The Lies That Bind
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| The Lies That Bind | |
| Air Date | July 10, 2006 |
| Written by | Curtis Kheel |
| Director | Holly Dale |
| Episode number | 103 |
| Next episode | Diving In |
A shocking discovery could connect Kyle to a murder.
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[edit] Synopsis
Police discover a skeleton in the woods near the spot where Kyle originally appeared. Detective Jason Breen provides Nicole with a photograph of a key card found along with the skeleton, but Kyle does not recognize the insignia on the card. The police do not think Kyle is a suspect in the apparent murder, partly because the victim's fingernails had some skin cells under them, suggesting a struggle, and Kyle was uninjured when he was found. The skin cells are still intact under the fingernails despite the fact that the rest of the body was rapidly decomposed. However, viewers discover that the man in the red truck - who is spying on the Tragers using surveillance equipment - has several fresh scratches on his right hand.
Meanwhile, a variety of lies in the Trager household confuse Kyle, as dishonesty is a new concept to him. Lori is fired from her job for skipping a shift to see Declan McDonough, but she doesn't tell her parents. Josh convinces Kyle to take a summer school math test for him. Stephen's boss instructs him not to tell his employees that they are all being laid off at the end of the quarter. And after Amanda Bloom crashes her new car into several trash cans while watching Kyle jump down from the roof and land perfectly after fixing the Tragers' satellite dish, she contemplates whether or not to tell her mother the truth or conceal the damage until she can get it fixed. Kyle suggests explaining what really happened, and Amanda asks him to wish her luck.
Kyle feels uneasy at dinner as Lori lies to her parents about what she really did during the day and as Josh reports having passed his test and asks for a reward. Kyle blurts out that he took the test and wasn't at Lori's work during the day, which gets Josh and Lori into trouble. While Stephen has frequently told Kyle to "always, always tell the truth", Josh and Lori are bitter towards Kyle, who feels bad for having told on them. When Amanda's mother finds out about the wrecked car, Kyle lies to her, taking the blame for the wreck. Consequently, she warns Kyle to stay away from her property and her daughter. After Kyle returns to the Trager house, Lori and Josh apologize to him. He agrees when Lori and Josh promise they won't force him to lie for them but ask him whether they can trust him to keep what happens among the three of them to himself.
The next morning, Nicole and Stephen wake Kyle up to show him a surprise. They had converted Stephen's workshop into a room for Kyle with a bathtub in the center instead of a bed. He seems touched by the gesture and reflects in a voice-over how he feels he finally belongs in the Trager household. After Kyle and Stephen leave for breakfast, Nicole prepares to hang up Kyle's drawings of the woods when she notices black marks in the corners of each one. Fitting all the drawings together produces the insignia in the photograph Detective Breen had earlier shown to Nicole.
[edit] Dramatis personae
[edit] Starring
- Matt Dallas as Kyle
- Marguerite MacIntyre as Nicole Trager
- Bruce Thomas as Stephen Trager
- April Matson as Lori Trager
- Jean-Luc Bilodeau as Josh Trager
- Chris Olivero as Declan McDonough
- Kirsten Prout as Amanda Bloom
[edit] Guest starring
- Chelan Simmons as Hillary
- Nicholas Lea as Mystery Man
- Kurt Max Runte as Detective Jason Breen
- Teryl Rothery as Carol Bloom
- Christopher Shyer as Brad
- David Lewis as Mark Crenshaw
- Sonya Salomaa as Allison
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