When an undercover police officer has her cover blown while investigating a group of Eastern European sex traffickers, 20 Squad are in a race against time to get her back alive. Also, Chris' attempt to comfort the missing officer's parents with limited honesty backfires tragically.
Tropes
- A Sinister Clue: Invoked. The name of the organisation the main villains work for translates to "The Left Hands" in Armenian.
- Bittersweet Ending: The traffickers are dead and Ava Ilic is saved, but Ava's father George will still be going to jail for holding Petavich hostage.
- The Chains of Commanding: Ava Illic's handler Sikora goes through a Heroic BSoD, believing himself at fault for her being taken. Hondo talks him out of it.
- Chekhov's Gun: The 360 degree night vision goggles.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Chris reveals to Hicks that her mother was killed in a car accident when Chris was 13, and while waiting at the police station, she overheard two cops making extremely crude jokes about pitying the cleanup crew, only to realize they were doing so in earshot of the victim's daughter. Chris recalls to Hicks that the cops couldn't even look her in the eye when they had to break the news her mother was dead.
- Expert Consultant: Hondo and Deacon consult a retired former member of the Armenian Mafia named Anton Boros to get a better grasp of the group they're dealing with.
- Karmic Death: Jakob Varga and the traffickers all get shot to death courtesy of 20 Squad.
- Noodle Incident: Apparently, Tan lost two grand in Las Vegas when he, Luca, and Street went to a tech seminar to investigate new gear for S.W.A.T to invest in.
- Put on a Bus: Luca is in San Francisco getting his hip checked over. At the episode's end, Hicks informs the squad he's also injured his back, which is likely to keep him off active duty for quite some time.
- Sex Slave: The main villains of the episode are kidnapping underage girls from across Eastern Europe and smuggling them to be sold in brothels across America.
