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5. M.E., Myself and I

The arrival of a new Chief Medical Examiner upsets Bayliss at first, but results in an old case's exhumation and correct determination as a homicide. The FBI investigation of Kellerman continues, increasing his frustration. The marriages of Pembleton and Lewis are tested, but with quite different results.

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Dr. Julianna Cox arrives in Baltimore to begin work as Chief Medical Examiner and look after her ailing father, who soon dies due to his illness after refusing to go to the hospital. The FBI begins to question the Arson Unit detectives as part of the corruption investigation, setting Kellerman's nerves on edge. Gee allows one of the FBI agents to conduct interviews with his unit in the Box. As Bayliss and Lewis probe the death of a prostitute, a homeless man quickly confesses to both her murder and that of a second woman whose name never appeared on the Board. With help from the detectives, Cox learns that one of her staff members deliberately misclassified the earlier death as an overdose, then fires him. Bayliss throws Brodie out for being pretentious, whereupon he moves in with Lewis and inadvertently sets off an argument that may end Lewis' marriage. Guest star: Edward Herrmann as FBI Agent Thomas Pandolfi First appearance of C.M.E. Julianna Cox

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