FBI Agent Audrey Parker is sleeping in when her boss Agent Howard enters her apartment and wakes her up. He scolds her for tackling bizarre cases instead of sticking to real police work, referring to an incident in Miami. She counters that her being open to all possibilities has served her well in the past. He assigns her to track down and capture Jonas Lester, who killed a guard and escaped prison, and was last seen headed to Haven, Maine. She agrees, but as she goes to get ready, Agent Howard steals a vampire romance novel called "Unstake My Heart" from her desk.

At night, Jonas Lester chases a man through the woods and to the edge of a cliff, threatening him with a gun. Suddenly, Lester is lifted up and launched off the cliff. The man he was chasing runs away.

Audrey drives to Haven but a huge crack opens in the road and she swerves to avoid it. Her car ends up dangling halfway off a cliff. A man walks up and offers to help. He opens her door and she gets out right before the car goes off the cliff. As Audrey explains that the car was a rental, the man notices she has a gun on her belt and draws his. She explains that she is an FBI agent looking for Jonas Lester and introduces herself. He introduces himself as Nathan Wuornos of the Haven PD and offers to give her a lift. When she gets in his truck, she accidentally slams the door on his fingers, but he doesn't seem to notice.

Nathan takes her to the beach, where Lester's body was found. Chief Garland Wuornos walks up and says Lester fell off the cliff, simple as that. Audrey points out that the body is way too far from the cliff for him to have simply fallen. The body also has a piece of paper with numbers on it. The Chief scoffs and leaves. Nathan explains that the Chief is his father. Audrey calls Agent Howard and reports that Lester is dead.

Audrey and Nathan go to the cliff, as Nathan explains that he doesn't get along with his father/boss, which is why he always calls him Chief instead of Dad. They find footprints indicating a chase, Lester's gun, several uprooted trees, and a hat. Nathan finds the uprooted trees unusual, since Haven hasn't had any storms or tornadoes recently.

They go into town, as Nathan explains that the hat belongs to Conrad Bauer, who had enlisted alongside Lester in the past. When they came back from the Middle East, Conrad became a repairman, but Lester stole from him and other veterans and fled the town a little while ago. They find Conrad fixing up a shop belonging to Marion Caldwell. Conrad thanks them for his hat, but freaks out a little. Nathan informs Audrey that the man has personal space issues. They back up and question him. He claims that he went to the cliff to watch the boats, but that he had nothing to do with Lester's death. Audrey decides to question Marion, but before she can, a massive fog rolls in. Conrad slips away as cars start crashing. Audrey knocks Nathan out of the way of a car, but he injures his shoulder on the concrete.

The local EMT, Eleanor Carr, treats Nathan. She explains to Audrey that Nathan has no sense of touch, which is why he doesn't react to his injuries. Audrey inquires about the fog, but Nathan dismisses it as normal. The owners of the local newspaper, the brothers Dave and Vince Teagues, walk up and ask to talk to Audrey later. Nathan decides to stick with Audrey rather than go to the hospital like Eleanor advised.

They talk to Marion and her boyfriend Ted Ford. Marion insists that Conrad didn't do anything wrong, he's the kindest, most gentle man she knows. Nathan gets a report that Lester's gun was traced to Duke Crocker, a local smuggler. They go to his boat at the docks, but he's not there. Nathan says that Duke is bad news and leaves to go find him.

As night falls, Marion warns Conrad that he's in trouble. They've been friends since they were kids, and she doesn't want to lose him. He says he will deal with the situation.

While Audrey searches the docks, a storm comes in. She tries to find cover, but lightning strikes a pole and the explosion knocks her unconscious into the water.

The next morning, Audrey wakes up in bed, naked, aboard Duke's boat. The only clothing available is a shirt that she puts on. She finds her gun and goes outside, where Duke is waiting. Duke explains that he pulled her out of the water and laundered her clothes, he didn't rape her or anything like that. She gets dressed (Duke peeks) and questions him. He says that Lester stole his gun, he didn't have anything to do with his death. She asks about the weather, and he claims it is normal. Audrey's cell phone has been ruined by the water, so Duke loans her a pink one, much to her annoyance.

