8. The True Test

Complete story — includes the ending

Lewis and Bayliss work the murder of an African-American student at an exclusive, nearly all-white prep school. The case takes a political turn when their focus shifts to an arrogant, manipulative student named McPhee Broadman whose mother is a hardline Baltimore court judge. One of the victim's roommates confesses to the crime, but the detectives continue working to uncover the rest of the facts. Bayliss finds the case personal due to his cousin's rejection from the school and empathy for the bullied younger children under McPhee's control. Realizing that McPhee is responsible for many of the past covered-up incidents at the school, the detectives manage to get him to confess that he asked the victim to kill Judge Broadman and that he was murdered for refusing. Judge Broadman witnesses this exchange in the observation room, but continues to support her son. Reinstated to full duty after a successful firearms exam, Pembleton wonders if he can trust himself to enter the Box again. Kellerman meets Cox for the first time, offers Brodie a place to stay on his boat, and learns that several members of the arson unit might have struck plea deals to testify against him — even though they were all corrupt and he wasn't involved. Guest star: Elijah Wood as McPhee "Cheeks" Broadman