Oh, I loved this episode. Morales. His dad. His dad and Provenza. Julio and Mark. Provenza and Julio. Wes and his pot expertise. Andy. Andy and Rusty. Andy and Sharon. Yup, loved pretty much everything about it. Didn't mind Rusty at all because for once he wasn't ruining Shandy moments. haha

The only thing that bugged me was that godawful fade-to-black end. URGH. CAN'T WE JUST ONCE HAVE A WHOLE SHANDY MOMENT?!

Anyways, I'll post at least two chapters of add-ons for this episode and for starters, here's a bit of Proflynnza, because I kind of miss that combo. Haven't had many scenes with the duo since the season picked up. The "Ah, and good luck to you, too." moment in this ep just wasn't enough for me. XD

The first scene takes place after Rusty's text to Andy, before he heads home. And the second scene is when Sharon and Andy arrive back at work after that little pot-op.

"Flynn!" Provenza hissed.

"What?" Andy asked, his partner's mere tone of voice enough to irritate me.

In response, Provenza just grabbed ahold of his arm and pulled him with him on the way to the break room.

"I was trying to go home!" Andy complained, his voice raising in pitch slightly, but he made no move to fight his partner's pull.

Once inside the empty break room with the door safely closed, Andy gave him an expectant look.

"What the hell is up with you?" Provenza asked, irritated as he waved a hand at him.

Andy's eyebrows shot up. "Up with me?" he asked, incredulous. He pointed a hand at him. "You're the one who just manhandled me in here!"

Provenza just folded his arms and pinned him with a narrow-eyed look. "You've been acting strange for days," he said simply. "I mean," he rolled his eyes, "you always act like an idiot, but this," he unfolded his arms to wave his hands at him in exasperation, dropping the sentence. "Something's definitely up," he concluded with a firm nod of his head.

"Look," Andy aimed for a placating tone, "Sharon and I have dinner reservations for the night, and I just wanted to get a head start on things," he explained, hoping that would be enough to get Provenza off his back.

"Oh, alright," Provenza said, shrugging and deflating. Andy was just about to breathe a small sigh of relief when his partner suddenly frowned at him and said, "Wait, what's with the giddy grins then? It's not your first dinner." He shook his head. "I mean you always smile like an idiot around the Captain," he rolled his eyes, "but even she's a bit weirded out by you now."

That had Andy frown, too. "She's not weirde-" he started saying in an annoyed, high voice, then abruptly cut himself off with a violent shake of his head. He looked around the room, looking almost paranoid. "Oh, God, you don't think she suspects anything?" he asked in a low, panicked voice.

"Suspects anything?" Provenza repeated, incredulous, throwing his arms out. "Flynn, what are you talk-" he stopped mid-sentence and judging by the way his eyebrows shot up, he finally figured it out.

Andy's eyes grew wide. "God," he groaned, "please don't tell her. I'm trying to surprise her and," he sighed, "you know she's not big on surpri-"

Provenza smacking him over the side of his upper arm interrupted him. "You're planning to propose to the Captain," he started, agitated, "I mean," he gave the ceiling an exasperated look, "Sharon," he hit him again, "and you didn't think about telling me?"

Andy drew back, a hand rubbing his arm. "What?" he said in a high-pitched voice. "Why would I tell you?" He waved the hand at him. "I'm not proposing to you!"

Provenza seemed to take great offense in Andy's answer and re-folded his arms over his chest, defensively this time. "Well, I told you about Patrice," he said as if that was explanation enough.

Andy gave him a bland look. "And how'd that turn out?" he asked sarcastically.

"Well, I'm not an idiot who'd go blab it out to her!" Provenza muttered over an equally bland look. After giving him an angry glare, he added, "Unlike somebody else I know!"

Andy rubbed his hands over his face. "Well, now you know," he said, looking at Provenza again. "I wanna ask Sharon to marry me and since she's still stuck at work, I'm heading home earlier to-"

"Get the ring?" Provenza interjected.

