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Mary has given birth to the Pembletons' daughter Olivia and Bayliss demands to visit their home for the first time and see her. Lewis confesses to Kellerman that his marriage is already in trouble. The pair investigate a literal "red ball" case — a man killed by a red bowling ball thrown from a freeway overpass — as Giardello frets over the bosses' upcoming review of his earlier self-defense shooting. Pembleton and Bayliss take a robbery/murder at a fast food restaurant; once they get an accomplice of the shooter in the Box, Pembleton suffers a stroke. He is rushed to the hospital for emergency brain surgery, with uncertain prospects for his recovery. After exploring all options, Lewis accepts that his case is almost unsolvable and leaves to work on his marriage. Russert and Munch take over Pembleton's investigation and discover that the killer had hanged himself. Final appearance of Det. Megan Russert as a regular character
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