While Hayes and Wallace struggle to balance their professional and personal lives, they are summoned to a crime scene that fits the M.O. of the infamous “Black Orchid Killer.” Is the latest murder the work of a copycat? Or is the man now in prison for the earlier crimes actually innocent? As the investigation accelerates, the CIU team, spearheaded by unlikely serial-killer expert Tess, closes in on a suspect who may have committed all the murders – but will it be too late?
Steele tries to prosescute a rape case, but the victim’s father stands in his way. Potter ends up bungling an easy drug case he took from Rossi. Desmond’s case involves an Upper West Side couple and a fortune teller. Finn and Peluso have what they call an “”almost”” date.