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On Stitchers: The One That Got Away  a lot more is revealed about Camille and Fisher. Cameron continues his “action man” antics, Linus learns a lesson and Maggie takes charge. Kirsten uses her strengths to start her search for Stinger.

The episode starts with Quincy waiting for his retired mentor from the police department to meet him in the local cop bar. As he waits, Camille’s brother Theo (Logan Paul) breaks into the house and “Millie” reluctantly allows him to stay at the house she shares with Kirsten.

Fisher’s mentor is found murdered and the two women are called away to stitch the dead captain to see who killed her.

Camille is not happy that her older brother has stopped by and it is revealed, throughout the episode, that she has worked hard to leave the trailer park behind  in Bakersfield and never look back.  Theo is not a welcome memory and he is according to Millie, a douche.

(The older brother does indeed prove to be a grade-A douche.)

The stitch reveals that the retired captain was trying to solve an old  serial killer case. It also shows her questioning a cable guy. Rather interestingly the stitch shows a boy in a red ball cap “listening” to the cop.

Fisher, Cameron and Kirsten go to question the cable guy while Linus and Camille got to see Theo.  At the questioning, the suspect runs and Cameron chases him down.   Kirsten is not impressed:

Kirsten: “What the hell were you thinking?”

Cameron: “That’s the beauty of it. I wasn’t.”

Theo is on the run from someone he owes money to and Camille throws him out of the house.  Linus feels guilty and allows Theo to crash at his place.  At the bar a psychologist who worked with Melany offers to help the investigators.

In their investigations the team learn that the serial killer stopped for seven years before striking again.

After Maggie learns of Cameron’s chasing down the  suspect, she benches him and sends Kirsten with Fisher to chase the next lead.  Linus and Camille have a meal with Theo that ends badly and Cameron ends up with the serial killer.

This episode of Stitchers was more “crime” oriented, in other words a “cop caper” as it were,  and Cameron (Kyle Harris) reflected this by referring to Kirsten (Emma Ishta) as “Miss Marple” (Agatha Christie) and “Starling” (Thomas Harris).  Both Kirsten and Cameron spent a good portion of the episode helping Quincy find who killed his old mentor.

The Camille storyline ran parallel to the murder mystery being solved and it was clear to see that Theo resented his little sister for getting out of the “trailer park.” It is also obvious who, out of the two, has the most drive and focus.  Linus sticks up for Camille, angrily telling her sibling to respect his sister after Theo repeatedly insults “Millie.”

Two smaller occurrences in the episode had Maggie annoying Mitchell Blair (John Billingsley) by allowing Fisher’s mentor to be stitched.   Amusingly, Blair comes across as almost petty and childish in his response to the issue. The other occurrence is the young boy in the red cap.

This may well be the  second time this young fellow has appeared in a stitch…Is this a “glitch” or is someone, or something, interfering with Kirsten’s work.  The red cap must be  a signal, like M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense where red was a warning. While not a signpost of danger exactly, it does seem to make the lad’s appearance seem much more than a random occurrence.

It is funny to note that while Cameron has “turned over a new leaf,” by having lost many of his inhibitions after dying,  he is still embarrassed to order a mojito at the cop bar. After unsuccessfully trying to get Kirsten to order one, he then asks the bartender to “get the lady a mojito.”

The scene with the serial killer at the end of the episode explains much of Goodkin’s new daring. As he tells the killer, he has died and death no longer holds any fear for him. He  also hints that he saw something while gone.

At the end of the episode, Camille is proved right about Theo who steals Linus’ flatscreen television and a few other home entertainment odds and ends.  Fisher sends off his mentor with a toast, and makes amends with another detective and Kirsten starts her mathematics formula to track down Stinger.

It is clear that for Kirsten (as mentioned in the earlier interviews with the cast and executive producer Jeff Schechter) that she is going to focus on finding her real father.  So far it looks like Stinger may be very homicidally inclined but with no explanation  as to why he has turned this way.

This season has been hinting that the purpose of the program could affect millions of people in terms of evolution. The next reveal may not be just what the program is but just why Kirsten’s dad is in “hiding.”

Stitchers airs Tuesdays on Freeform.  Do not miss this well written and well acted series.