So many revelations in the first five minutes!
Liam didn't fall out of the barn window, but Adam did; he has a few broken ribs. Liam tells Fallon the whole story of Adam hitting him with the flower pot, and Fallon jabs Adam in the broken ribs before heading back to the courthouse. At court, she hears about her mother, her new stepfather, and the new direction of the court case against Blake.
Alexis lays it on thick to the judge/jury, saying she was having a skin treatment and a long bath when she happened to look out the window. She saw Blake strangle Mack in front of her loft--a story made up from whole-cloth. Dominique (and later Fallon) asks Jeff if he's being blackmailed or something. When Dom claims Alexis is just using him, Jeff says the only user around there is his mother. C3 calls Alexis a gold-digger, and Alexis cracks about the pot calling the kettle black.
Third billing for Elaine in the opening titles, behind only LG and DA and right before RdlF.
Alexis suggests she and Adam call a truce, but he says that she's now a Colby and thus in the enemy camp. She is NOT scared of him in the slightest this go-round. In fact, she has a very different attitude toward practically everyone and herself.
Fallon goes to the 'enemy camp' in an effort to see if she can find some kind of info to help Blake against Alexis, and after J&A start making out, Fallon leaves the room "to go throw up"--but instead rifles through some of Alexis's stuff and takes some pictures of papers. Alexis reminds Fallon that they were "in a good place" when Alexis left town and she hopes they can pick up where they left off. EH plays it like Alexis might actually be sincere!
Elsewhere, Anders and Blake discuss a plan to target one of the jurors; Culhane is already moping and complaining to Sam about Vanessa being in New York. Adam tries to divert attention from his pyromania at the vineyard by telling him about the Nadia sting....which doesn't even register with angry Blake. He tells Adam to leave his office.
Battle lines are drawn between Dom and Alexis, who has on an extraordinary black and white outfit. I can't really explain how they paid homage to the 'burned champagne' scene, but it has to be seen to be...enjoyed.
C3 does a bit of a shell game with the "targeted juror" referred to earlier, involving bathroom-stall threats and red shoes. She gets the juror tossed out and an alternate juror bumped up to regular jury status. The gray flats were nicer looking anyway.
Fallon tracks down (via those papers she photographed) the woman who supposedly was administering Alexis's "beauty treatment" the night Alexis supposedly saw Blake kill Mack. Bottom line: anyone taking the skin treatment is not supposed to bathe for hours afterward, so Fallon has proof Alexis was lying. In court, Alexis has another black and white outfit with a big hat, and Blake's attorney (with Fallon's unique brand of help) shreds her story on the stand. After a time, we find there's a hung jury, and the judge declares a mistrial. The attorney is pretty sure the DA won't try to re-try the case since there are no "real" witnesses.
Outside court, Fallon tells Alexis she believes Blake when he says he did not kill Mack. Alexis tells her she's being naive. Then she "accidentally" pushes Dominique down the courthouse steps. I'm still kind of puzzled by the very fake-looking matte painting of the Atlanta skyline in the background--was that a wall mural or a really bad attempt at making the place look like downtown ATL?
Adam thinks that buying the vineyard next to (still-smoldering) BlueBell will smooth things over with daddy, but it only makes things worse--Blake tells him to move out. Is that Fallon I saw doing cartwheels down Peachtree Street? Oh, look at that: Adam simply moved into Alexis's now-vacant loft. Ease off, Fallon.
Fallon tricks C3 into admitting that Blake really did kill Mack, saying she (Fallon) always suspected Blake was guilty...and now, both of them have to live with the fact that they helped him get away with murder.
Darn good episode indeed. EH (and thus Alexis) hit the ground running.