Andy grinned. "No," he shook his head, patting his suit jacket pocket. Ignoring Provenza's shocked look, he added, "She's stuck here for another hour, I better change," he looked down his clothes, "so I'm ready for when she gets home." He shrugged. "She won't want to go to dinner in her work clothes, and if we wanna make the reservation," he tilted his head as if to say, "Well, you know, women and getting ready."

Provenza's eyes, however, were still on Andy's pocket. Finding his ability to speak again, he finally said, a hint of mischief in his tone, "What if she says no?"

Taken aback, missing the teasing note in his partner's voice, Andy said, the words escaping him on the verge of a high-pitched yell, "Why would she say no?" He smiled suddenly even though he went on talking in a rather agitated manner, "I love her, she loves me, we live together already… She's not gonna say no!"

Provenza's face broke out into a smile and he turned around to head out of the break room. "Well, I'll be damned," he mumbled. "Flynn wanting to get hitched with Raydor," he said in amusement, opening the door and starting to walk out.

Andy followed, shooting an exasperated glare at the back of Provenza's head. "Oh, shut up, you know she's a catch," he muttered, although he was also smiling slightly at the fact.

Provenza barked a sarcastic laugh. "She's gonna love hearing that," he said. "A catch," he added, laughing again.

Andy rolled his eyes, admitting it was probably not the best choice of words, and willed himself to not get further riled up by Provenza yanking his chain. Successful in the attempt, he just said, "Anyway, I'm heading home."

They were about to part ways, when Provenza called out, "Hey, Flynn!"

He turned around, eyebrow raised. "Huh?" he asked, unimpressed as he waited for another smart-ass comment.

Provenza said nothing in response. Instead he gave him a long look and punctuated it with a proud nod of his head before heading back into the murder room.

Andy watched him go, a crooked, satisfied smile forming on his lips.

"Go get her," that look had said.

…

Sharon walked straight to her office upon arrival, Hobbs was in there expecting her. Still waiting for Mike, Julio, Amy and Wes to get back with their suspects, Provenza caught Andy's eye and tilted his head toward his desk where he was sitting at, inviting him to join him.

When he reached his desk, in greeting, knowing what was on his partner's mind, Andy mumbled, "This is the second time my plans fell through." He sighed. "At this rate I'll never get rid of this," he added in a whisper, opening the left side of his jacket, in whose pocket the ring box was in.

Provenza gave him a puzzled look. "Second?"

Andy sighed again and, after making sure Sharon's office was closed (even the blinds were closed actually), told him about the failed Napa surprise.

Provenza shrugged. "Maybe third time's the charm?" he offered lamely.

Andy scoffed. "Yeah," he let out on a wistful note. "We'll see, I'm relying on Rusty now," he added matter-of-factly.

Provenza bristled at the words. "You told Rusty but not me?" he asked, offended.

Andy just rolled his eyes. "After Sharon got home and it was obvious tonight's not happening," he started, clearly annoyed by the fact, "he figured out something was going on and," he shrugged, "I couldn't just lie to the kid."

Provenza laughed. "What did our lawyer-to-be have to say about it?" he asked.

Andy chuckled. "Well, actually, he's helping me out with my third try," he explained, a hint of awe in the words. "No idea if he'll pull it off, but," he shrugged as if to add, "at this point, I'm ready to believe in anything."

"Huh," Provenza said, but before more could be said, Mike and Amy walked into the murder room.

Julio and Wes, their suspects cuffed next to them, followed right after them.

Already on his way to her office, wanting to make sure Provenza did not accidentally let the team in on his little plan as well, Andy said, "I'll go get Hobbs and Sharon then."

Since I've decided to trust Mary McDonnell's engagement tweet, the next add-on will probably be me lifting that stupid black screen at the end of the episode! :D

Btw, what do you say on the scenes above? ^^