Show Shots Episode 8: Better Times are Coming

It's November 8, 1864, Election Day, and voters in Five Points are getting rowdy.

Police recruit Phinbar trips over something while trying to catch a sheep in Central Park.

Looks like Little Byrnes tripped right over the Sixth Precinct's next case - solving the murder of Miss Mary Lockwood.

Detective Corcoran congratulates Doc Freeman on Sara's pregnancy.

Morehouse claims he was hesitant to go to the authorities with information of Confederate terrorists, because he wasn't sure Corcoran could be trusted.

Detective Maguire insists that Jeremiah McLean killed Mary Lockwood. According to Maguire, Mary was supposed to run away with McLean to Europe, but changed her mind.

Without Corcoran's consent, Maguire visits Doctor Grimes' office to get the bullet that killed Mary.

When Grimes refuses to help, Francis busts out the big guns...

Maguire looses his temper and threatens to shoot Grimes, convincing the doctor to extract the bullet that killed Mary by the next morning.

Interesting tagging system...

Francis Maguire pays his respects to Mary Lockwood.

Corcoran and Phinbar visit Sim & McLean's Hardware and learn that Maguire has already stopped by the store to interrogate Sim.

Next Phinbar and Corcoran head to Grimes' office, where Grimes hads over Maguire's bullet. Grimes tells the men to keep Maguire away from his office.

"Don't be treating me like I'm some lunatic," Maguire rages at Corcoran. "Since the day you came back from the war, you've been out of control."

Doctor Matthew Freeman determines the bullet that killed McLean matches the bullet that killed Mary. Both shots were fired from Maguire's gun.

Morehouse escorts Elizabeth to the Fifth Avenue Hotel for tea with the Booth brothers.

Morehouse promises Elizabeth that he'll talk to Corcoran about his violent behavior, and invites Elizabeth to dinner to await the results of the election.

Elizabeth Haverford talks politics with Norbert Morehouse while they wait for presidential election results.

Morehouse is alarmed when it's announced that Lincoln has won the election by an estimated four hundred thousand votes.

As Elizabeth is leaving, Robert Kennedy stops by the Morehouse mansion to discuss the implications of the election results.

Robert Morehouse demands to know how Confederate terrorist Robert Kennedy plans to burn New York. Because Morehouse is bankrolling the operation, Kennedy concedes.

Don't play with Greek Fire...

Morehouse secretly exposes the Confederate terrorists' supply of Greek Fire to air, and the rebels' entire supply goes up in flames.

Eva Heissen isn't a fan of all the rowdy voters mobbing her saloon on Election Day.

Kevin is surprised to learn that Molly Stuart feared for her safety around Maguire. But it's hearsay from Eva, who isn't the most trustworthy source...