Payback
Episode 205 (#15) - October 2 1996
For the last several years, one group, a biker gang known as the Void, ran the meth business out of Cascade. Now the Japanese mafia Yakuza is trying to move in on the action. With the apparent killing of three Yakuza members by a member of the Void, a gang war seems inevitable. Simon and the captain of the gang unit, thirty-year veteran Mike Hurley, try to prevent further bloodshed by calling a meeting of the Void and the Yakuza to talk truce.
Immediately after the meeting Rory Hessman, leader of the Void, has a seizure and dies. The Void think the Yakuza is behind the death and the truce is ended. Jim suspects Akiko Keno, attorney for Yakuza leader Kenji Kadama, as lacing Hessman’s coffee with strychnine. He sets up a meet with her, but finds out she is really an FBI agent named Angela Kamura.
After an explosives locker is broken into, Jim begins to suspect Mike Hurley of killing various members of both gangs in an effort to solve the gang problem once and for all. Hurley leaves Jim a videotape explaining the reason for his hatred of both gangs: Is niece was killed by meth she ingested that was made by the Void. She was also turning tricks for the Yakuza to feed her addiction.
Hurley sets up the Void with the stolen C4 from the weapons locker and has them target the Yakuza headquarters. Jim gets to Hurley before he can set off the bomb he’s created and explains Akiko’s role for the FBI. However, it’s too late to stop the Yakuza and the Void from seeking vengeance. Kurt Hessman, the brother of Rory Hessman, opens fire on Akiko, but Hurley jumping in front of her and is killed instead.
Episode Oddities:
- The license plate on Akiko’s silver BMW reads 312-GDC when she tries to ditch her meeting with Jim. Later, when Jim is tailing her in the tow truck, the plate changes to 314-GOC
Canon Tidbits:
- Blair knows Jim’s pin number is 3840 (Jim’s parents birthdays)
- Jim was interested in motorcycles when he was in high school
- Jim has a $1000 deductible on the insurance for the truck
- The license plate on Kenji’s limo is 079-FGE
Car Carnage:
- Jim takes the bumper off a car to be towed when he borrows the tow truck to follow Akiko
Main Cast:
- Detective Jim Ellison: Richard Burgi
- Blair Sandburg: Garett Maggart
- Captain Simon Banks: Bruce A. Young
Semi regular Cast:
- Detective Brown: Henri Brown
- Detective Taggart: Ken Earl
Guest Stars:
- Akiko Keno/Angela Kamura: Mia Korf
- Mike Hurley: Leon Russom
- Kenji Kadama: Henry Hayashi
- Kurt Hessman: Barry Pepper
- Rory Hessman: Stefan Arngrim
- Agent Killibrew: Jerry Wasserman
- Bomb Squad Sergeant: Marilyn Norry
- Club Manager: Warren Takeuchi
- Buster: Derek Hamilton
