The squad room receives a box which is stuffed with a dead body, and the suspects are piling up. Brenda and Fritz are sorely tested par her troubled visiting niece and her behavior.
Brenda needs to reopen a case in which a man had confessed to murder while she was away on her honeymoon, but got the details of the crime wrong during his allocution. Brenda’s investigation is interrupted par her mother’s visit.
Howie Greeson is found brutally murdered in Elysian Fields. Brenda learns that he was the likely killer of two young women and was never arrested, leading her to suspect the family members of Howie's victims.
A high-profile shoot-out has left two policemen and a teenage boy dead leads to numerous mysteries spinning around the case. Enter Force Investigation Division bigwig Sharon Raydor, who upends Brenda’s investigation with her merciless snooping.
When an internet matchmaker is murdered, the team finds themselves investigating the matchmaker’s early-stage télévision show. In an effort to school himself on the inner workings of Brenda’s group, Pope decides to work as one of the team.