
Brenda Johnson, an Atlanta police detective, moves to Los Angeles and heads up a squad that handles sensitive, high-profile homicides. Although she clashes with some colleagues, her skills as a CIA-trained interrogator prove invaluable in obtaining confessions.

Provenza and Flynn lose the evidence in an attempted murder case when Provenza's car is stolen; Pope is not happy when Brenda is forced to free the suspect and gives her and the squad 48 hours to retrieve the car, the evidence and the suspect.

When a 12-year-old disappears, Brenda must decide whether to treat him as a runaway or a missing person.

Brenda believes that she has finally cornered Philip Stroh; Brenda's courtroom maneuver puts a case in jeopardy.

Provenza gets stuck in an embarrassing situation when he helps his ex-wife recover her wedding ring from a shady gold buyer.