Season 1: 2007
| Series Ep # | Season 1 Ep # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original Airdate | Production Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" "In the Beginning" |
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Nancy Miller | July 23, 2007 (2007-07-23) | 101 |
| Grace Hanadarko is a police detective who lives a reckless life, drinking heavily and sleeping around. After a night of drinking, Grace hits a man with her car, and in the desperate aftermath encounters a scruffy, tobacco-spitting angel. The angel named Earl gives her a chance to change her ways, and afterwards all traces of her accident disappear; but it won't be that easy. Meanwhile, Grace and her partner investigate the abduction of a little girl, and are on the trail of the pedophile thought to be responsible. They eventually find the girl, and the cornered pedophile commits suicide. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Bring it On, Earl" | Guy Ferland | Nancy Miller | July 30, 2007 (2007-07-30) | 102 |
| While the squad investigates the death of a man found bludgeoned in his oilfield, Ham shows his jealous side when he discovers that Grace and Butch were once an item. Annoyed by Earl's attempts to interject himself into her life, Grace challenges him to a wrestling match, with the prize being either his exit or Grace's surrender to God's plan. Earl accepts and transports them both to a mountaintop arena in Athens, Greece. The match ends in a draw, but it gets Grace's attention, and she visits Leon Cooley in prison to learn more about Earl. Meanwhile, a witness in the murder case turns out to be Lt. Yukon's brother Otis, and old family conflict flares up when he's brought in for questioning. Later, Otis comes in demanding his reward money, and when he's refused he pulls out a gun and kills his brother. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned" | Dean White | Joseph Dougherty | August 6, 2007 (2007-08-06) | 103 |
| A motel manager is murdered and the suspect seeks sanctuary in a church, forcing the squad to deal with the priest protecting her. The motel is frequented by hookers and their johns, so the squad gets help on the case from the streetwalker Pippa and a nut case who videotapes prostitutes with their clients. Meanwhile, Earl sets up shrines and artifacts from a multitude of faiths in Grace's home hoping she'll pick a path that suits her best, but Grace's disrespect for him draws Earl's anger. Rhetta confides in Grace's brother, a Catholic priest, about Grace's visits from Earl, and shows him "Holy Cow", a bovine whose mottles resemble the face of Christ; but he is skeptical. Meanwhile, Captain Kate Perry, an old friend of Grace's from her days on Oklahoma City's vice squad, arrives to take the place of the late Lt. Yukon as supervisor of Major Crimes. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Keep Your Damn Wings Off My Nephew" | Sergio Mimica-Gezzan | Roger Wolfson | August 13, 2007 (2007-08-13) | 104 |
| Grace is alarmed when she sees an apparition of Leon Cooley talking with her nephew Clay on the street, and angrily confronts both Leon and Earl about the encounter. Meanwhile, Earl continues to be enigmatic, first leading Grace to a taco stand and then to a house with a purple door. Wade, a devoutly religious teenager, is a witness to a murder, and faces threats to his life. For his protection Grace moves Wade in with her, and the squad goes on rotation to watch over him. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Would You Want Me to Tell You?" | David Von Ancken | Hans Tobeason | August 20, 2007 (2007-08-20) | 105 |
| With the surprise visit of her Aunt Cathy (Frances Fisher), Grace finds herself in the middle of old family tension at the same time that her late father's memory is set to be honored. Cathy reveals to Grace that she is dying, and tells her a terrible secret which she hopes to confess to Grace's mother before she goes. Grace takes harsh measures to prevent that from happening. Meanwhile, cattle baron Alvin Green enlists Grace and the squad's help in the recovery of a prized statue. Later, Grace shows her compassionate side to a co-worker grieving the loss of a beloved pet. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "And You Wonder Why I Lie" | Gloria Muzio | Annie Brunner | August 27, 2007 (2007-08-27) | 106 |
| In a game of "truth or dare", Earl dares Grace to stop lying. Later, the squad investigates the brutal rape and murder of a young woman whose body was dumped in the street. It's uncovered that the victim was a journalist investigating the lives of prostitutes by actually living as one. At a party, Grace first has to deal with a tense face-off when she runs into Ham's wife, and then with Rhetta's wrath as she finds out that Grace lied about how a piece of evidence was found. Meanwhile, the squad traces the murder to a backwoods prostitution ring and even more heinous crimes. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Yeehaw, Geepaw" | Artie Mandelberg | Denitria Harris-Lawrence | September 3, 2007 (2007-09-03) | 107 |
