
When "The Closer" came to a close, doors opened for the detectives in the Los Angeles Police Department's Major Crimes Division, with the biggest opportunity presented to Capt. Sharon Raydor. The captain is now the boss, taking over a department that hasn't forgotten her history of internal investigations targeting them and their former boss, Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. As Raydor attempts to mend fences and gain the trust and confidence of her detectives -- her biggest foe in that regard is Lt. Provenza -- she leads a unit that works more closely than Johnson ever did with other police and prosecutors to build airtight cases.
As the war between bikes and cars escalates in the streets, Major Crimes is deployed to solve a tragic hit-and-run; Lt. Provenza contemplates retirement.
Captain Sharon Raydor duels with Chief Winnie Davis for control of her case; Rusty gets some alarming news from Gus.
After discovering the identity of the bomber her division has been searching for, Sharon Raydor and the Major Crimes Squad struggle to determine his next target.
When three 15-year-old boys vanish from a Catholic school field trip, Asst. Chief Mason orders Major Crimes to treat their disappearance as a critical missing; Sharon receives more evidence that Phillip Stroh may be returning to Los Angeles.