Audrey goes to the police station and defends Duke from Nathan's claims of foul play. She examines satellite images of the town and finds that the weather formed from the center of town, which is not normal. Nathan realizes that the piece of paper came from a tide calendar. Audrey examines the tide calendar and realizes that a part of the beach that Conrad had claimed to have traveled on to get to the cliff was at high tide and completely underwater, so he must have been lying. She questions him again, and as he panics, Marion walks up. The wind suddenly knocks Audrey back, and it starts to snow. Marion tells Conrad to stay away from her and runs away. Conrad confesses to killing Lester, but that it was an accident.

Audrey takes Conrad to the station, but finds that Nathan has arrested Duke for the murder. Nathan refuses to believe Conrad did it, but Audrey asks Duke to explain what he knows. He refuses unless Nathan apologizes. After Nathan reluctantly does, Duke explains that Lester asked him to take him to Canada to escape the law, but he refused to help a felon. The number on the paper is a boat registration number. Nathan is asked to check it out. Audrey says something is wrong with the weather, and she intends to find out.

At the store, Ted gives Marion the key to the new shop that he's bought for them in Santa Barbara. She agrees to make the down payment with him and they embrace.

Vince and Dave visit Audrey and show her an old newspaper from 1983. It talks about the Colorado Kid, an unidentified and unsolved murder victim. The main photo shows people looking over the Colorado Kid's body, including a woman who looks exactly like Audrey except she's a brunette instead of blonde. Audrey is mystified and says that she grew up in an orphanage, but it is possible she has family in Haven. They check the archives and find that Marion's family moved to Haven after their previous homes were destroyed by freak storms. Marion's mother died recently and she's inherited her money.

Nathan finds the boat and finds Marion's financial records on it. He calls Audrey and informs her that Lester came back to Haven to get Marion's inheritance, and that Ted was his accomplice. Audrey calls Marion and tells her about Ted's treachery, and that they had been planning to kill her. Marion refuses to believe, but changes her mind when she checks her bank account and finds it empty. As she becomes enraged, a storm rolls in.

Audrey calls Nathan and tells him they need to find Ted asap.

Marion confronts Ted about his treachery as he feebly tries to explain. The angrier she gets, the worse the weather becomes. He pulls a gun on her, but the wind knocks it away. Audrey and Nathan arrive. Ted retrieves his gun and shoots Nathan in the shoulder, but he ignores it and takes Ted down. Audrey tells the disbelieving Marion that her bad mood is causing the storm, and she has to calm down. She is finally convinced, and breaks into tears as the storm dissipates.

Audrey finds Conrad and urges him to confess his feelings for Marion. He's shocked, but she says it was obvious. Marion needs someone to keep her happy and calm, since arresting her won't solve anything. Conrad walks up to Marion and confesses. She approaches him with hesitation, mindful of his personal space problem, but he happily takes her hand.

Audrey goes to the station and puts lilacs on Nathan's desk. Nathan had fallen asleep staring at the picture of Audrey's look-alike. He wakes up and she explains from Ted's confession that Lester had tried to kill him for trying to run away with his share of the money. Audrey wonders about Marion's power, but Nathan dismisses it. Nathan explains that the Chief was the cop on the Colorado Kid case. They speculate that the woman in the picture could have been Audrey's mother. Audrey says that she grew up in an orphanage and never met her parents, so it is possible.

