The Fugitive Task Force heads upstate to assist in a search for missing and murdered Indigenous women and hunt down the serial killer responsible. Meanwhile, Barnes struggles to find time to bond with her wife.
Tropes:
- Friend in the Press: Sherriff Whitehawk of Akwesana Reservation police openly admits that the only reason that these particular indigenous murders are known and the FBI is assisting his department in looking for the Hollow Man is because he happens to have an old college friend who now works at the Washington Post, and was thus able to break the story about the disappearance and murders of several Mohawk women.
- I'm a Humanitarian: The Serial Killer has been harvesting and consuming the organs of his murder victims out of the delusional belief that it would cure him of his health problems.
- Jurisdiction Friction: Averted. The Indigenous sheriff of the Reservation is grateful that his department finally has the assistance of the FBI to catch the Serial Killer after months of no attention and progress in solving the murders of Indigenous women.
- Oppressive Immigration Enforcement: Border Patrol Officer Eddie Lauta is a Red Herring for the Hollow Man murders, but he is still a corrupt individual who assaulted and attempted to abduct a young woman at gunpoint, with it being implied he planned to rape her.
- Ripped from the Headlines: The Mystery of the Week covers cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States
which unfortunately are often left unsolved due to lack of attention and resources from law enforcement. - Vengeance Feels Empty: After the team takes out the Serial Killer with a Boom, Headshot!, they are left unsatisfied that it is not justice enough for all the Indigenous women he had murdered and mutilated.
- Vomit Discretion Shot: The team is so horrified to discover that the Serial Killer has been harvesting and eating the organs of his murder victims that Hana rushes out of the room to throw up.
