Olivia's arm turns up and Eric's sister decides to investigate her murder.
With Olivia officially dead, Eric is the easy scapegoat to be dumped in prison for her murder. Just a bloody crime scene, eyewitnesses of their fight, his suspect behavior afterward, and his inability to escape scrutiny, Eric appeared perfect for the crime. After Eric's attorney convinces him to plead to manslaughter so that he could be out sooner, it appears his guilt was secured only for the sister, Petra, who gave his whereabouts away to the police which led to his arrest and eventual conviction, to seem inspired to pursue further information that might exonerate him for Olivia's death. Olivia's arm found by surveyors in a stream that washed out of the mines in Utah also reinvigorates the murder case, stirring up her memory, as Petra confronts the current sheriff, Nate (Devin Ratray) (having replaced Alan (Beau Bridges) about any other possible leads. Joel, the graphic artist Olivia had a shine before until his girlfriend was introduced and Eric arrived in her life, had fled to Slidell, Louisiana, to run a commercialized gator hunt (and boating swamp) business. Joel manufactured a trip to the cinema on New Year's Eve, convincing a friend, Frank Scott (Jeremy Bobb), to be his alibi (the second Hobbit movie)...if he's innocent, why? That is something Petra (Jennifer Ferrin) will obviously pick at during her investigation, even as she coerces Joel to return to Utah with her to find Cameron, someone he saw nearby on the night of Olivia's murder/disappearance. A memory of Olivia closes the episode as Petra remembers her only one-on-one at a dinner table conversation regarding art when Eric brings up his sister's work as an art restorer...that Olivia drones on and on about how you "must feel it, not scientifically think about it", and how a child's painting was one of the best she's ever seen (about her, of course), reinforcing her need for attention and reason to be the vocal authority among the party gathered together, aggravates Petra as she gobbles wine and fails to hide her discontent.
The episode show Petra arriving at the prison to talk to her brother, the pane of glass separating them and obvious tension quite prevalent due to his capture a result of her telling the police. She has their aunt's ring, used as a reason for the visit, with Eric looking on at her as pent-up rage comes out against his better judgment. But his desperation soon arises out of that rage and Petra feels inspired to help Eric. Nate tries to scoot Petra out of his investigation of the found hand while also frustratingly contending with her questions regarding her brother's conviction. But Nate's own documented suspicions in Eric's case are brought up by Petra so he feels entitled (if annoyed) to assist her in further investigation. Alan, meanwhile, was offered a higher-paying job, taking him officially away from the case for good. Eric goes away, and everything would seem to be tidied up nice and neat. Then Petra emerges, not abandoning her brother in his time of need, appealing to Joel (who is eventually talked into it all by his wife) to return with her to Utah to pursue Cameron. But also Joel's shaky alibi is under the microscope and Petra and Nate plan to expose his life through a setup using Frank.
The title of the episode refers to Nate's reasoning with Petra that her pursuit is similar to trying to find a unicorn (the proper creature of the analogy) in a rainbow...it is futile and hopeless. Nate just gets the zebra mixed up with the unicorn. Petra, though, sees her pursuit as not fruitless, eventually corralling the likes of Nate and Joel into her pursuit, as neither really wants any part in it but nonetheless join her anyway.
With Olivia officially dead, Eric is the easy scapegoat to be dumped in prison for her murder. Just a bloody crime scene, eyewitnesses of their fight, his suspect behavior afterward, and his inability to escape scrutiny, Eric appeared perfect for the crime. After Eric's attorney convinces him to plead to manslaughter so that he could be out sooner, it appears his guilt was secured only for the sister, Petra, who gave his whereabouts away to the police which led to his arrest and eventual conviction, to seem inspired to pursue further information that might exonerate him for Olivia's death. Olivia's arm found by surveyors in a stream that washed out of the mines in Utah also reinvigorates the murder case, stirring up her memory, as Petra confronts the current sheriff, Nate (Devin Ratray) (having replaced Alan (Beau Bridges) about any other possible leads. Joel, the graphic artist Olivia had a shine before until his girlfriend was introduced and Eric arrived in her life, had fled to Slidell, Louisiana, to run a commercialized gator hunt (and boating swamp) business. Joel manufactured a trip to the cinema on New Year's Eve, convincing a friend, Frank Scott (Jeremy Bobb), to be his alibi (the second Hobbit movie)...if he's innocent, why? That is something Petra (Jennifer Ferrin) will obviously pick at during her investigation, even as she coerces Joel to return to Utah with her to find Cameron, someone he saw nearby on the night of Olivia's murder/disappearance. A memory of Olivia closes the episode as Petra remembers her only one-on-one at a dinner table conversation regarding art when Eric brings up his sister's work as an art restorer...that Olivia drones on and on about how you "must feel it, not scientifically think about it", and how a child's painting was one of the best she's ever seen (about her, of course), reinforcing her need for attention and reason to be the vocal authority among the party gathered together, aggravates Petra as she gobbles wine and fails to hide her discontent.
The episode show Petra arriving at the prison to talk to her brother, the pane of glass separating them and obvious tension quite prevalent due to his capture a result of her telling the police. She has their aunt's ring, used as a reason for the visit, with Eric looking on at her as pent-up rage comes out against his better judgment. But his desperation soon arises out of that rage and Petra feels inspired to help Eric. Nate tries to scoot Petra out of his investigation of the found hand while also frustratingly contending with her questions regarding her brother's conviction. But Nate's own documented suspicions in Eric's case are brought up by Petra so he feels entitled (if annoyed) to assist her in further investigation. Alan, meanwhile, was offered a higher-paying job, taking him officially away from the case for good. Eric goes away, and everything would seem to be tidied up nice and neat. Then Petra emerges, not abandoning her brother in his time of need, appealing to Joel (who is eventually talked into it all by his wife) to return with her to Utah to pursue Cameron. But also Joel's shaky alibi is under the microscope and Petra and Nate plan to expose his life through a setup using Frank.
The title of the episode refers to Nate's reasoning with Petra that her pursuit is similar to trying to find a unicorn (the proper creature of the analogy) in a rainbow...it is futile and hopeless. Nate just gets the zebra mixed up with the unicorn. Petra, though, sees her pursuit as not fruitless, eventually corralling the likes of Nate and Joel into her pursuit, as neither really wants any part in it but nonetheless join her anyway.
