- After returning from an eye-opening trip to New York, Holly searches for clues at several locations connected to the Dayton case; Jeannie finds herself shaken by an unnerving incident at work and delivers an ominous warning to Ralph.
- The police call to a man, Tracy, to put down his gun. Gunshots ring out.
Later, the detectives examine Tracy's body and notice a red rash on the back of his neck.
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Three Days Earlier
Tracy sits in his home, with "Child Killer" scrawled on the walls outside, and smokes. He then sweeps up the dust, takes out his military uniform, and lays it on a bed.
In the woods, Jack pulls the dead deer over to the pile of lamps and gas containers that he's made. He argues with his unseen controller, insisting that one of the lamps is perfectly good, and asks why it doesn't like it. There's no answer, and Jack angrily asks what's happening to him. He says that he's ready to die, and collapses to the ground in agony.
At the clinic where she works, Jeannie calls Anjanue in to her office. She notices a man in a hoodie sitting in the waiting room as she goes inside.
Ralph tells Yunis, Howard, and Alex what Holly found out in NYC. She's learned that Maria's story is pretty much the same as Heath's, and admits Holly hasn't found out anything except there are other child-killers in the U.S. Holly is heading back to Dayton, and Ralph suggests that she's coming back because she's waiting for everything to gel. He suggests that they have faith in Holly's investigation and see where she takes them next.
Jeannie talks to Anjanue and assures her that she's doing everything she should be doing to stay clean and then the judge will downgrade her sentence. Anjanue says that she didn't go to her parenting workshop because her baby got sick, and the instructor didn't respond to Anjanue's texts. As Jeannie escorts Anjanue out and calls in her next client, she sees that the man in the hoodie is still in the waiting room.
Jack watches Howard's office building.
Ralph, Howard, and the others come out and Howard says that they haven't found out anything about the goo in the barn.
Jeannie tells everyone that they can't wear hoodies over their heads. The one man doesn't remove his hoodie or move, and Jeannie goes over to him. She prods him in the shoulder, and his head falls back since he's asleep.
At home, Ralph reviews an article on Maria's arrest and the boy Luis that she killed. Jeannie comes in and she talks about how her day was weird. She talks about the man in the hoodie at the clinic and suggests that they get takeout because she doesn't want to cook. Distracted, Ralph agrees, and Jeannie goes to lie down for a bit. When the food arrives, Ralph goes to the bedroom to wake Jeannie up. She doesn't wake up and Ralph sits down in a chair next to the bed.
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In the past, Ralph sits in the bedroom drinking. Jeannie refuses to get out of bed, still mourning their dead son Derek. When he says to pull herself together, Jeannie kicks Ralph away and points out that he's at home when he should be at work. Ralph says that Derek son is gone, and Jeannie says that Derek was gone and he was hers and Ralph wasn't there. She tells Ralph to go.
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At the bar beneath her apartment, Holly sits and drinks. She talks to Skye about the boogeyman in Skye's childhood, and Skye says that it was Baboulas. Holly says the words "Grief Eater" and asks Skye what's the first thing that comes to mind when she hears them, and Skye finally says "Tear Drinker". When Holly considers places a Tear Drinker would go, she finally comes up with the idea of a cemetery. Skye wonders if they're just goofing around discussing a Tear Drinker, and Holly offers her $200 to drive her around.
At the Peach Crease, Claude sits at the bar and remembers the night "Terry" came in. He looks briefly at the hand that "Terry" scratched.
Jeannie goes to the kitchen to the water and hears someone moving in the house. She assumes that it's Ralph, but no one responds to her calls. A figure in a hoodie steps out and Jeannie drops her water glass in shock. The figure commands Jeannie to sit and she does so, and then says to tell Ralph to stop or she and Ralph will both die.
The next morning, Ralph wakes up in his bed and gets up. He finds the broken water glass on the dining room floor and drops of the Outsider's silvery blood. Jeanie is lying on her bed, asleep, and Ralph discovers her feet are cut from the broken glass. Jeannie jerks awake, crying, and Ralph goes to get something for her feet. She doesn't remember what happened, and tells Ralph he should drop the investigation. Jeannie feels that if he doesn't, something bad will happen, and Ralph tells her that something bad has already happened and he's trying to get to the bottom of it.
Holly drives to Hofstadter house and takes a photo of the outside wall with "Child-Killer" scrawled on it. She finds the place boarded up and goes inside, taking photos of everything and finds Tracy's closet.
Outside, Jeannie tells Ralph that someone was in the house and spoke to her, telling her to tell Ralph to stop investigating or they'll die. Ralph figures that she had a dream, and insists that no one will die. He figures that Jeannie overheard Jessie say the same thing, and Frankie's death has stirred up their memories of Derek. Jeannie doesn't believe it, and Ralph reminds her that she used to sleepwalk when the doctors put her on anti-depressants. She still sleepwalks, and Ralph figures that she's looking for Derek. Ralph swears to her that she had a vivid nightmare.
Holly has Skye drive her to the cemetery nearest the Hofstadter house and she finds a grave to the two dead sisters. Their mother's grave is nearby, and Holly figures that the Outsider take the entire family eventually. Holly takes photos of the nearby houses, and Skye comes over. The PI says that "he" was there, and all he had to do was close his eyes and inhale the grief. Holly goes back to the car and Skye follows her.
Jeannie sits at the kitchen table and draws the figure's face as best she can recall.
