Charles, still working for Julie, takes a job investigating the theft of a laptop from Jack Berenger the president of Wheeler College. The school is on the verge of receiving a huge donation from mega-rich alum Brad Vinick and Berenger doesn't want anything to screw it up.
Charles is set up as a visiting professor of engineering, his actual area of expertise, and quickly meets several of his colleagues. Berenger throws a reception for Vinick where Charles meets the mega-rich alum and some more of his new colleagues.
Pacific View manager Didi hires Julie to perform some background checks. Julie suspects that Didi is up to something.
The episode ends with the disappearance of the portrait of Vinick that the school was planning to display prominently. The portrait is found minutes later, on fire in a trashcan, outside the building where the reception was being held.
I enjoyed this episode very much. I've got a sneaking suspicion that Mona is going to turn out to be the culprit but I hope not. There's plenty of episodes left for them to disprove my theory.
Notes
All of the cast regulars are back. The cast of new supporting characters includes:
Brad Vinick who was played by Gary Cole. I've seen him in a few movies but none in recent years.
Music professor Mona Margadoff, whom Charles likes very much, was played by Mary Steenburgen, Ted Danson's wife. I've seen her in a number of things including Happiest Season (2020) and six episodes of Orange Is the New Black, starting with 3.02 Bed Bugs and Beyond.
Dr. Benjamin Cole an English professor whom Charles think is a likely suspect. He was played by David Strathairn. I've seen him in a handful of movies but none that I have seen recently.
Lisa Gilroy played the part of Kelseigh Rose Vinick, Brad's current wife. I've seen her before in Interior Chinatown where she played Detective Sarah Green.
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