7x22 Shattered

Created on May 4, 2010 - 16:28

Season 7 x 22 -

First Air Date : Sunday, 2 May 2010

Ratings : 10.02 millions of viewers

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc

Written by Greg Plageman

Elwood Reid

Flashback year : 1993 (17 years ago)

Summary

Valens partners with Rush to locate her sister Christina, who was abducted from her drug-littered motel room, and Jeffries tries to bring justice and closure to a long-suffering mother whose daughter's murder case has remained unsolved for 17 years.

Sidestories

Lilly Rush

In 1978, Paul Cooper came back and took his daughters to the beach.

With Scotty's help, Lilly finds her abducted sister and saves her from her violent abusive boyfriend Cliff Harper. She discovers that Christina has a baby girl.

Scotty Valens

Scotty learns from Detective Pierson that Jimmy Mota, the man who raped her mother, has been found dead.
Scotty had lied to Lil about being contacted by her sister (7x21 Almost Paradise) and after recounting their meeting, he tells Lil about Christina's drug addiction.

Music

"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" - The Rolling Stones
"Beast of Burden" - The Rolling Stones
"Slave" - The Rolling Stones
"Undercover of the Night" - The Rolling Stones
"Tumbling Dice" - The Rolling Stones
"So Divine (Aladdin Story)" - The Rolling Stones
"Winter" - The Rolling Stones

Notes

Number of victims : 1
Flashback style: Color
Murder weapon: Gun
Murder type: Manslaughter
Motive: None
New lead: Witness

Special: Multiple year flashbacks - Only one artist - Road trip - Time matters

Ghost: Wanda Johnson appeared to Will Jeffries.

Other episodes from 1993:
2x15 Wishing

Part 2 after 7x21 Almost Paradise. Both episodes aired the same day, back to back.

4th episode of season 7 with all the regular cast (7x01 The Crossing, 7x02 Hoodrats, 7x17 Flashover).

The case has references to 7x06 Dead Heat (anniversary of the Johnson case), 7x02 Hoodrats (return of officer Joe Mueller) and 7x17 Flashover (story of Patrick Doherty's son Matt).

The gun Eddie Saccardo offered to Rush in 7x07 Read Between the Lines resurfaces.

Flashbacks to 2010 (Christina's story), 1993 (Wanda Johnson's case) and 1978 (Rush sisters at the beach).

Two scenes bear striking resemblances to previous episodes:
- 2 sisters playing at the beach (3x09 A Perfect Day)
- Scotty & Lilly fighting over Christina (2x15 Wishing, episode also set in 1993)

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