Kasey Stevens

Emma learns more about what happened the night Sutton's car went into the lake, raising her suspicions about whether her sister has been truthful. Ted invites his family to be his guests at an event in his honor and Rebecca orders Sutton to use the opportunity to further their plans for the Mercer family. Meanwhile, Emma heeds Laurel's romantic advice and Rebecca and Alec (recurring guest star ADRIAN PASDAR) engage in a game of cat and mouse against each other.

Cpt. Shepard leads his troop off its peacekeeping mission and into battle with the colonel of the rebel forces. Consequently, six marines die in the public incident. Harm is sent in to investigate despite a recent touch of bad luck at various trials.