apparently there was an audio tape that was ~15ish years old of Bracken admitting to murder and saying that he was getting that "Bitch" johanna beckett out of the way. made by montgomary that beckett has- though she does not know she has(this comes up later in the episode) that bracken & smith are looking for. Bracken admits to being lazarus in their initial confrontation, she definately got framed for simmons murder- ultimately the tape was in becketts elephant family she has on her desk, it has a compartment in it that noone knew about- her mom put it there. Gates now knows...everything, gates castle and crew, and other cops all listen to the tape..fade to black, fade up to Bracken tv interview where he is saying why he wants to be president.. beckett slowly walks up with about 10 cops behind her, he whispers (cuz he thought she was dead- since he left 2 guys at the hotel with order to make it look like a suicide) he whispers, you can't be here. beckett whispers i found the tape. Senator Bracken you are under arrest for conspiracy, corruptions and the murder of my mother, johanna beckett now turn around, end scene is bracken getting shoved in the cruiser.