Three Strikes Recap: Rake

Keegan Deane must defend Reggie Jarvis, an innocent man, against a robbery charge in Three Strikes (S1 E7 3/6/14). Trouble is, Reggie already has 2 strikes against him and if Kee loses Reggie will be going away for life, because the mayor has fixed it so Kee’s cases have to be prosecuted to the fullest. There will be no plea deals for Deane.

But first we get to meet the elusive Victor, who has consolidated all of Kee’s debts and wants 4 grand a week from Kee until it’s paid off. He staples a nail in Kee’s hand to drive home how serious he is. Kee then gets picked up by a man who takes him to Mayor Barzmann. The Mayor is pissed over his wife’s flirtation with Kee and thinks Kee should relocate. Kee points out that Gloria contacted him and the Mayor should pay more attention to her. Barzmann has his driver drop Kee off somewhere outside the city.

Reggie Jarvis has been sponsoring Luke at AA and is taking him to a meeting. They stop at a pharmacy to pick up aspirin for Luke’s “headache.” Luke robs the place and Reggie gets arrested as the getaway driver, even though he didn’t know anything about it. Reggie knows Keegan Deane from AA. In fact, it was Kee who so inspired him that it turned his life around. Kee talks to Luke who assures he will testify Reggie knew nothing about the holdup, but on the stand, Luke blames the whole thing on Reggie!

In a chat with Ben, who has stepped up taking control of his father’s law firm, Kee gets the idea to do something to make the judge declare a mistrial. That will give at least give Reggie a chance to get another attorney before a retrial. Kee also tells Reggie that he’s not the hero Reggie thinks. He only went to the AA meeting to get close to a stewardess. Reggie pays Kee, who goes off to do some gambling but Roy shows up and collects the money for Victor.

Various Subplots:

Kee and Leanne have been relegated to a basement room for an office by Raghu, the building manager. Kee knows he has a crush on Leanne and tells her to use that to get them a better office. Then he tells Raghu that Leanne said he has smiling eyes and pillowly lips. Raghu gets the idea out of this conversation that Leanne is a virgin. “Adjacent,” Kee says. When Raghu tries to put the moves on Leanne, she kicks him out at the point of a mop. Raghu suggests that Leanne treat men in a very different way “or you’re going to be virgin adjacent forever.”

Kee enlists Mikki’s help in getting the IRS garnishment at least delayed through the influence of her boyfriend, David Potter. She reluctantly agrees but before she can figure out a way to bring it up, David asks her to move in with him. For the rest of the episode, she cuddles with David and doesn’t answer Kee’s calls.

Scarlet is seriously considering running for D.A. She is friends with Gloria, the mayor’s wife, who is still upset that her husband is cheating on her but tells Scarlet that she has already done something stupid about it (flirting with Kee), and doesn’t plan to do it again. She dumps the rest of her salmon lunch in her husband’s desk drawer.

Maddy goes off to a wellness retreat with Bruce. Kee wants to bet that she will sick of Bruce and not be able to stand him anymore. Maddy scoffs but that is exactly what happens when they go through some very strange rituals, that include Bruce giving birth to Maddy and then wanting to breastfeed her.

Ben wants Kee to come and work for him. Kee laughs at the idea at first but by the end of the episode, he is going to get on board.

Cast of Three Strikes:
Greg Kinnear – Keegan Deane
Miranda Otto – Maddy Deane
John Ortiz – Ben Leon
Necar Zadegan – Scarlet Leon
Bojana Novakovic – Mikki
David Harbour – David Potter
Damon Gupton – Mayor Marcus Barzmann
Kim Hawthorne – Gloria Barzmann
Tara Summers – Leanne Zander
Anthony Anderson – Reggie Jarvis
Mercer Boffey – Luke
Omar J. Dorsey: Roy
P.D. Mani: Raghu
Michael Ironside – Victor
Jeffrey Nordling: Bruce Mangan
Colleen Camp – Judge Yvonne Ritsema
Sean Hemeon – Ernst Hearn
Ross Mackenzie: Lew Slansky
David Gautreaux: Robert Ebell
Jonathan Craig Williams – Mayor’s Driver
Iva Hasperger: Angela