Audrey goes to the spot of the Colorado Kid murder. She calls Agent Howard and says she would like some vacation time, and he agrees. Little does she know, that Agent Howard is watching her from a distance. He hangs up, then calls someone and says that Audrey is staying in Haven and that she can help them with their Troubles. As he drives away, more huge cracks appear in the road.
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* AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices: Nathan, a side effect of his inability to feel anything. And also because Haven is a small town. But it is mentioned that this episode marks his ninth MRI.
* AgentMulder: Audrey is one, pushing back against Howard's disapproval of her last case by saying being open to possibilities is how the FBI solves cases.
* AgentScully: Nathan is introduced as one.
* [[UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents Down East Accent]]: Conrad has one, and this is possibly the only time in the series one is heard.
* AskAStupidQuestion: Audrey mistakes Nathan's introductory snark for a sincere question and the look on her face is priceless. As she's in a car hanging over the edge of a cliff:
-->'''Nathan:''' Do you need help?
-->'''Audrey:''' [[SarcasmMode No! No, I'm alright. Thank you.]]
-->'''Nathan:''' Okay, then. ''(walks away)''
-->'''Audrey:''' Unbelievable.
* CasualDangerDialogue: After Nathan helps Audrey out of the car, it falls over the edge of the cliff. They watch as it bumps all the way down into the ocean below.
-->'''Nathan:''' Shame about the car.
-->'''Audrey:''' Eh, it's a rental.
* CharactersMostHatedSong: Audrey risks her life to change the radio station in her precariously positioned rental car because she refuses to die listening to Music/CaptainAndTennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together."
* DeadpanSnarker: Audrey is introduced as one, and it's pretty much everything she says in this episode.
-->'''Chief Wuornos:''' Is this one of those cases where you claim to be here to help, but really just want to step on my toes?
-->'''Audrey:''' Not in these shoes.
* EarthquakesCauseFissures: The reason for Audrey's SurpriseCarCrash.
* EmpathicEnvironment: Literally. Marion's emotions control the weather in Haven.
* FeelNoPain: Nathan is unable to feel anything. This fascinates Audrey and she annoys him with probing questions.
-->'''Audrey:''' Can you feel fire?
-->'''Nathan:''' No.
-->'''Audrey:''' Ice?
-->'''Nathan:''' Oddly, yes. I can feel ice.
-->'''Audrey:''' You can feel ice?!
-->'''Nathan:''' No. I can feel a headache coming on, though.
* HatesBeingTouched: Conrad, possibly owing to being a veteran. His panicked response to someone invading his "perimeter" is used as a RedHerring as to whose Trouble is controlling the weather. It's Marion, who is protective of Conrad and becomes upset when he does.
* HollywoodNewEngland: Discussed. Nathan invites Audrey out for pancakes. She asks about lobster, which Nathan doesn't like.
* HostileWeather: Marion's Trouble involves harming people with weather phenomenon.
* InsultBackfire: Duke doesn't disagree with Nathan's assessment that he's unreliable, dishonest, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a general pain in the butt.]]
* TheMenInBlack: Howard is implied to be one, as it's revealed he [[spoiler: followed Audrey to Haven and is in support of her decision to stay and help with the Troubles.]]
* IdenticalStranger: Vince and Dave share the newspaper clipping from 1983, which includes the picture of a woman who looks identical to Audrey.
* InheritanceMurder: Ted planned to have Marion killed and take her inheritance she received from her mother.
* JurisdictionFriction: The Chief is none-too-happy to have an FBI agent crash his murder investigation. Audrey doesn't much care.
* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: Jonas Lester, who murdered a guard and planned to murder Marion.
* LetOffByTheDetective: Audrey declines to arrest Marion, instead encouraging Conrad to confess his feelings and staying close to help her control the emotions that trigger her Trouble.
* NoodleIncident: What happened in Miami is never explained.
* OffscreenCrash: The car falling into the ocean warrants only sound effects and Nathan and Audrey watching it calmly.
* OrderedApology: After he is wrongly accused of being involved in the murder of Jonas Lester, Duke extorts one from Nathan via Audrey in return for other information he has related to the case. Nathan looks like he'd rather die, but reluctantly does so.
* RentalCarAbuse: Unintentional, but that poor, poor rental car.
* RescueIntroduction: ''Twice'' to Audrey in this episode, with Nathan and Duke, respectively.
* SexyShirtSwitch: Duke tries to manufacture one, providing Audrey only with a shirt of his after saving her from drowning and removing hers. She [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome pulls a gun on him.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: Conrad is one, so much so he needs a wide perimeter of personal space.
* SuperSenses: Nathan is able to pick out exactly what flowers are in the bouquet Audrey puts on his desk; this is explained earlier in the episode when Audrey finds a collection of essential oils Nathan enjoys as his senses making up for his inability to feel anything.
* SurpriseCarCrash: Audrey swerves to avoid a fissure in the road, ends up dangling off a cliff.
* TakeThat: Audrey's distaste for Music/CaptainAndTennille.
* TapOnTheHead: "[=MRIs=] are overrated."
* TeeteringOnTheEdge: Haven's idea of a MeetCute, between Nathan and Audrey.
* UndressingTheUnconscious: Duke does this to Audrey after rescuing her from drowning. She is not amused.
* UnrequitedLove: Conrad's motivation in regards to protecting Marion.
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Jonas Lester wasn't much liked in Haven, so the Chief is happy to write it off as an accidental death and call it a day. Audrey, however, still has an open case regarding Lester and now must investigate the death. She enlists Nathan to help, much to the Chief's annoyance.