Written by Marjorie David & Patrick Harbinson
Directed by Paul Shapiro
Airdate: May 14, 1999
Guest Star: Jeff Parise (Lucas Francis Barr)
The first episode of a two-parter to bring the series to a close, "Via Dolorosa" (the way of pain) features Frank and the FBI on the trail of a copycat killer, while Peter Watts offers to find a cure Hollis's father suffering from Altheimer's.
Frank attends the execution of serial killer Edward Cuffle who stares him down. Later, Frank calls the execution process "barbaric" just as crimes mimicking Cuffle's begin to occur. Affluent couples are being targeted at night during intimate moments by the killer. The killer holds resentment at wealthy men who used his mom who worked as a maid for sex. Footage of the execution reveals the killer was present.
Meanwhile, Watts wants to Hollis to help him get Frank back in the group, he offers to help her father by utilizing medical technology being developed by the Group. After Hollis is physically attacked by her father, she considers taking up Peter's offer.
The FBI connects the killer by going through military records and Agent Baldwin arranges a raid at his hideaway. Frank caution Baldwin to cancel, but once they storm the building a bomb ignites, ending the episode.
The episode is well paced and suspenseful, allowing Frank to utilize his superior detective skills. I wish the season had served Watts better, who in the episode is reduced to a cagey lurker still obsessed with Frank. Everyone's fate hangs in the balance as we move on to the second part . . .
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