As our Bonnie Steinberg pointed out in her recent review of an episode of Mad Men, work is a big deal. And for characters like Don Draper and Kate Beckett, being temporarily relieved of your duties is no small matter. In “Veritas” Beckett finds herself in too deep after going after her mother’s murderer, Presidential hopeful Senator Bracken. Watching her get taken off of her case, then on the run from Internal Investigations made from some great TV last night.
Early on in the episode Beckett loses a key suspect, Jason Marks. She’d been following him as he met with Bracken’s people, but he gets killed soon after one of her late night surveillance gigs. Beckett, after being taken off the case, breaks all of the rules and goes to see Vulcan, who was clearly behind the murder. Naturally, he’s found dead the next day. But someone is trying to set up Beckett, and they’ve used her gun. They even partially clean up the crime scene so that it looks like a professional—or a cop— did it.
At this point, things get really exciting. Internal Affairs representatives show up and Beckett makes a run for it. Still trying to work the case, she and Castle question a doctor who helped one of Bracken’s people disappear. While in the hospital she sees the worst thing ever: her face on the television screen with the caption “FUGITIVE COP.” It really feels like her career/life is over, and it’s pretty sad. Plus. she’s been wearing a hoodie to disguise herself—also sad because her wardrobe is so detective chic, it’s not fair. Anyway, once again, she has to start running. She and Castle even get burner phones, which is how they get in touch with Smith. He basically tells them it’s too late, they know too much, they need to run away forever. But he also tells them that there’s a taped conversation somewhere that has everything they need on it, so we know what choice they’ll make.
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