Ray forces Mickey to return to LA and brings him to Ed Cochran (Hank Azaria), who puts Mickey on parole and then holds a press conference taking full credit for finding and shooting Sully Sullivan. Kate McPherson (Vinessa Shaw), a Boston reporter, doesn't believe the FBI's story. Desperate to control Mickey, Ray corrupts a parole officer (Wendell Pierce) and has him take over Mickey's case. Kate begins to investigate Sully's death and decides to come to Los Angeles.