- Jane's younger brother Tommy seems to be settling down. He's getting work here and there and is moving into his own apartment. He still sees Maura from time to time but she would like to keep their relationship a platonic one. Meanwhile, the homicide squad investigates a bank robbery where the manager was shot by one of robbers for no apparent reason. They immediately cross swords with the FBI who also have jurisdiction and Det. Barry Frost in particular seems to have it in for the Special Agent in charge, Anna Farrell. This is the second robbery committed by these men and they soon find the getaway vehicle with one of the robbers inside, shot to death. It all becomes very personal for Jane when her brother Tommy's fingerprints are also found in the vehicle.—garykmcd
- Only Jane acts s-cynical at the welcome back dinner after a jail term for her kid brother Tommy, whose charms actually win over Maura. All are shocked when a masked bank robbery, with the pointless shooting of the manager, fits the MO of his former prison mates and evidence is found in the truck he borrowed from one, Jon Polk , for a paint job. Tommy's arrest as getaway driver seems final with Frost's nasty ex fiancee FBI Agent Anna Farrell on the case. Despite Maura being forces to subscribe mandatory silence, here forensics contribute to solving the case, proving her lover's innocence.—KGF Vissers
- Some sinister characters load up their robbery gear in the back of a van, semi-automatic weapons, zip ties and masks.
At Maura's, Jane and her family, including jailbird Tommy (Colin Egglesfield), finish up Maura's good-bye meal for him. He's getting his own apartment. Maura offers to co-sign so he can afford some furnishings, but Frankie and Jane are immediately against it. He says some friends already helped him move.
Later at night, with everyone else gone, Tommy comes back to say good-bye to Maura alone. He brings her a rare bottle of wine and looks deep into her eyes. He leans in to kiss her, but she stops him at the last second.
He says an awkward good-bye.
A bank manager unlocks in the morning and is bum-rushed by masked robbers, who zip-tie the front door shut and order the tellers to load up the bags from the registers as customers lie on the ground. The robber who had been cleaning out the vault, doesn't like the way the manager looks at him, so he shoots him dead. They shoot out the window panels of the doors and make their escape in the van.
Frost and Rizzoli are on the scene, and so is the FBI. Maura and Korsak are processing the body. Frost decides to wait outside. Inside, Jane introduces herself to the Special Agent in charge of the case, Anna Farrell. She's leery of letting Jane work the case since a similar case was botched by local police in Cambridge.
Frost comes in to report putting an alert out on the getaway car and is frosty to the Special Agent.
Back in the morgue, Jane thinks Frost and the woman used to date.
Maura examines the body and removes a .40 caliber bullet.
Frost reports the FBI has the getaway van.
Frost and Rizzoli find Farrell sitting surveillance on the van. Jane is sure the criminals aren't coming back. She asks Farrell what happened with Frost and gets no info. She checks out the van through binoculars and sees blood dripping out of it.
She opens it up and finds a dead robber inside.
Maura checks his liver temp and says he's been dead about two hours. She finds a hair. There's splattered paint inside and red spray on the roof from a dye pack from the earlier robbery.
Maura takes off the man's mask and Farrell recognizes him as John Polk, a recently paroled bank robber. He was on their list of suspects.
His partner was Ricky Dunn, also recently paroled.
Jane checks their heights and compares to the surveillance footage. They fit.
Dunn has a long criminal history, but Polk didn't. But he's the one who pulled the trigger. Jane watches the footage of Polk pausing and looking at the bank manager again. Frost and Farrell continue being testy with each other. They run a search and find he and Polk played on the same youth hockey team. The bank manager Paul Lanford was also heavily in debt.
Jane and Farrell go talk to his widow. She says Paul had been unemployed for a year and just started at the bank a few months ago.
Farrell immediately shows her the photo of John Polk and tells her about the hockey connection. She brings up their financial troubles and Jane tries to smooth things over. Farrell goes to wait outside.
Later, they both think Lanford didn't have anything to do with the robbery. She tells Jane she hopes she didn't mess things up. Farrell gets an urgent text and leaves.
Korsak reports Polk's parents are on a cruise, so they'll have to notify his brother, David.
Korsak has found Farrell's and Frost's old engagement announcement.
Jane and Korsak visit David Polk and find him at preschool. He's not surprised his brother is in trouble, but is stunned and upset when he gets the news. He remembers Paul Lanford from his brother's hockey team and mentions he couldn't play because he ruptured his Achilles tendon. He asks if John killed him. He knew Ricky Dunn, his brother's accomplice was bad news.
Back in the morgue, Maura finds still-wet red paint from the first dye pack on Polk, even though the robbery was two weeks ago.
