Richard D. Busser

On the drive home from a family meal with Linda and the children, Danny's car hits a man who had run into the road in front of him. As Danny seeks to help the victim, shots are fired out of nowhere, and Linda feels that, compared to the NYPD, she's constantly an afterthought.

While Alicia picks her way through diplomatic loopholes in order to defend a Taiwanese national, Eli is approached by his ex-wife Vanessa, who needs him to vet her for a possible political campaign.

Reese discovers how the machine provides social security numbers but is frustrated when it fails to help him track down Root and Finch. Meanwhile, he is tasked with protecting the latest person of interest - an accountant who has stolen eight million dollars in cash from the corporate arm of the Aryan Nation. Root informs Finch why she has kidnapped him and reveals how far she is prepared to go to get what she wants.

Victims branded with a distinctive bite give Sherlock reason to believe a killer presumed dead may actually still be at large.