Motive (US Series)

Detour (1x6)

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Mortgage broker Eric Chase (David Julian Hirsh) is strangled to death in the parking lot outside his office. Alcoholics Anonymous member Barry Ketchum (Aidan Devine), who has been sober for a year, has killed him in a drunken rage. Chase's ex-wife, Claudia Powell (Tammy Gillis), has attempted to get custody of son Chad from him and wife Ronnie. A witness describes a man named "Tony". Oscar learns that a guy named Tony Denato, a low-level drug enforcer, came into the office looking for Chase a few days before he was killed. Angie and Oscar discover that Tony Denato was the cover identity for Sergeant Barry Ketchum. She travels to his hometown to let him know that his name came up in a murder investigation. She then figures out the connection between Ketchum and Chase. Claudia Powell is Ketchum's estranged daughter. Her father honorably tried to force Chase to back down on the custody battle, but ultimately killed him. In present day, he pulls a gun on Angie ordering him to leave his daughter alone. He then points the gun at himself and takes his own life. At home, Angie has been reluctant to reveal the identity of her son's father to him. The Chase case has caused her to have a change of heart. She tells Manny that his father's name is Mark Hanson.