After a deadly shooting, Cosgrove and Shaw must solve the case before another one can occur. Price must defy his moral principles when the US Attorney's office wants to pursue the death penalty.
- Bittersweet Ending: John Nelson, the mass shooter, is convicted and sentenced to death. However, this victory costs Price his friendship with Andrea, the defense attorney who shares his view on the death penalty.
- Hidden Depths: Kate demonstrates her prowess in sign language when interviewing a deaf witness, who turns out to be the daughter of the shooter.
- Hollywood Law: If forcing a prosecutor to reveal the identity of a confidential informant was so easy, getting reluctant witnesses to come forward would be impossible.
- Hypocrite: Andrea blames Price for sending her client to his death when a jury made that decision. Furthermore, he was bound by legal ethics and the law to do his job. It doesn't seem to occur to her that if she doesn't like the law, she could lobby to change it. Nor that guilt-tripping the prosecutor is not going to change anything. Yet she has no qualms about endangering a confidential informant and her family by outing her to the public to defend her client and using an insanity defense. Finally, there is an appeals process as a person sentenced to death is not going to immediately be executed.
- Jurisdiction Friction: Nelson was a no-show because the feds took over the case. McCoy lampshades this during dinner with US Attorney Monica Simms.
- Ripped from the Headlines: The crime of the week is based on the 2022 Brooklyn subway shooting, and the COVID-19 Pandemic and its consequences against Asian Americans.
- The Scapegoat: Andrea personally blames Price for her client being found guilty and sentenced to death and dismisses his claim that he followed the law—as in he acted ethically and professionally as a prosecutor—as a cop-out.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Price gets this treatment from Jessica, when her identity as a confidential informant is outed, after he and her lawyer agreed upon confidentiality. He tells her that he had no choice, the judge forced his hand. He also gets this from Andrea after the trial.
