Bayliss and Pembleton are called out to investigate the body of a badly beaten man
found in a dumpster and dressed in women's lingerie. While at the crime scene, Bayliss
tries to return to Cox some earrings she had left at his apartment; Cox gets upset and
the two decide they need some time away from each other.
The detectives interview Chris Rawls, owner of the Zodiac restaurant and the discoverer
of the body. Rawls tells them that his restaurant leases the dumpster and that, yes,
his clientele is mostly homosexual. He asks if this murder had any connection to an
old case involving a gay victim, but Bayliss is unsure of that. When Frank and Tim get up to leave, Rawls points
out that Bayliss is wearing a sharp-looking tie; Frank thinks that Rawls was flirting
with Tim and that he's relieved that Bayliss didn't take it badly. A trip down to the
morgue reveals that the body can't be identified, but Cox does know that the cause of death
was a skull fracture and that the victim's last meal was linguine and seafood, which is
on the menu at the Zodiac.
Lewis runs into Stivers and tries to tell her about the videotape, but
cannot. Lewis meets with Kellerman and says that they have to tell Stivers; Kellerman
replies that she wouldn't be able to handle it. Eventually Mike tells Meldrick that he
will take care of the whole thing. Lewis, not believing his former partner, breaks the news
to Stivers. Terri sets up a meeting between the three of them, where Kellerman
reiterates that he will take care of it.
Falsone wants to give a train set to his kid because he didn't have a chance during
Christmas. He tells Ballard that he wants to sue for joint custody, but Ballard
asks him to give peace a chance first. Paul visits Janine without warning and says
that he wants to talk to her; she tells him to meet with her at lunch tomorrow. The lunch meeting turns out to be a disaster that ends with Falsone and his ex-wife
both arming themselves with lawyers.
Gay protesters clog the front of police HQ; Gee is bombarded by phone calls from
the press. He makes it clear to Bayliss that he wants the case solved quickly. Pembleton
shows photos of missing persons to Rawls, who recognizes someone named Alan Costello
that he saw at his restaurant last night. Sam Farrell, Costello's lover, is contacted at
the nightclub Costello owned; while there, Bayliss checks out the place, seemingly enjoying
the nightclub's atmosphere. Farrell goes to the morgue and confirms that Bayliss' John
Doe is Costello. A canvass of the streets in the neighborhood where the body was found
reveals a name: Peter Fields, a California man with an outstanding warrant for a Venice
Beach murder. He had been arrested in
Baltimore for soliciting, but was released. The police infiltrate Fields' apartment;
he is gone, but they do find Costello's wallet and watch, and a hammer that looks
to be the murder weapon. Fields is arrested at a nightclub and dragged into the Box, where he says that he won't talk until Bayliss tells him that he's attractive. Bayliss
does so and Fields confesses.
Bayliss tells Pembleton that he is going to dinner with Chris Rawls. Pembleton is
disconcerted by how this case has changed Bayliss, but Tim says that he hasn't been
happy in a long time and that he finds Rawls a fascinating person. He also assures Frank that
he is not gay.
Kellerman meets with Georgia Rae Mahoney and, in a bold move, tells her to show the
videotape to whomever she wants; as long as her brother was dead, he didn't care. He also tells her that she has no reason ever to see him again. That notion is
shattered as a videotape is sent to Kellerman. Georgia Rae is on the videotape; she
reveals that there was no surveillance tape of Luther getting shot and that it was all
just a trick to prove to herself that he really did kill her brother. Armed with that knowledge, she vows revenge
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Starring
Richard Belzer Det. John Munch
Andre Braugher Det. Frank Pembleton
Reed Diamond Det. Mike Kellerman
Michelle Forbes Chief ME Julianna Cox
Peter Gerety Det. Stuart Gharty
Clark Johnson Det. Meldrick Lewis
Yaphet Kotto Lt. Al Giardello
Kyle Secor Det. Tim Bayliss
Jon Seda Det. Paul Falsone
Callie Thorne Det. Laura Ballard
Guest Starring
Peter Gallagher Chris Rawls
Toni Lewis Det. Terri Stivers
Hazelle Goodman Georgia Rae Mahoney
Brian Van Holt Peter Fields
Monica Trombetta Janine Falsone
With
Bobby Brown Terry Brown
Michael Chance Jake
Paul Chidariu Derek
William Cote Ofcr. Keane
Richard Dallam Tony
Beau James Det. Willard Higby
Jon Orofino Ofcr. Hoskins
Kirk Penberthy Sam Farrell
Judy Thornton Judy
Sharon Ziman Naomi
Music heard in Closet Cases
Patti LaBelle Group New Attitude
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