| When a body burned and buried face down with an owl feather shows signs of a Native American ritual, Grace goes to her Choctaw grandfather, Geepaw (August Schellenberg), for insight. As she spends time with Geepaw, Grace finds that he is steadily losing his ability to take care of himself, and is heart-broken to learn that he's in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Meanwhile, Paige hounds Grace about joining the family on a cruise. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Everything's Got a Shelf Life" | Artie Mandelberg | Talicia Raggs | September 10, 2007 (2007-09-10) | 108 |
| While serving a no knock warrant on a murder suspect, the team is involved in a shootout in which Grace and another officer are downed by gunfire. Though she nears death, Grace's life is saved by her body armor, but the other officer dies of his wounds shortly after. His death has Grace and the squad chomping at the bit to take down the gang responsible. Meanwhile, Leon becomes more conflicted and angry when he learns that his ex-wife wants to remarry, and that her fiancée wants to adopt Leon's son. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "A Language of Angels" | Tricia Brock | Mark Israel | September 17, 2007 (2007-09-17) | 109 |
| When her partner in bondage games runs off, a helpless Grace is cuffed to her bed for hours, and Earl takes the opportunity to spend some quality time with her. Meanwhile, a woman is found murdered with the word "Devil" written on the wall in the victim's blood. Grace has seen this before, and she is forced to reveal long-secret personal trauma in order to help find the killer. Doug Norman is concerned when he finds out that Clay has been mistreating a girl at school, but Aunt Grace uses tough tactics to set Clay straight. Meanwhile, Earl is frustrated with Grace's personal progress, and Rhetta starts to piece together the evidence Earl has left behind into "a language of angels". (Midseason Finale) | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "It's Better When I Can See You" | Artie Mandelberg | Joseph Dougherty Roger Wolfson |
December 3, 2007 (2007-12-03) | 110 |
| As Grace investigates a school bus company whose shoddy practices may have led to a deadly accident, a slew of tornadoes hits the city. In the aftermath she is trapped inside the company's offices with a seriously injured employee (Mary Kay Place), and through the ordeal her faith and compassion are tested. Meanwhile, Leon Cooley's life is threatened by a vengeful guard, and he and Earl might part ways as Leon converts to Islam. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "This is Way Too Normal for You" | Tom McLoughlin | Annie Brunner Hans Tobeason |
December 10, 2007 (2007-12-10) | 111 |
| The squad investigates the death of a man with down syndrome who was shot while attempting armed robbery with a gun carved from wood. Following the trail to a home for the mentally disabled, Grace spends time with the man's friend in order to find the origin of the fake gun. Meanwhile, the atheist nephew of Grace's neighbor is in town, and he and Grace immediately hit it off, much to Earl's bemusement. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Is There a Scarlet Letter on My Breast?" | Guy Ferland | Mark Israel Denitria Harris-Lawrence |
December 17, 2007 (2007-12-17) | 112 |
| High-profile defense attorney Harper Addison rolls into town determined to free his client, and he targets the squad hoping to find cracks in their investigation. An assistant D.A. tries to prepare the team for Addison's tactics, but Grace is caught off guard when he deposes a parade of her former lovers and marches them through the squadroom. Meanwhile, Grace feels the pressure from her family, Earl, and a pair of nuns when she waffles on whether to attend Clay's confirmation. Later, Ham throws his true feelings out there with Grace. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Tacos, Tulips, Ducks, and Spices" | Artie Mandelberg | Talicia Raggs Nancy Miller |
December 18, 2007 (2007-12-18) | 113 |
| When a charred car is found with an abduction kit and pictures of Paige inside, Grace is forced to dig into her sister's life to keep her safe. Meanwhile, all of Grace's siblings come to town to celebrate their mother's birthday. At the station, Earl's clues lead Rhetta to Father Patrick Murphy, a pedophile priest whom everyone thought was dead, but is actually living in retirement in Tulsa. Grace does not take the news of his survival well, and tells Rhetta the full story of how Murphy repeatedly molested and raped her in her preteen years. Unable to hold back her anger, Grace heads to Tulsa with her gun in hand, and breaks into the room of the sleeping Father Murphy, leading to a stunning cliffhanger. |
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