I think since that Eames was in the room when they brought Dec in that Bobby and Alex talked and cleared the air. But one thing is that they are back on a level playing field. Even though Alex did not betray Bobby, he thought she did. It was the same with the undercover operation. And Alex was by his side for every step of the way, which will hopefully prove to both Bobby and Dec that Bobby is not alone - he will always have his partner.

At some point on this show there has got to be a 'fresh start'. They can't keep this line going on forever. For the line of the show, there has to be an end somewhere so that they can move forward and start developing something new. Unfortunately, they got rid of the quirkiness and started in with all the personal background with Goren. Now that they have basically written out everyone involved there, except Donnie, maybe they can start moving forward to more crime shows than the personal stuff. That's what I meant by a 'fresh start'.

Where do I even start?
-Poor Eames, that's the first thing I can say. Why the heck did they (especially Declan) have to do that to her? Thinking she was involved was just ridiculous, and on top of all that, you can tell she was scared for Goren thoughout this whole thing. Most of the time I found myself wishing that someone would just hug her.
-MFB... well, that was a surprise to me. Hmm. While I agree that Ross suggesting that he could've been the murderer because of his father crossed a line, I do think that maybe now we know where his strain of unconventional-ness comes from.
-Goren. Hah, that's all I can really say. He needs a hug. I don't exactly see how this "pulled him out of a nosedive", but maybe we'll see it next season. I think maybe in some weird, twisted way, Declan may have actually helped him. Either that, or the fact that he now knows who is really on his side will help him out, like someone here said once. Maybe next season we'll see him dance again.

That was a wonderful episode of all. I still can't accept the fact that Mark

Ford Brady was Goren's father.

All in all I will have to say this one was one of the best. A great season fianle. Gage was obviously off his rocker from the start of it all. I noticed his filthy hands, the obsessive candy eating, his supposed loss of memory on certain things, his story about the "bump" from the mystery person. Granted I didn't know exactly what it meant, but I knew that man was involved, seriously involved. I so wanted to throttle Ross...I hope to hell he feels terrible for suspecting his own detective. I simply cannot see Deakins doing that. The raised eyebrows at Ross? Vincent you crack me up! Has to be one of his hottest, most expressive new moves...I loved it. In a strange way I do think Gage thought he was helping Bobby. Getting rid of Nicole suits me just fine. Frank being gone, yeah probably better for Goren...but he looked positively stricken at the crime scene. Goren's expression at the end in the interrogation room, like it was becoming more clear why Gage did what he did. Maybe he will be able to get his life back next season...BUT, Donnie is still missing. So, there is that little tie-in yet. Eames went to bat for Bobby...WAY TO GO EAMES!! And seriously, I know Bobby has bills and all..but can the guy get a little update on his apartment...please? Okay, going to rewatch at midnight...if its playing again, like it usually does, but who knows. Definately going to have to visit Twilight Isle after this one... see the ship / no ship thread if that doesn't make sense....

Now knowing that Dec was the one that killed Nicole it was kind of interesting that he rented the Honeymoon Suite to hold her heart, especially since Dec told Bobby that Nicole told him that Bobby was the only man she ever truly loved. In others words, she held his heart. But even funnier - and this comes from my little shipper heart - that the B&B owner thought Bobby and Alex were a couple . Honeymoon Suite with Bobby and Alex in it - it's like a shipper fantasy, but without any traces of Nicole there, of course.

It is really amazing. It starts out with Deck "on top". He is actually standing. VDO is sitting and gives these little boy looks and he is so sympathetic. And when DEck says "Eames lacks the nerve." Bobby says, "Nah." and he gives this look. Awe, priceless. Deck is just pounding at VDO about his parents and brother. Then Deck sits and VDO stands and the tables switch. VDO starts pounding on him. It is like a ballet. Watch it again...really beautiful.

i think that, as far as declan "pulling bobby out of a nosedive"....bobby was depressed. his mom died, his druggie brother was estranged, his nephew was missing...nicole hasn't been around much, but she's in his background, he was suspended as a result of his helping his nephew...etc. etc. i think dec pulled him out of a nosedive by a) getting rid of the "dead weight" as dec put it (awful way to describe anyone isn't it?....worse reason for murder)...and b ) made goren face everything....face his emotions...sometimes after such raw raw emotion, i think people can start anew. turn a new page. put things behind you.

i dunno. i'm assuming it'll happen for goren. he'll have to make it happen. the only way it wouldn't is if goren blames himself now for frank and nicole's deaths (since they were killed because of him)

Per Declan saying that Nicole's last words were that Bobby was the only man she had ever really loved, that truly sounds like something she'd say just to screw with Bobby's head once last time. I mean, she knew she was going to die and she couldn't resist the temptation to stick a shiv in him for old time's sake.

Declan may be right in some incredibly warped cruel way ... that Bobby needed a shock to his system of a magnitude to snap him out of his deepening melancholy. However, the psychotic bastard went about it the wrong way. His brain has been totally pickled, so I bet he winds up in a psyche ward right next to his comatose daughter Jo, or maybe they still have a reservation available at the Heaven suite at Tate's upstate.

that BObby was the only person that she ever loved. As much as we hate her, that was probably true.

that is like what someone said earlier; that all of these events will haunt him forever. i think it might take him a while to shake this off. he barely had a year to get over his mothers death before frank was killed.