The Glades - 2 ª Season

Jeff's father Ray Cargill has made a deal for early release on parole. The boy is ecstatic, but the first months Ray can only visit, being assigned to a half-way house, yet seems to have a fine influence in motivating school effort. Carlos shivers and squirms when assisting Jim to investigate the murder of major Cuban gang don Eduardo Garcia's niece and virtually adopted daughter. Obvious prime suspect rival gang lord Alvaro Saldivar haughtily proclaims his innocence and secretly offers Jim some help to unravel what might be a move for a gang war, which could hurt 'businenss' badly. Jim also takes an interest in the victim's life at Connecticut boarding school and, mostly secretly, back in Florida, with a forbidden lover.

JIm's former Chicago partner and lover, CPD detective Sam Harper, comes team up with him again, given indications that the serial killer they failed to catch before his transfer is active again and moved to Florida. Jim refuses like her to focus blindly on former prime suspect Tommy Ray Haynes, even if recently paroled early, especially as the MO and profile remain questionable. While Jeff is delighted to spend time with father Ray, who starts his own tow truck business, Callie is offered a forensic nursing intern program.

Children collecting fireflies in the Glades stumble onto the corpse of US Navy recruiter Doug Preston, who was dumped there. Jim is more surprised when his team is given a 'forensic nurse,' to Carlos's delight none other then his lover Callie, which proves uneasy for both of them, especially as she's still jealous of the Chicago ex. Suspects include Frank Morgan, whose son volunteered and died in Afghanistan, and Doug's ex, an alcoholic who keeps secrets about everything, including boyfriend Bradley, and Doug's baby son, who went missing very recently.

Jeff is tickled pink now he can spend time regularly with father Ray, until it's time for the promised witness protection relocation. Callie rather concentrates on starting her new moonlight job as forensic nurse, assigned to Jim, who has his doubts about the function and the effect on their relationship. Their first officially joint case is murder by sabotage on NASCAR stable pilot Zane, who is succeeded as team star by Trey Lancer. The golden boy and/or his pit mechanic were involved in surprisingly dirty business, while Trey caries a deep grudge and his widowed mother Georgia has to worry about team sponsoring as well as Trey's fiancée.

Only substitute father Jim can calm down Jeff, who hates having to return from father Ray's after a long stay, due to the witness protection rules. Carlos is initially delighted to get a case in collaboration with his former pupil Dr. Sophie Perez, who used to run forensics in budget cut-closed facility. However her errors prove crucial in the case of murder at a prestigious drug rehab. Matt soon works out it was crawling with blackmail and money laundering, involving lawyer Andy Waller, the next victim.