18. Double Blind

Complete story — includes the ending

Charlie Flavin, the man who shot and blinded Officer Chris Thormann four years ago, has become eligible for parole, and the news has left Thormann unable to think about anything else. His wife and Lewis try to help him past this moment; at the parole hearing, Thormann makes a statement that results in Flavin being put away for another five years. While investigating the death of an abusive husband at his daughter's hands, Bayliss and Pembleton sharply disagree over the question of whether abuse victims deserve any blame for not leaving their abusers. Bayliss later confronts the uncle who molested him as a child; the uncle is disabled and barely able to speak, but Bayliss asks him "Where do I put my hate?". Kellerman spends time with Cox and reveals that he had been considering suicide. Guest stars: Lee Tergesen as Chris Thormann, Edie Falco as Eva Thormann