By chance turning into a part of an tried homicide investigation isn’t often on the agenda when attempting to clear your thoughts and but, Elliot finds himself in simply the predicament. As he’s taking a stroll after a tricky day in school coping with a bully, Elliot stumbles upon a person in want of assist.
When officers get to the scene, the one data Elliot has for them is {that a} blue pickup truck sped by after which this man got here crawling out saying “Chad Monsoon” then handed out. He was shot within the chest, however no gun has been discovered. They ID the person as Jack Coutts – clearly somebody thought he was lifeless and dumped him, however EMTs bought him secure and introduced him to the hospital.
Jack’s pal Ryan Coogan (Visitor Star Tyler Posey) is available in after being referred to as since he’s listed as Jack’s emergency contact and he’s asking about his pal. Sid tells him that Jack has been shot and is in crucial situation. Now, everyone knows I attempt to determine whodunit after I watch this present; Ryan wasn’t on my radar at first. He appeared to essentially be involved about his pal and I imply, hi there, he was Jack’s emergency contact. He tells Karl that he and Jack met in a bereavement group and he shared that he misplaced a pal named Jordan and Jack misplaced his daughter. After contacting Jack’s ex-wife, Karl learns that she and Jack’s daughter was killed in a ski accident.
“Strangers Amongst Us” – MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN, Pictured: Tyler Posey as Ryan Coogan. Photograph: Kailey Schwerman/ FOX © 2025 Fox Media LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Because the accident, Jack has been on the hunt to search out the individuals chargeable for his daughter’s dying. When he final contacted his ex-wife, he advised her he believed he discovered them. That’s what brings us to what Jack was attempting to say when Elliot discovered him; “Chad Monsoon”. There was a Chad, nevertheless it was Chad Wilkinson, who Jack reached out to promoting a used jet ski. Chad’s jet ski was referred to as “Monsoon”. When Sid and Laila go to test it out, they discover the harm to it and determine to herald forensics. It seems, Chad’s jet ski was the one concerned in Jack’s daughter’s tragic dying.
Chad admits to internet hosting a celebration on that day, however he was not the one on the jet ski. To make issues worse, do not forget that gun they couldn’t discover? The bullet faraway from Jack was traced again to a gun registered to Chad. He lied and stated the gun was stolen, however the reality was, when he fell quick on fee for “occasion favors”, he used the gun as a type of fee to his pal Jordan.
I believed Chad was responsible till he began naming of us on the occasion and would you take a look at that – Ryan Coogan was in attendance. Now keep in mind what I stated earlier: Ryan was in a bereavement group after dropping his pal Jordan. Sure, the identical Jordan who equipped Chad with “occasion favors”. Which suggests Ryan, who was buddies with Jordan, might probably have entry to this gun as nicely. It’s all beginning to come collectively now.
“Strangers Amongst Us” – MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN, Pictured: Jaden Rain as Elliot Gifford and Rossif Sutherland as Karl Alberg. Photograph: Kailey Schwerman/ FOX © 2025 Fox Media LLC. All Rights Reserved.
When Ryan exhibits up on the hospital eager to enter Jack’s room to drop off a rose quartz I simply knew. It was him. When the officer watching Jack’s room wouldn’t let him in, he bought a bit determined and pulled the alarm clearing everybody within the hospital. He enters Jack’s room and makes an attempt to complete the job. Fortunately the officer returns and stops him – saying sorry and attempting to kill your supposed pal isn’t a method to repent, Ryan.
A flashback scene reveals that Jack went to Ryan after discovering out that Chad was the proprietor of the jet ski that killed his daughter. Ryan was attempting to persuade him to depart it to the cops, however he tousled mentioning Chad’s title when Jack didn’t. He outed himself as figuring out what occurred that day. He bought nearer to Jack to govern his involvement in what occurred. What a sick and twisted man.
“Strangers Amongst Us” – MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN, Pictured: Jacob Shoemay as Brent Holman and Marcia Homosexual Harden as Mayor Christie Holman Photograph: Kailey Schwerman/ FOX © 2025 Fox Media LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Talking of sick and twisted, why is it that individuals in outstanding positions have youngsters who really feel like they’re above everybody else? I’m not a fan of Mayor Holman and this episode simply made it worse. Her son is a bully (I can’t stand a bully) and has made Elliot’s time in school insufferable. When he discovered Jack, he additionally discovered the gun used to shoot him, however he didn’t let police know and saved it for himself. I don’t suppose he had any intentions of utilizing it in school, however when his youthful foster brother noticed that he wouldn’t stick up for himself, he took issues into his personal fingers. He stole the gun that he knew Elliot had and went after Brent. Sid and Laila arrive simply in time to deescalate the state of affairs. Mayor Holman is grateful after all however when Sid tries to inform her that her son is a bully, you’d suppose this could come as a shock, proper? No, she’s nicely conscious and has accomplished nothing to appropriate his habits. “He’s my son” umm, yeah we all know, now put some sense into him. This might’ve gone badly for him, does she perceive that? Doesn’t seem to be she does.
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