On the night Sarah goes missing, Sheldon helps a woman obtain a candy bar from the hospital vending machine. I chose Nicholas Sparks because, let’s face it, there’s a sappy quotient involved in his stories.
Per my viewings of SVU, I’m pretty sure the search of the house is considered “ fruit of the poisonous tree”.
Nothing is addressed of what happens to the police case when it comes out the Sheldon fabricated a confession. Sheldon comforts her by singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (see below) and she is reunited with her parents. In the basement, they find Sarah, terrified and hiding under the bed in a locked basement bedroom. He lies to Joe that Nick confessed, so they raid his home. Sheldon has Nick placed on a (fake) 5150 hold, by declaring him suicidal and sleep deprived. He interrogates Nick with questions about specifics on Alyssa, but Nick grows defensive and flustered with the questions. On day 95, with Nick talking about ending things with Alyssa, Sheldon reaches his breaking point. Largely in part, because if she is alive, he’s horrified by what she’s been through. Dana is still holding on to hope, but Ron is voicing fears that Sarah is dead. At the same time, Sarah’s parents are again fighting in Violet’s office. At 94 days, Sheldon (due to an empty chair, see below)goes to see Officer Joe and tells them they have the wrong man. Around the 80 day mark, Nick is still talking about Alyssa, but some of his enthusiasm for the relationship has waned. Additionally, the police have arrested a suspect, but a body hasn’t been found. Sheldon is suspicious, but all he can do is keep seeing Nick to see if his fears are confirmed. It all starts when Nick comes in talking about his girlfriend, Alyssa, and how she’s perfect for him. We visit the story at 37, 80, 94, and 95 days, and each time Sheldon is more and more certain that Nick did it. So, as I mentioned above, Sheldon is borderline obsessed to find out if Nick took Sarah. Sheldon isn’t telling anyone at work about his cancer (he lies that he’s going to the gym). Sheldon is fixated on Nick and whether or not he kidnapped Sarah. These scenes are really interludes and don’t add much to the hour, other than vocalizing the obvious. He also meets throughout the hour with his own psychiatrist (played by Kathy Baker). And thus ends the relationship we were never really invested in.
They’ve continued the weekend relationship we learned about last season, but once he shares his cancer diagnosis, she admits that’s not what she is on board for. We see a brief moment with his ex-wife Laura (played by Kari Coleman). Yes, we learned early on that he had markers, but now we know (or are reminded) that he has a Gleason Score of six and it has not metastasized. And this episode focuses on his treatment of Nick and Sheldon’s prostate cancer. We’ve barely seen any of Sheldon this season, outside of his Nick interaction and brief doctor visits with Sam early in the season. Because what it all boils down to is… Sheldon is a supporting character. And while the hour wasn’t horrible, I think it lacked a bit of oomph following Cooper’s hour and the anticipation of next week’s Charlotte hour. We’re continuing with Shonda Rhimes’ experiment of character-focused episodes. Yes, that’s right, two episodes in one! And the lead character in both was Sheldon Wallace. We were also given an hour of Private Practice: Nicholas Sparks. Karen Belgrad – Senior hour we were treated to Private Practice: SVU.