The case against a serial killer begins to fall apart after it comes out that Riley had investigated and cleared the killer for one of his prior murders. Price and Maroun must decide whether increasing the odds of a conviction is worth dredging up scandals from Riley's past in order to discredit him.
- Disposable Sex Worker: Elliot's first three victims were all sex workers, and he wasn't caught for any of those crimes. Only once he screwed up and killed an executive (who simply happened to be hanging out in a sex club but was not herself a sex worker) did detectives investigate and identify him.
- Hollywood Law: It's stated that Elliot murdered his first three victims in Brooklyn. As such, the Manhattan DA would have no authority to try him on those charges, even assuming they had enough evidence. It would be a matter for the Brooklyn DA to do (or not).
- Serial Killer: Bruce Elliot has murdered four women that the authorities know of, all by brutally strangling them.
