"Cobb's Web"
The case: Three inmates from OPP, the prison in which Cobb was once incarcerated, have escaped. The team is enlisted to help round up the fugitives and bring them back to jail.
The complications: Two of the three escaped convicts are recaptured quickly, but they're killed before Cobb and Boulet can question them. Their case is further compromised when deputy Carlsson tries to kill the third convict, Tim Dunlevy. One thing is certain: He had help from the outside in planning his escape.
The resolution: Warden Deville has been loaning out prisoners on work detail to illegally dump toxic sludge from drilling. Dunlevy knows Deville's secret and is certain he'll be killed if he is taken back to jail. Dunlevy is allowed to escape, and the team recovers damning evidence of Deville's illegal business endeavors.
There were some exciting developments in this episode. Cobb and Boulet are getting to know each other better and as a result are working cases much more efficiently. And their captain is giving them the leeway they need to do their jobs. I think the level of trust Boulet has in his partner is admirable, considering that Cobbs's an escaped convict. I'm not a police officer and I've never had to trust a convicted felon, but I'd probably still be pretty wary of Cobb. That's me though.
We learned some interesting things about Cobb. He was good friends with only one person when he was in jail and that was his cell mate. He has survivor's guilt - he had to drown his cell mate (sorry, I didn't write down his name) in the post-Katrina flooding to save his own life. Therefore Cobb feels a real kinship to Dunlevy, especially since he knows Dunlevy's doing time that doesn't fit his crime. In fact, he's so empathic he gives the kid his car keys so Dunlevy can make his escape. I had a problem with it, but I can see how Cobb made peace with it.
One thing that does make me nervous is Cobb showing his face around OPP. Even if the faces have changed, he should be a little more careful if he wants to keep himself out of jail and on his new path.
The rest of the team is still pretty much in the background, but this is a buddy-cop show so I don't expect them to be featured players. One new face I think has a lot of potential is DA Lyndsey Swann. She's sassy and doesn't back down from a fight. There was some heat between her and Cobb; we'll see where it goes. That reminds me: What's going with Boulet's family? Are his wife and daughter still in town? I'm curious to see more with them.
The case definitely ended up in a different place than I thought it would, which is always a good thing. I really hate it when I can guess where a story's going. And who knew running a prison could be so profitable? It's interesting to me that the warden gets a per diem per prisoner, which makes it beneficial to lock up as many people as possible. But where exactly does that 100K
a day the warden was getting before Katrina go? I'm pretty sure it doesn't go back into the taxpayers' pockets. If it doesn't go to the taxpayers, where does it go? It's certain that Deville is getting at least a small kickback. That would have been an interesting question to answer as well.
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