Thursday’s episode of Gracepoint pinned the focus of the investigation onto a new suspect, Jack Reinhold, whose past causes him to become the most likely person to have killed Danny. We also discovered more information about some of our cast of characters, including the fact that the old lady, Susan, has a different name.
In addition to the investigation, we got to see Carver have dinner with Ellie and her husband, Joe. Renee and Owen also were featured more in this episode, especially since Renee got a story after visiting with Beth and her family. This upset Owen because she didn’t tell him about the story, especially after they slept together and she had already agreed to share a byline with him.
At this point, we are only seeing that there are more to the characters than meets the eye. As we continue to watch each episode, the detectives are still locked in on solving the case, but you have to wonder if you need to be focusing on a suspect too. Maybe there’s one who is too obvious? Or maybe there is another who isn’t being focused on enough?
Either way, we’ll keep watching as we seek to discover just what is going on in the town of Gracepoint. Here are the top ten moments that captured our attention in the episode.
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10. Camera
At one point in the episode, the family is having lunch at the house after church. Jack comes by to give Mark and Beth Danny’s phone, which he found in one of the boats. He begins to tell them not to believe anything they read about him in the papers, which only confuses Mark and upsets Beth. When Mark spots a photographer standing against their window, he immediately goes outside to stop the man from taking photos. He grabs the camera and angrily throws it to the ground.
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9. Threat
After Gemma goes to Kathy at the newspaper office to tell her that Susan applied to the inn but that her social security number came back to another name, Kathy noted this to Susan. The woman then comes back later to see Kathy and threatens her to stop asking about her because she knew men who were capable of sexual assault. It is a gruesome threat and you have to wonder just what she is involved in.
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8. Jack’s past
The kindly old man who has worked with the kids at the pier turned out to have a past that put him into question by the police. It turns out he once had sex with a minor. While he has not done anything since with any children here, it still leaves him under the limelight when it comes to what could have happened.
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7. Renee and Beth
Renee gets to do her story this episode and it comes when Beth agrees to allow her to do one about missing Danny and wanting his killer caught. This doesn’t sit well with police, who didn’t want the media attention at this point, but it does get the media involved in getting the word out about the investigation. Plus, her story lands her in hot water with Owen, who isn’t happy she did the story without him.
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6. Dinner
Carver has dinner with Ellie and Joe in this episode. He even brings wine, chocolates, and flowers, mostly because he didn’t know which he had to bring so he brought all of them. We learn that Carver doesn’t like to use first names, that he has a daughter named Julianna, and that he is divorced. The dinner seems like it could be a disaster, but they all seem to have a good time.
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5. Article about Danny
The article about Danny has some consequences for some characters in this episode, namely that the media is now heavily interested in the case. A press conference at the end of the episode with the family ends up being where Beth reveals to Mark she knows about his affair.
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4. Identity
In this episode, we found out Susan Wright may be known by the name of Ruth Erlick. It is a curious situation, especially in a town that seems to be filled with lies from almost everyone. Susan is an odd person in town and we wonder if her secrets have anything to do with Danny.
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3. Carver faints
After having dinner with Joe and Ellie, Carver is heading back to the hotel when he begins to feel faint. He rushes to his room and is about to inject himself when he faints, Someone alerts Gemma after hearing the sound of him falling and she gets him to the hospital. Since he had no emergency contacts, she said she was his wife. Gemma apparently now know something is wrong with Carver and he asks her not to say anything or he’ll be taken off the case.
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2. Church
Also in this episode, Paul puts together a sermon and almost everyone in town comes, including Carver and Ellie and her husband. The sermon spoke out about how the town was turning against each other and that they needed to continue to band together during the tough times.
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1. Photos
At the end of the episode, we saw Jack standing in front of a fire and burning a bunch of photographs, including one of himself and Danny. It is a complete mystery why he would do this and we have to wonder if there is something about him we should be paying attention to.
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