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Devout celebrity doctor, Dr. Ryan Conlon ( Robert Farrior ) is murdered in his home in an apparent robbery, but at the funeral Goren and Eames observe that a young acolyte Kevin Paxton ( Will Rogers ) fits a witness description. Following an interview with Paxton, the young man commits suicide and the detectives suspect that Conlon's wife, Carrie ( Katheryn Winnick ) may have been having an affair with the acolyte. However it was in fact Reverend Dan Wyler ( Leland Orser ) who was seeing Carrie, and the detectives turn their attention to Wyler's controlling wife Alison ( Janel Moloney ) who knew of her husband's affair. They realize that she manipulated Paxton into killing the doctor, but with little evidence to go on, Goren and Eames must pressure Alison into revealing her guilt.
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