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9. Control

On Pembleton's first case back, a divorced woman is found stabbed to death; her 10-year-old twin boys were shot in the head. He is convinced the boyfriend did it, but Bayliss believes it was the ex-husband. Kellerman is summoned to the Grand Jury. Once again a drug murder implicates Luther Mahoney, but the star witness is intimidated even while in police custody.

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With Bayliss as primary, Pembleton takes his first case since returning to duty: the murders of a woman and her two sons in their own home. The detectives have different theories about the case, with Pembleton favoring the woman's boyfriend and Bayliss focusing on her ex-husband. They have trouble following each other's leads, but eventually work together in the Box to catch the killer. A witness at a drug dealer's shooting points Lewis and Munch to Junior Bunk, Luther Mahoney's nephew, who readily incriminates Mahoney but is then intimidated into recanting his statement. Brodie gets evicted from Kellerman's boat, then tries and fails to talk both Gee and Russert into giving him a room. Kellerman receives a grand jury summons and spends the night with Cox. Guest star: Mekhi Phifer as Junior Bunk Isabella Hofmann, as Russert, is heard over the phone.

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