Episode Named After: The adjective “Lost.” As my Memphis Beat colleague Chris Herrington confirmed last week, season two episodes aren’t named after Elvis songs, as was the case in season one. Too bad. “Always on My Mind,” the 1972 Elvis gold record that features prominently in this episode, fits well thematically with the plot and would’ve made a fine title.
Rowdy Memphis (Plot Synopsis): Ted Creskoe (Wade Williams) is a father from Springfield, Missouri, who has come to Memphis to find his missing daughter, Jill. It’s been four years since he’s seen her — she was a runaway, but sent regular letters back home to let the ‘rents know she was alright. Her car is found in a river, but there’s no body in it. The main suspect is her abusive husband, Derek (Clayne Crawford). Jill waitressed for and was friendly with a restaurateur (Heather McComb). A body washes up in the river but it’s somebody else instead of Jill. Turns out she and the restaurateur faked her death to get her away from the husband. Jill is reunited with Papa, and Dwight visits Derek and threatens him to stay away from the soon-to-be-ex wife.
One subplot this week is that Whitehead (Sam Hennings) is terrible at gunwork and needs help from Sutton (DJ Qualls), who is, surprisingly, a crack shot. The other subplot finds Lt. Rice (Alfre Woodward) in parental angst over a schism with her daughter, who she has learned is engaged to be married.
