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"Here Comes the Son" details: Episode number 183; First aired January 8, 2002

Writer: Jonathan Robert Kaplan
Story: Bill Clark & Jonathan Robert Kaplan
Director: Charles Haid

Mrs. Hornby sends Beacham, to ask Sipowicz to come back to her apartment and work security for her. She offers a raise and other perks, but Sipowicz turns her down.

In the next episode, Jealous Hearts, John isn't on screen but we learn a lot about his character. Sipowicz starts looking into some missing jewelry that Mrs. Hornby had mentioned, and ends up investigating Cory Beacham. He learns that Mrs. Hornby's affairs are being mishandled by Beacham. When he approaches the widow about this, she tells him she found her necklace. She has a hard time comprehending that Beacham (her late husband's nephew) is ruining her, and that she'll be broke within the year. Finally, Sipowicz convinces her to let him investigate further.

"Humpty Dumped" details: Episode number 185; First aired February 5, 2002

Writer: Nicholas Wootton & Matt Olmstead
Story: Bill Clark & Nicholas Wootton
Director: Dianne Houston

Sipowicz is determined to nail Beacham. He confronts Beacham about his investigation. After interviewing one of Beacham's bookkeepers, Sipowicz comes to Beacham's office to arrest him for grand larceny, fraud and embezzlement. But later, Sipowicz learns that Beacham has frightened Mrs. Hornby, and now she isn't going to sign the complaint. Sipowicz goes to Mrs. Hornby's apartment, forcibly removes Beacham from the picture, and convinces the widow to go ahead and file the complaint, because her nephew won't bother her again.

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