A boy band star that Jane and Frankie grew up with returns for a show and ends up murdered. Jane and Maura try to figure out whether it's time to tell Angela the truth about Lydia's pregnancy, especially since Angela is planning to throw a baby shower.
Tropes in the Episode
- Abusive Parents: The detectives suspect the victim's father because he was physically abusive to his children for years.
- Boy Band: The victim is "The Cute One" in a teen idol group called "The Channel Street Boys," with his brothers.
- Driven to Suicide: Once it's revealed how Shane dies Gia, his girlfriend commits suicide in grief.
- Enhance Button: Played straight, when Frost manages to take video concert footage freeze-frame and enhance the image to see the screen of the victim's phone and his last text message.
- Sibling Murder: The detectives think the killer is the victim's manager and then his father. Turns out it's his two brothers.
- Teen Pop: "The Channel Street Boys'" music is this genre, Maura is seen listening to it and watching their old music videos.
