Mystery Alley - Blood and Water

In a follow up examination with her doctor, Jo has a biopsy to determine how far her cancer has advanced. She likely has a genetic marker for a series of cancers and her doctor asks her about her family history. Jo skirts the question. But her ‘bad-day-to-end-all-bad-days’ is just beginning. At the station, she has no time to catch her breath: she’s assigned her first case as lead detective over the seniority of her partner, Detective Al Gorski. It’s a case that’s bound to draw public attention but her commanding officer, Lt. Chu, takes a risk and gives her the assignment.

When Paul Xie, Charlie’s older brother & a high profile newspaper editor, arrives to comfort his sister, it falls to him to break the news to his parents. When Li-Rong Xie, he dismisses Jo and demands to speak with her commanding officer.

As Jo and Gorski’s interrogation of Tang continues, it’s not just the doomed love affair that provides an obvious motive. Tang tells them Anna was being blackmailed by Charles, paying him off in huge monthly sums so he wouldn’t tell their father about the affair.

As the rift in the Xie family grows, the cracks between them also splinter. Grief and blame over Charlie’s murder turn the family in on each other. Ron demands that they stick together and his hold over his family starts to slip.

Paul is cagey, pugnacious and difficult. He admits only that he knew about the suicide attempt and says he has no knowledge of why his brother would want to kill himself back in the day.

flashback to a group of average looking men sitting in a circle. It looks like a run-of-the-mill AA meeting in a church basement anywhere. But, when the addict starts to talk, we know we’re hearing the confessions of a secret support group for pedophiles led by a doctor who is risking his career by trying to help them control and cope with their urges.

The clock is ticking and the pressure is mounting. Jo talks Lt. Chu into a huge gamble: let’s arrest Anna, we can hold her for 24 hours without charging her, somewhere along the way the family is bound to crack.

A violent struggle. It’s Charles and Paul on the night Charlie died. Charles is drunk, reeling, and he finally has the courage to confront Paul about the abuse he endured when they were children. Charlie swears that Paul will never, ever, come near his child. What Paul did must never be repeated especially not with his own kid.

It’s now a couple months after the big case and Jo is healthy and ready to get back to work. The Xie family are connected to another murder.

Jo is quickly wrapped into another Xie family drama, amidst a personal one of her own. Ron is brought into the station for questioning. Teresa is convinced she knows who killed Jennifer Liu.

Jo receives mysterious adoption letters from China that she can’t understand. The Xie Holdings drama continues, and Victor pressures Weiran to persuade Ron to sell the company. Evan and Jo grow close, and he takes her to the crime scene for the first time.

Evidence goes missing, and Anna confronts her father about culpability in Jennifer’s murder. Jo finds out her mother has been lying, and an awkward moment finally happens between her and Barron. A new suspect is revealed.

More tragedy and scandal befall the Xie family, Jo and Evan are reprimanded by Barron. Ron and Weiran come to an argreement.

Following Guanjin’s death, Jennifer’s murderer is revealed and arrested. Jo searches for answers to her adoption letters, only to find more questions when she gets through to China.

Ron enlists Jo’s help to protect his family. Anna is betrayed by Zongchen, and Jo moves closer to discovering her true identity.

We see what happened the night of Jennifer’s murder. Jo and Evan part ways. After learning the truth about who she is, Jo makes the decision to return home.