In the premiere episode, Bishop and Cole uncover disparate pieces of evidence - a flowering hydrangea plant, a severed human finger with attached compass ring, a cellular phone, a gold locket, and the victim’s body. They then attempt to solve the homicide of a young pharmacist. Meanwhile, Cole struggles with the memories and grief of his own wife’s unsolved murder.

A wife learns posthumously that her husband had been concealing a year-long battle with cancer, which prompts Goldman to recall painful memories of loss and tragedy from his own childhood.