Letting Go (Body of Proof)
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Nelson McCormick |
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| Production code | 102 |
| Original air date | April 3, 2011 |
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"Letting Go" is the second episode of the first season of the American medical drama Body of Proof. It was originally broadcast in the United States on ABC on April 3, 2011. The episode was directed by Nelson McCormick and written by Matthew Gross and series creator Christopher Murphey.
In this episode, Megan Hunt (Dana Delany) and Detectives Bud Morris (John Carroll Lynch) and Samantha Baker (Sonja Sohn) inspect the case of an interracial couple who are shot dead in their car at Fairmount Park. This case leads them to many suspects, including one of the victim's parents, Al (Barry Shabaka Henley) and Laura (Brenda Pressley), both who seem to be hiding secrets about the couple's relationship.
The episode received positive reviews, and was watched by 8.49 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings, on the Sunday night it aired in the United States. Critics pointed out Curtis Brumfield (Windell Middlebrooks) as giving "some of the best lines of the night" and providing some "much needed comic relief". Although this episode received positive reviews, it received significantly lower ratings than both the previous and the subsequent episodes, most likely due to the episode moving from the normal Tuesday timeslot to a Sunday night.
Dave Piaseki (Steven Demarco) and Linda Chapman (Zakiya Cook) are found shot dead in their car at Fairmount Park. When Megan Hunt (Dana Delany) and detectives Bud Morris (John Carroll Lynch) and Samantha Baker (Sonja Sohn) arrive, they think the case is a Murder–suicide, but Megan finds two bullets in Dave and concludes that someone murdered them. Megan meets Linda's parents, Al (Barry Shabaka Henley) and Laura (Brenda Pressley), and tells them the news, leaving them devastated. Megan links Linda's ex-boyfriend Brian Hall (Brian White) to Dave and finds out that Dave was at Brian's restaurant the night he died. However, Brian has an alibi as he was with employee Nina Wheeler (Sherri Saum). The police find out that Linda used to work at Brian's restaurant and received psychological abuse until Dave found out and confronted him. Brian has started to abuse Nina, so the police get Nina away from Brian, as he caused Linda to suffer from bulimia due to the abuse.
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