Jeri finagles a deal for her new client in exchange for Karl's location. Trish forges ahead with her own investigation. A prison guard crosses a line.
Jessica is in a bit of a tough spot. Her mother is arrested and to get a better deal she has to give up Dr. Malus. But, the government clearly wants Dr. Malus for his knowledge and experiments. So, her mother gets a better deal, Jessica hands the US government and weapons maker. If she doesn't, she's going away to the Raft where she'll be in solitary for the rest of her life. It's a tough decision for her to be in and interesting in some ways as it puts her in the position where she might have to help a criminal.
There's some revelations in the episode that are the interesting thing that really focuses on the dynamic between Jeri and Jessica. There's a friendship that has been brewing between the two. It's tenuous but it's different than what we witnessed in the previous season and even how Jeri was acting earlier in the season. That makes what Jessica has to tell her more interesting and rather heartbreaking. You can see the two attempting to connect and be friends but it's a struggle. The end result is not surprising but heartbreaking and in a few moments we go from thinking Jeri as a character that's hard to relate to, to one for which we should have tons of sympathy.
Then there's that ending… Not sure what I think but it's a bit odd to go there and can't say I'm necessarily pleased with it all. But, it does bring back that discussion of her being a murderer or not. I'll let you view and decide yourself.
This second season is giving us something a little different in that the solution isn't about punching people. Instead we have had 10 episodes that are focused on personal interactions and moral choices. This was a good episode in some ways and horrible in others. Still what was good was great which feels like a recurring theme of the season.