Carter puzzles his team by suddenly canceling drug dealer Steve Fuller alias Nate's bust. They stay around and hear, not see, his later encounter with the man, a DEA undercover agent, his former LAPD partner and his ex Nicole Shaw's new lover, who is found shot dead. They know Carter's self-defense and accidental hit story at a fictitious third man's arrival is bogus. When DEA Agent Julia Harris conducts an informal investigation, only Dean pleads unconditional trust, he even delivers a cash envelope at city hall, again without explanation. Jamie swallows her initial reluctance to cover, even ends up confessing her own pack of lies to boyfriend Scott Muller when he invites her along when he moves to San Francisco for a new job.
—KGF Vissers