The Family
We're almost a month into ABC's story of the Warren family. Their 8-year-old son Adam was kidnapped and recently appears after ten years. Adam was captured by Esper's Doug, described by Adam as the hole-faced man. Adam's mother Claire (Joan Allen) was running for city council at the time of the kidnapping and may have used her lost child as a way to get her political career started. Claire announces her campaign for governor upon Adam's resurfacing. The Warrens' neighbor Hank (Andrew McCarthy, also a director on the project) was convicted of kidnapping and killing Adam with little evidence and prior crime involving children. Now Hank is free and looking to take out revenge on Claire and her clan. Estranged husband John (Rupert Graves) has been seeing the lead detective on the case for almost ten years while Adam's grown siblings Willa and Danny both dealt with losing their brother in destructive ways, becoming an ultra conservative campaign aide to mom and becoming an alcoholic, as they were last responsible for Adam.
The FBI and local police are trying to track down Doug, but were derailed in the last episode. Meanwhile, Esper's Doug has a wife and a baby on the way! Clearly his wife had no idea he was keeping a little boy in a bunker for all those years. The real question comes from Danny's friend, blogger Bridey, who is investigating if Adam is really who he says he is. For the record, this boy is not Adam. It's been alluded that Adam's genetic test might have been faked and Claire has received donations from a genetics lab. Also Willa planted Adam's toy in Hank's house to ensure an arrest. Is this all a political scam? Will the show conclude with all questions resolved? Only time will tell.
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This photo shocked SOB fans when it was discovered that Internal Affairs investigator Donnie Pomp (Esper) was having a secret, years-long affair with the closeted and married Lt. Wozniak. Donnie Pomp was first introduced as investigating Wozniak's (Ray Liotta's) crew and making sure their illegal activities were overlooked by the department. Wozniak's group collects payments from businesses in order to keep the peace in their Brooklyn precinct. Jennifer Lopez's Harlee is caught by the FBI and (the short story) forced to inform on the crew who have become a family to her, with 'Woz' as the power-hungry papa. Harlee wears a wire to protect her daughter Christina and get immunity in all of her crimes. FBI special agent Stahl (Warren Kole) tortures Harlee on her quest to get dirt on Woz.
Donnie is the first person to reveal to Woz there is a mole in the crew. Woz goes crazy on Harlee, almost killing her, and almost killing other members of the crew. Finally, Woz kills Detective Saperstein for being picked up by the FBI for questioning. Harlee vows to get enough information to send Woz to jail for life. After leaving a bug in Woz's office, Harlee and Shatl discover Woz and Pomp's relationship and Pomp's introduction into a job that will be the group's final big score. This score will also bring down Woz's crew. I am playing catch-up with the show, but all will be resolved in tonight's season finale.
I must congratulate Esper for playing two equally creepy baddies. What will become of his two tortured villains? I'll keep checking with the FBI...
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