There are two stories occurring in this episode. While Brenda is seriously searching for the murderer of Clint Harper, Captain Taylor is working getting a known gay-bashing-thief to confess to the same murder. The familiar story is someone leaving a relationship for another and the recipient of the breakup seeks deadly jealous revenge. Jealousy works with the heart to produce unpleasant results, sometimes. Barry Anderson and Clint Harper were with one another for some years, but along came the relationship of Julian Carver with Clint, and things fell apart with Barry. The fact all three men are gay and Blake Rawlings was an alleged gay-bashing-thief was strictly a coincidence. Blake is an addict, picking on gays for no other reason than they are as vulnerable as anyone leaving for their car alone in the dark after leaving bars. Blake was caught on security tape stopping at a grocery store parking lot at the time Clint was murdered. Blake did not kill Clint. This fact disproves Taylor's forced confession from Blake who was in need of a fix and would admit to about anything for promises from Taylor.
This circulating poster provided the excuse for blame after you bludgeoned Clint, Brenda tells Barry. The clues and evidence finally hit with Brenda's epiphany linking the dog-tags, with the picture-posters, the Special K, the baseball bat purchase, etc. It is the diamond crusted tags, a gift from Julian to Clint, that gave Brenda the insight Barry was left without his lover, and sought revenge, although deadly, with Blake Rawlings innocent of killing, just stealing with his addiction plaguing him.
A hate crime in the sense it was caused from a break-up within a certain trio of lovers. This was a worthy episode, well-acted as usual from all parties; oh, and Kitty had kittens.
This circulating poster provided the excuse for blame after you bludgeoned Clint, Brenda tells Barry. The clues and evidence finally hit with Brenda's epiphany linking the dog-tags, with the picture-posters, the Special K, the baseball bat purchase, etc. It is the diamond crusted tags, a gift from Julian to Clint, that gave Brenda the insight Barry was left without his lover, and sought revenge, although deadly, with Blake Rawlings innocent of killing, just stealing with his addiction plaguing him.
A hate crime in the sense it was caused from a break-up within a certain trio of lovers. This was a worthy episode, well-acted as usual from all parties; oh, and Kitty had kittens.
