food at Bic’s Bar. Dwight asks who the father is and figures out that it is one of the marines at the bar.

All the marines have alibis except for Raleigh, who has been missing for 2 days. They rush to his apartment and find Raleigh in the kitchen and Ivy runs in to see what is going on. She is unharmed. Ivy tells that Raleigh didn’t do anything. She narrates her story that Ivy and Raleigh fell in love. After she found out that she was pregnant, Raleigh was called for a 3rd tour and they had to do something. The ransom note was their idea. She is turning 18 at midnight and tells that if her family finds out, then they will never let Ivy be free.

At the station, Alex tells that she found all of her sandwiches in the trash. She is angry that Dwight put the staff up to it and to buy her food. Dwight doesn’t understand what the matter is. Lightfoot tries to tells him that it is best to let her do her own thing and not to get involved. Dwight snaps back and tells Lightfoot to take control and it was not right that his wife stabs him and he should not let it go. The Hatchers return and they want to throw Raleigh in jail. But Dwight feels that it is not fair to send Raleigh to jail over this and tells that they should get only probation. Lt. Rice sent an email to the District Attorney saying the same thing that Dwight says but Dwight tells that released Ivy and Raleigh 20 minutes ago. Lt. Rice is happy with Dwight.

Dwight visits Alex again to apologize to her for trying to get her catering business up and running. He tells that he needs to be a friend and not to try to fix things for her. He attempts to go inside but she stops her for a second then pulls him in. At the station, Lightfoot sends his wife to jail for stabbing him while at Alex’s place, Dwight and Alex are kissing. As always, the episode ends with Dwight singing and playing the guitar.

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