EPISODE

22. The Good

In the season finale, after a suburban couple is found bludgeoned to death, Detectives Logan and Barek suspect that their drug-troubled son Kevin killed his parents' for their cash stash. But when a local investigator pressures the kid into a confession, the city cops discover a conflict of interest. While another suspect with close business ties to the victims emerges, Captain Deakins urges Logan and Barek to drop the non-jurisdictional case -- and ponders his own future with the NYPD.

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A suburban couple, Lily and Dan Colemar, are found bludgeoned to death in Nassau County and Detectives Logan and Barek initially suspect that their drug-troubled son Kevin Colemar ( Keith Nobbs ) killed them for cash to pay a drug debt. But after a local Nassau Investigator ( Kevin Dunn ) pressures Kevin into a confession, the city cops discover a potential conflict of interest and a desire for a quick result. However, another suspect emerges with a possible motive, Wallace Kenter ( Tom Riis Farrell ), an artist who had a business arrangement for gallery franchises with Dan Colemar. Now close to retirement, Captain Deakins encourages Logan and Barek to pursue the non-jurisdictional case. Logan and Barek eventually link a violent ex-con, Jules Bremner ( Michael Peter Bolus ) to Kenter and charge them with the murders.

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