text: Kimble begins to enjoy his undercover role. At one point, he deals with a case of child abuse by assaulting, threatening, and pressing charges against the abusive father of one of his students, winning Miss Schlowski's favor, since she had been suspecting for a while that the abuse was going on. She assures him that even though she does not agree with his methods, she can see that he is a good teacher, and, as such, does not fire him. Kimble also becomes fond of Joyce, a fellow teacher whose son Dominic is one of his students. Dominic looks up to Kimble and sees him as a father figure, as his mother is estranged from her husband and will not speak of him, telling Dominic that he lives in France and that she left him after seeing his true colors, refusing to elaborate.
  Conversing with the gradually more trusting Joyce and figuring out more about her estranged husband, Kimble deduces that she is Rachel and that Dominic is Cullen, Jr.. Back in California, the case holding Crisp in jail is closed after Cindy dies from using tainted cocaine provided by Crisp's mother and partner in crime, Eleanor. Crisp is subsequently released from prison and travels to Astoria with Eleanor to search for his son. When Kimble learns Crisp has been released, he confronts Rachel about her identity, saying he can protect her if she cooperates. She is outraged that he misled her, but she tells him that Crisp lied about her stealing money from him, to convince drug dealers to help him find her. Crisp's real reason for searching for her was to find his son and kidnap him as he was irritated that Rachel disappeared with him.