The Truth about the Devlins

After the detectives leave, TJ immediately calls Marie. They both know that the police are looking to charge TJ with Neil’s death, but she doesn’t know what John said in his statement. Paul, she says, didn’t give a statement, but he did tell the detectives that TJ relapsed. TJ reminds her that relapsing is a parole violation that could send him back to prison. When he asks Marie why she didn’t defend him, she says she went into “lawyer mode,” knowing that the best thing is to say nothing.

TJ thinks that John and Stan are trying to frame him so that the acquisition will go through. He wonders if John was involved in the embezzlement with Stan and Neil. Marie doesn’t want to consider it, and she hangs up.

Believing he might be going back to prison, TJ decides to go to Carrie’s house. She is surprised to see him and still angry about what he did. He apologizes, acknowledging his guilt, and explains that he just wants to talk so they can move on. Carrie tells him that after he went to prison, she went to therapy and Al-Anon meetings and has a better understanding of what happened.