It's the day of Caleb Temple's
custody hearing and Sheriff Lucas Buck is busy shooting down his competition and making allies.
He begins with Dr. Matt Crower by causing (or maybe it's just a coincidence) one of his patients
to have an epileptic fit while under anesthesia. When the doctor protests that there was nothing
in the patient's chart about epilepsy, Lucas has the anesthesiologist read the chart and sure
enough, there's a notation that the patient is subject to seizures. Lucas implies that maybe
the doctor is having a problem with his drinking. After Lucas leaves, the anesthesiologist,
Dr. Dan Trulane, protests that he doesn't know how Lucas did it, but that notation wasn't there
before.
The Sheriff makes an unwilling ally of Dr. Trulane by sending him and
his wife, as a wedding present, a mirror which captivates Cheryl. At one point, Lucas and the
doctor have a conversation in which he tells Lucas that the mirror has changed his wife. Lucas
tells him that all he has to do is tell the truth about Dr. Crower's past and he'll make sure
the doctor's wife "straightens right up". Dr. Trulane resists Lucas until, when he
finally breaks the mirror, his wife's face "breaks" also. In order to avoid losing
her, he decides to tell the truth.
It falls to Selena Coombs to get
the goods on Gail Emory. When Gail brings Caleb back to school, Selena cajoles her into telling
the students about her job as a reporter. This gives Selena some information to use against
Gail at the hearing.
Lucas talks to the Judge who will
preside at Caleb's custody hearing. It's obvious they go back a long ways and the Judge tells
Lucas that he will do the right thing.
While the Sheriff is plotting,
Caleb is trying to deal with his new life. Merlyn leads him to a boarding house where he meets
Miss Loris Holt, the owner. They talk about Caleb's situation and he helps her make soup and
then carries a bowl of the soup to the Judge.
During the hearing, the Judge questions Gail first and then Selena tells
the Judge how much she admires Gail for having the courage to spend two weeks undercover in
a crack house. Selena then tells the Judge that Caleb is a good boy who needs discipline and
that Sheriff Buck is the man for the job. Before Lucas speaks, the Judge asks Caleb who he
wants to live with and Caleb tells him that he wants to go with Dr. Matt. Lucas takes this
opportunity to question Dr. Trulane about the doctor's past and Dr. Matt admits that he is
responsible for the deaths of his wife and daughter. He had been drinking and they died in
a car accident that was his fault. After the testimony, the Judge surprises everyone by naming
Miss Holt as Caleb's temporary guardian. Caleb is happy with this and the Sheriff is foiled
again.
Lucas questions the Judge's decision
after everyone else leaves and the Judge tells the Sheriff that he has terminal cancer and
is off the hook. Dr. Crower moves into the boarding house. Dr. Trulane goes to the hospital
and, when he removes the bandages from his wife's, face her wounds have healed. That night,
the Judge dies.
| Pilot
| A Tree Grows in Trinity | Eye of the Beholder | Damned
If You Don't | Dead to the World | Potato Boy
| Meet the Beetles | Strong Arm of the Law
| To Hell and Back | The Beast Within | Rebirth | Ring of Fire | Resurrector
| Inhumanitas | The Plague Sower | Dr. Death Takes a Holiday | Learning to Crawl
| Echo of Your Last Goodbye | Triangle
| Strangler | The Buck Stops Here | Requiem |
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