Detective Everett Backstrom and his team investigate when the apparent suicide of a senator's son turns out to be homicide; Backstrom's doctor asks him to make healthier choices and one new friend.

Arson investigator Samantha Orland calls upon the Special Crimes Unit for help with a case that's been elevated to attempted murder when a serial arsonist's most recent fire involves a family.

When a youth pastor is found murdered at a church, Backstrom and his team at the SCU must solve the case while navigating the tenuous terrain of a possible cult.

Backstrom and the team at the SCU investigate the murder of a prominent member of Portland's LGBT community, a drag queen Internet blogger named Jenna Rose.

In the Special Crime Unit's most harrowing case yet, the team has three days to save a teenage girl who has been abducted by a slippery online predator.

When a Chinese fortune teller is murdered in Portland's Chinatown, clues lead Backstrom and the SCU to a laundry service serving as a front for an illegal gambling ring.