Farrell asks about a fingerprint report. They found three, Dunn and Polk and Jane's brother, Tommy, whose prints were on the rear view mirror. Farrell coldly tells Maura that Tommy is under investigation by a grand jury and Maura is legally prohibited from telling anyone.
Maura asks Jane if she's heard from Tommy.
Maura has ID'd the hair on Polk's body as Ricky Dunn's. It had fanning powder on it, a substance used on decks of cards. Jane remembers Dunn's profile as a gambler. Jane wants to look into gambling.
Jane can tell that Maura is feeling really out of sorts, but she says it's a stomach ache.
Maura walks to her car in the garage. Tommy intercepts her. He tells her sometimes he does "stupid, crazy things" and he apologizes. She says he's in a lot of trouble and he, talking about trying to kiss her, asks if Jane knows.
Before she can answer, FBI SUVs pull up and feds arrest Tommy and throw him into the car.
Korsak and Forst bust in on a card game. Ricky Dunn runs. Frost follows and traps him in an alley. Dunn takes out a gun and says he's not going back to prison. He raises the gun and Frost shoots him. Farrell pulls up. She tells Frost they just took the getaway driver, Tommy Rizzoli, into custody. He can't believe she hasn't told Jane.
Jane busts into morgue and chews Maura out for not warning her. Maura points out she could have been sent to prison and lost her medical license if the government found out she told. Jane blames her for not trusting her enough to tell her anyway.
Maura has to tell her that Tommy was with her apologizing for trying to kiss her. Jane keeps yelling.
Frost comes down to report that Jane has been taken off the case. He blames Farrell for everything. Jane again asks what happened between them. He says she married the job instead of him. Jane says Farrell was just doing her job and Frost points out that Jane was, as well.
Jane goes to see David Polk on behalf of her brother. She shows him a picture of Tommy and he knows him as one of John's ex-con buddies.
Farrell gets ready to interview Tommy. Jane drops by and Farrell lets her talk to him. She asks him how he could do it. He denies it and says that John was the friend who helped him move and lent him the van.
He says he doesn't know Ricky Dunn. He doesn't have an alibi, he was in his new apartment asleep. Tommy says John was starting a new house painting job and he asked Tommy to work with him. Farrell breaks up the interview. As they're taking Tommy away, Jane asks him point blank if he did it. He says no and she promises she won't let him get back to prison.
Farrell isn't interested in the possibility that John Polk was painting a house during the robbery, saying that a jury can sort it out.
Jane visits Maura, who says the red in the van was a dye pack. The red under Polk's nails and in his nose was house paint. Jane thinks it means Tommy was telling the truth. She thinks if they can prove John Polk wasn't there it might back up Tommy. Maura gets to work identifying the red paint while Jane tries to find the other two bank robbers.
Frankie comes by to hear Jane's theory. She thinks Ricky borrowed John's van to rob the bank, but John confronted him when he heard his friend Paul Lanford had been killed, so Ricky killed John and framed him.
Maura announces the paint on John Polk's body was colonial red, a historic color in limited supply and used in restorations.
Later, Frankie finds the house in Dorchester. He found a foreman that will testify John was painting during the robbery.
They watch the surveillance footage again. Maura sees the robber slightly limp away and there's a look of recognition on Paul Lanford's face when he sees the ankle. John and David Polk are the same height and David has a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Jane confirms that David Polk dropped his daughter off with his estranged wife a few hours ago and did the same thing during the last two robberies. They think the other robber is Carl Parker, another preschool dad.
They pull up their financial records (instantaneously, no warrant!) and find David Polk declared bankruptcy and his house was forceclosed on by Copley Square bank.
They're about to send units when they get a call that the bank is already being robbed.
Jane gets there and David has already shot one hostage and been hit by a sniper. Over Farrell's objections Jane puts down her gun and goes in to talk. Jane asks them to let her get the woman medical attention. When they still say no, she calls him "David."
They let the hostage go. David is angry at Carl for shooting his brother after he found them out. He doesn't think John would have talked. He got the idea and tracked down John's old partner, Ricky.
Jane tries to talk them down, reminding them about their young children. David turns over his gun but Carl raises his and the sniper takes him out.
Later, Angela picks Tommy up from jail. Farrell tells Tommy the charges against him have been dropped and he's not in trouble with his parole officer.
Frost is about to just leave when Jane reminds him not to put the job ahead of her. He goes to talk to his ex-fiancé.
Maura opens her fancy bottle of wine from Tommy to share with Jane and her grilled cheese. Jane tries to give her blessing to them dating, but Maura says she likes Tommy but loves Jane and wouldn't do anything to hurt their friendship.
Jane takes a swig of the wine and spits it out. Maura thinks she just hasn't let it aerate enough, but she tries it, too. It's started to turn to vinegar.
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