 Meanwhile , Lara Means ( Kristen Cloke ) is examining evidence relating to Johnston 's murder ; she discovers that Peter Watts ( Terry O 'Quinn ) had suppressed infrared post @-@ mortem photographs . Learning of this , the Elder ( Philip Baker Hall ) — a high @-@ ranking Group official — demands an explanation ; Watts divulges that the murdered man had been conspiring to pit conflicting faction within the Group against each other . Watts had found evidence in one of the photographs which may have influenced such a schism and wished to keep it hidden until its significance could be known . The Elder agrees , and similarly decides to hold off on testing which would reveal if an artefact in Johnston 's possession was an authentic piece of the True Cross . 
