Saving Grace/Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned

Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned
Season 1, Episode 3
Airdate	August 6, 2007
Production Number	5035-07-102 / S102
Written by	Joseph Dougherty
Directed by	Dean White
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Saving Grace — Season One

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Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned is the third episode of the first season of Saving Grace.

Starring: Holly Hunter (Det. Grace Hanadarko), Leon Rippy (Earl) Kenneth Johnson (Det. Ham Dewey), Bailey Chase (Det. Butch Ada), Bokeem Woodbine (Leon Cooley) (credit only)

and Laura San Giacomo (Rhetta Rodriguez)

Guest Starring: Gregory Cruz (Det. Bobby Stillwater), Tom Irwin (Father Johnny Hanadarko), Mark L. Taylor (Henry), Dylan Minnette (Clay Norman), Onahoua Rodriguez (Esther Prueza), Michael O'Keefe (Father Lloyd Tierney), Delane Matthews (Pippa), Gil McKinney (Clifford Durkin)

and Lorraine Toussaint (Kate Perry)

Co-Starring: Tahmus Rounds (Bordon Fritch), Jerry Zatarain Jr. (Emidio), Adair Tishler (Violet), Art Frankel (Chet)

Plot Overview

from TNT press release

When the manager of a sleazy motel is murdered, the investigation points towards a maid who claims that the victim was trying to rape her. But something in her story doesn't wash. She goes to her local priest and invokes the right of sanctuary, putting the police department in a difficult political position during the new lieutenant's first week on the job. The religious aspect of the case also causes difficulties between Grace and her brother Johnny when Grace repeatedly shows disrespect for the Catholic Church. Earl, meanwhile, continues to be a presence in Grace's life, one she is actually beginning to accept to a small degree.