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him around and cuffs his hands.
At the police station, Mac is interviewing Thatcher. ”Did you know that Dr. Howard had a
policy insuring his hands for 10 million dollars?” The doctor says it’s not unusual for someone to
insure his instruments of livelihood. Mac starts to discuss the 3 million dollars the firm has for
malpractice suits. Thatcher’s records were clean, but because the victim’s had ”more flags than
the UN building”, he was becoming a liability to their firm. Thatcher wasn’t going to let his hard
work (getting through medical school and residency) go to waste by his partner’s mistakes, so he
wanted to part ways after the victim had cashed in his insurance.
Thatcher denies his involvement, saying that he was nowhere near the train station, but Mac
knows from the doctor’s shoe that it’s a lie - no pun intended. His plan had to happen in front of
a lot of people so that no one could accuse him of staging it and make it look like a random act.
It would’ve worked except he forgot the one thing he couldn’t control - Grand Central Station at
rush hour.
We see a flashback of Thatcher meeting the victim at the Station, holding a cupful of lye. The
two walk towards each other, and as Thatcher was pouring the lye on the victim’s hand, someone
bumped into him causing him to let go of the cup right into the victim’s face.
With that, Mac tells Thatcher that he’s lost his license, his money and (slides a picture of Dr.
Howard’s burnt face in front of Thatcher) his friend. Thatcher’s face contorts to that of disgust
and slides the photo away. ”It never ceases to amaze me,” Mac starts, shaking his head. ”How a
man of higher education can commit such...stupid crimes.” He then takes the photo and leaves
the interrogation room.
Hawkes is seen covering Franklin the bear’s lye stain and tying a yellow ribbon around its
neck. He puts it inside a box for delivery to Emily Dickerson.
That night, Aiden comes in to Mac’s office. Mac tells her to shut the door, and then shows her
the evidence with the broken seal. ”What were you thinking?”
Aiden starts to shake her head, and Mac tells her to sit down. She goes to the chair in front
of his desk and listens as he tells her of the three things he will protect at any cost - ”The honor
of this country, the safety of this city, and the integrity of this lab.” He explains that as scientist,
the hold a great deal of power because they have the ability to assign guilt to a person. When they
gather evidence, they make a promise to the people of the city that they will handle the evidence
with great care and good faith. He then tells her that she had broken that promise when she
broke the seal.
Aiden tells him that though she wanted to, she didn’t plant the evidence because she knew
she wouldn’t be able to live with it. Mac asks her if she couldn’t live with it, or if she couldn’t
compromise the integrity of this office. ”You know how much this place means to me, Mac,” she
says. ”But Regina was raped twice, and he’s gonna get away with it twice?”
”And if the credibility of this office is suspect,” Mac counters. ”How many more do you think
will walk? Ten? Twenty? A hundred?”
Aiden lowers her head and looks away. Mac sighs, saying that he can’t have someone like that
working in this office, and fires her. Aiden is shocked, but she knows it was coming and accepts
Mac’s decision. She stands up and lays her badge on the table, telling Mac that she can’t do this
anymore, that if something like this happens again, she wouldn’t be able to trust herself. She
asks Mac a final favor - to catch Pratt for Regina. Mac makes that promise and assures her that
the folder will never leave his desk until they catch him. Aiden then nods and leaves the office.
Stella comes in seconds later and asks if Mac is okay. Mac says he’s fine and thanks her, so she
leaves him alone to stare out the window at the New York City lights.
End.
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