Holly has Skye drive her to the cemetery where the Hofstadters are buried, and sees a nearby abandoned factory. She takes photos of it and sends all of her photos to Ralph. Holly then calls him and asks him to take some photos around where Terry is buried. All she will say as explanation is that it might be important, but Ralph demands something to give the others. Holly tells him to humor her and hangs up, then notices a man kneeling next to Heath's grave. She takes a photo of him and goes over, offering her condolences.
The PI claims that someone asked her to come there and offer his respects, and asks what Heath's relationship was to the man. The man--Tracy--says that "he" fucked over Heath good and fucked him over as well. Tracy walks off, ignoring Holly's questions.
Jeannie has Ralph drop her off at an Urgent-Care, and Ralph says that he'll be there for her outside if she needs him. He then explains that Holly wants him to go to the cemetery to take photos of where Terry is buried, and doesn't know why. Ralph admits that he's going to do it, and Jeannie tells him to tell Glory. When her husband hesitates, Jeannie says that she'll call Glory later, gives him the sketch she made of the figure, and goes inside. Ralph looks at the facial features of the deformed figure as Jeannie drew him, then calls Yunis and asks him to check Claude's fingerprints against everything they have on Terry's homicide. He also asks Yunis to send him a mugshot of Claude and drives off.
Later, Yunis meets with Ralph. As they drive out to the cemetery, Yunis says that Claude's fingerprints didn't match anything at the scene. He asks Ralph what it was all about, and Ralph shows him Jeannie's drawing. He insists that Jeannie had a bad dream, and Yunis talks about how his great-grandmother had a dream of how she had a dream about one of her sons dying in the war before she got the official news. Yunis insists that dreams are messages.
The men arrive at the cemetery and find Glory and Jeannie already there. Glory complains that the temporary stone isn't there yet for Terry, and Ralph asks her if she minds if he takes some photos. She agrees and Ralph takes photos of the area. Yunis points out the barn where they found the clothes.
At Tamika's christening party for her baby, Jack arrives. Ralph and Jeannie are there, and Ralph goes over to Jack, who is drinking ginger ale and says that he's taking a break. When Ralph asks Jack if he saw anything at the barn that the state police might have missed, Jack angrily tells Ralph that he's not on the job. Tamika comes in with her baby, Jerome, and Jack declines to hold the baby, claiming he's coming down with something. He walks out and Tamika gives Jerome to Ralph to hold, then goes after Jack. Tamika confronts Jack and asks what's going on with him, and complains about his attitude the last few days. Jack says that he's going through a patch, and he wouldn't hold Jerome because he doesn't want anything to happen to him. He refuses to explain further, and tells Tamika to back off for her own sake.
That night, Holly calls Ralph and tells him that he's looking for hiding places for something. She says that Terry and Heath never went near the children they were accused of murdering. Holly also isn't surprised that the barn was close to Terry's grave. She finally tells Ralph that it's better if she explains in person, and Ralph tells her that she has to tell everyone involved by coming to Cherokee City.
That night in her apartment bed room, Holly is in the bed and watching a horror movie. Andy calls from the bar downstairs and invites her to join him. Holly invites him up to her room where there's a mini-bar, and when he comes up, she tells him how she snuck into Heath's house. She notes that the mattress was gone but someone came in and put clean sheets on the box springs. Holly explains that two daughters hired her to investigate their mother's strangulation death, after all of her things were stolen. She figures the killer was someone who knew the victim and displayed gestures of remorse, and the bed-maker was involved in the twin sisters' murders.
Andy pulls Holly over, and Holly says that she has a big meeting and she's nervous. He offers to go, and Holly suggests that they lay down for a little bit.
As Tamika lies in her bed, she hears someone moving in the house. She gets up, draws her gun, and goes to investigate. She finds the figure standing over Jerome's crib, and watches as the intruder picks up the baby. The baby cries and the figure walks off... and Tamika wakes up from her dream. She discovers that Jerome isn't in his crib, and runs outside to find her husband Roger sitting on the porch swing, holding their son.
Holly gently kisses a sleeping Andy and then leaves for Cherokee City.
Jack goes to Ralph's house and apologizes for snapping at him the day before. He says that he's been having personal problems, including drinking, Jack offers to take up some of the slack with everyone's workload and show Ralph what an asset he can be. Ralph points out that the Maitland cases are closed, and Jack asks for an opportunity to help. After a moment, Ralph asks Jack about the barn.
Andy wakes up and sees a note that Holly left behind for him.
Tracy sits in his running car and takes a revolver out of the glove compartment. He gets out of his car, approaches a nearby truck that he's been watching, grabs the driver, and shoves him to the ground, gun held at his head. As Tracy realizes that he3 has the wrong target, the driver asks what he wants.
Holly is driving and comes to a traffic jam caused by the police ahead. A train is crossing the tracks, preventing her from going further.
As Andy dresses and prepares to leave, he finds Holly's list of timetables of the murders. He takes it with him.
The police have surrounded Tracy and tell him to put the gun down. The driver warns Tracy that if he shoots him, the police will shoot him. After a moment, Tracy drops to his knees and tries to fire at the SWAT officer, and they open fire on him.
Once the train passes, Holly's engine breaks down.
Andy gets on a computer and checks the names on Holly's timetable against the Internet news reports of the people.
Holly calls a tow truck for her car.
The police confirm that Tracy's revolver was unloaded, and they figure that he set the whole thing up to get himself killed. There's a blistered red mass on the back of Tracy's neck.
Ralph sits in Derek's old room, then lies down and tries to sleep. He dreams of Derek coming in and telling him to look at him. Ralph does and Derek tells him that he needs to let him go.
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