The Things We Carry - Recap

The scene opens with Dwight playing the guitar and watching Lt. Rice meeting with someone. Whitehead says that there was a fire at the movie theater. Lt. Rice asks to talk to Dwight and says that it will only take a minute. Dwight meets Special Prosecutor Hillyard Sherman from the U.S. Attorney’s office. He tells that Tim Mason is getting offered pardon from being insane when he killed his father and says that Dwight and Paula Anne have to sign off on it. Meanwhile, Whitehead meets with the Fire Chief and he says that they found a Gothic Lamp as the source of the fire and that they picked up a kid named Bryan who was hit on the head. However, the kid remembered that he had Pot Brownies” in his car and ate them all up before the cops could see. Whitehead says that he is going to have to wait until Bryan is off his Chocolate High. Back at the station, Dwight is looking at the form that Sherman gave him and tells Lt. Rice that he is going to talk to Mason himself. She says that she isn’t going to fight him.

Back at the movie theater, Whitehead talks to the owners and asks about Bryan’s behavior. The Fire Chief comes out and shows the burnt remains of a film. The wife of the owner says that those were Elvis’s early films and that is tragic that they were destroyed. Lt. Rice pulls up and tells that Dwight needed a few days off and she is going to be with Whitehead. He asks if she is taking over and she tells that she isn’t. She tells that Whitehead is in charge this time around. He walks away confident and Rice rolls her eyes. Meanwhile, Dwight packs and Paula Anne comes in. She tells that they can send in the forms. He says that he is going and Paula Anne says that she is going with her. Sutton has a box and it is full of Bondage toys. Whitehead and Lt. Rice think that Bryan was supplying Ecstasy to kids during RAVE parties. Whitehead tells Lt. Rice to interview Bryan when he comes off his high. Sutton is shocked that Whitehead gave Lt. Rice orders and she tells that Whitehead is running the investigation this time.

On the road, Dwight asks why she is quiet and she tells that Dwight’s father’s case was taken care of and complains about Dwight’s driving fast. Dwight tells that there was missing minutes on the day that his father was shot when the witness couldn’t see his father and Mason. He wants to know what happened. She tries to tell that there were no missing minutes and Dwight doesn’t care. A little later, Dwight gets pulled over and Paula Anne gets him out of it by flirting with the cop. Whitehead talks to Bryan and asks why he was unconscious outside the theater. He says that he doesn’t know why. Whitehead shows the pacifier they found and says that Bryan was hosting RAVE parties. However, Bryan says that Dave, the owner, and his wife were and they were adult sex parties. Whitehead says that he is going to talk to Dave. Paula Anne stretches and tries to convince Dwight to go back to Memphis and forget about Angola. Dwight shows the wad of cut money. He says that only dirty cops have cut money and needs to know what it is about.

Back at the theater, Whitehead and Lt. Rice talk to Dave and he tells that he never hosted the sex parties and that a couple named Mystic Harry V, are the hosts. Lt. Rice thinks that Dave wanted to go for insurance fraud and Dave says that his insurance lapsed and that he has no insurance on the theater. Whitehead and Lt. Rice go to their shop and tell that they have the keys and have access. Harry V and Mystic tell that they were at a party last night and Whitehead demands a list. After threatening prison, Whitehead gets the list. Dwight and Paula Anne get to the prison and Mason apologizes for killing Dwight’s father. He says that God’s found him. Paula Anne gets emotional and tells Dwight that she can wait in the car. Neil Decay, one of the members of the sex club, is brought in and Whitehead tells that Rice can take this one. Dwight sits down with Mason and tells him to talk. Back at the station, Decay tells that he had an argument about how he saw his girlfriend come out of Dave’s office and he told him that he was showing her Elvis prints that he had. He says that he never burnt down the place and tells them to look at the skinny guy that was yelling about the same prints and saying things like, “It’s not about the money”.

Back at the prison, Mason tells that he was a different man back then and he says that he did unspeakable things. Dwight asks about the Mafia truck that Mason got things off of and shows the dirty money. He says that he doesn’t know anything about it. Dwight tells that he is the one standing in the way of his freedom and Mason still says that he doesn’t know and Dwight says that he knows that his father was on the Take, but says that he knows that he wanted to get out of it. Dwight tells Mason that he can rot in prison. Dwight calls Whitehead and tells that he needs a favor and asks who Mason’s cellmate was in prison. Paula Anne asks if they can go home and Dwight says not yet. She tells that solving the case is not going to bring his father back. He says that he still needs to know. Back at the station, Sutton tells Whitehead and Lt. Rice that the Elvis movies were worth 50,000 a piece. Lt. Rice tells that she found out that Dave had an insurance policy on the movies. Back in Angola, Dwight talks to Mason’s old cellmate and he tells that he doesn’t remember because he only told what other people told him. Dwight walks the streets walks into a bar and meets with Rihanna, an old friend. He walks in a room later to find her almost naked on the bed.

The next day, Dwight wakes up next to Rihanna and she asks what he is going to do about Mason. He says that he doesn’t know. Whitehead talks to Dave and tells that the fire was caused by him. Dave says that he and his wife would never burn down the theater. However, when he gets choked up, he admits that it was him. However, Whitehead can tell that he is lying. They go to the Memorabilia shop and wait outside for Ernie Madsen, a guy who was on a chat site saying that he is going to cash in on a score. Ernie pulls up and Whitehead tells the girl in the car to take a walk and gets the keys. They open the trunk and find the Elvis movies. Ernie comes out and says that he bought them from Meagan, Dave’s wife, fair and square. Whitehead suspects that Megan snuck out while Dave was sleeping. Meanwhile, Dwight goes to a restaurant and asks why Paula Anne isn’t ready to go. She tells that she isn’t going to the Parole Board meeting because she knew that Dwight’s father was on the Take. Back at the station, Whitehead shows Megan the signed confession for assault and arson from Dave. He says that she doesn’t have to let him take the blame.

Dwight speaks at the hearing and says that his father was the best father anyone could ever have. He says that Paula Anne and him are not going to stand in the way of Mason’s release. Dwight walks out of the prison and throws away the cut money. Later, Lt. Rice goes up to Whitehead and says that he did good. Lt. Rice says that the case was a test for her and Whitehead tells that she did a good job too. The episode ends with Dwight and Rihanna singing together “Knock On Wood”.

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