Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Manchurian Doyle

In order to win back Leslie after the evidence room debacle, Jake decides that Leslie is attracted to men with power, and that he should run for mayor of St. John's.

In order to increase his visibility, Jake insists that from now on the media must refer to the cases he works as "Doyle Cases," and any general police work as "Doyleology." Unfortunately, Jake has a string of cases that he can't seem to solve, and since his name is always attached with these failures, his popularity plummets. Since Jake lacks the votes needed, he asks if he can be "minority mayor of St. John's," forcing council to explain that, "we don't really do that..."

Jake realizes that maybe the best public service he can perform is to be there for the ladies... and solve crimes. Working on these strengths, Jake fights his way back into contention. While Leslie seems non-committal, the hot prosecutor likes the idea of Jake being mayor, leading to renewed jealousy between the two. Is Jake about to become mayor, and will he rename all streets "hot cop road" or "hot prosecutor road?"

At the last moment, Jake is disqualified, because he is not originally from St. John's. His name is moved over to the only other ballot he is eligible for, and he becomes mayor of his birthplace, Doyle Island. Upon hearing the news, Jake....

To be continued...

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