Ghosts of the Past (The Killing)

In this episode, Detectives Linden and Holder listen to a voicemail Rosie Larsen left while still alive. Mitch Larsen speaks with a girl who is the same age as Rosie. Darren Richmond finds out who might have orchestrated his earlier arrest.

After dreaming that Belko Royce shoots him in his hospital bed, Richmond decides to get moving. From his wheelchair, he watches TV and stops on a scene of someone firing a gun, which prompts him to go outside for air. There, he talks with a woman visiting her brother during chemotherapy. She points out that he has urinated on himself. Meanwhile, campaign manager Jamie Wright meets his old friend Eve, who now works at the district attorney’s office. She knows it is not a social call and asks what he wants. Later, in Richmond’s hospital room, Jamie tells him the murder charges were based on a fake tollbooth photo and that he believes Mayor Adams was behind it.

At the police station, Linden and Holder review notes on suspect Alexi Giffords. Linden suggests visiting his mother, Monica Krol, to see if she knows his location. At her home, Monica insists Alexi had nothing to do with the murder and directs them to the basement, where he is sleeping. Back at the station, Holder interrogates Alexi as Linden tells Lt. Erik Carlson that Rosie’s prints were found in Alexi’s apartment. Carlson warns she can only hold Alexi for eight more hours because the department is still under scrutiny. Linden also interrogates Alexi, sharing details of her own foster childhood. When she says Rosie and her parents loved each other, Alexi claims Rosie hated her parents. Linden suggests a “reverse trace” on Alexi’s phone to find a link to Rosie. Holder says they will need a warrant, and she tells him to keep quiet about it.

At the Larsen home, Stan listens at Terry’s bedroom door. He leaves Mitch a voicemail saying he and the boys miss her. In her motel room, Mitch ignores the call. She sees Tina, a teenager who looks like Rosie, arguing with a man by the pool. Later in a diner, Mitch asks Tina to join her. She tells Tina she has a teenage daughter who “left.” Tina says she cannot help find her daughter and leaves. Stan arrives at the police station to give Linden names of people who may have been involved. He recognizes Alexi in the interrogation room, and she urges him to leave. Later, the detectives listen as a technician plays a message Rosie