THis episode would have been better if it weren't for one major glaring error toward the beginning. The premise of the episode: Mark gets a "wrong number" call about a payoff for a child's kidnapping. They don't know any details of the matter (who was kidnapped, when, etc.) but somehow Mark discovers the place where the ransom will be paid and he and Steve show up there. They see a man with a briefcase (obviously the father with the ransom) and for some unknown reason MARK GOES UP TO TALK TO HIM. Whiskey tango foxtrot!! They had the perfect opportunity to see the kidnapper pick up the money and discover who it is, but what does Mark do--he walks up to the poor father, who was supposed to be ALONE, which gets the father shot and killed. There are other twists involved in this, but why someone would approach a man paying off a ransom is beyond me.
Further, nobody thought to ask how the father knew to be in the park at that time, since the ransom demand was supposedly made to Mark by mistake. Yes, there are more twists involved regarding the phone call, but the point is, it didn't occur to anyone to wonder how the father knew where to be, and when.
Other than these glaring plot-holes, it was a decent episode. Although the aforementioned plot-holes were distracting enough to take me out of the story to some degree, not to mention that the guilty party was pretty obvious from the get-go.
Further, nobody thought to ask how the father knew to be in the park at that time, since the ransom demand was supposedly made to Mark by mistake. Yes, there are more twists involved regarding the phone call, but the point is, it didn't occur to anyone to wonder how the father knew where to be, and when.
Other than these glaring plot-holes, it was a decent episode. Although the aforementioned plot-holes were distracting enough to take me out of the story to some degree, not to mention that the guilty party was pretty obvious from the get-go.