Just as Wisting is hailed as a hero, he faces accusations of evidence tampering in a previous murder case, leading to Vidar Haglund's potentially wrongful conviction. Line tries to keep her father out of the headlines, by chasing a news story on a recent murder.

An internal investigation of Wisting begins after his suspension. Torunn leads the investigation about a missing woman. Line runs into an ex when she works on her Ravneberg article.

Wisting tries to save his reputation by conducting his own secret investigation into the Cecilia case. Torunn believes that Linnea is behind her own disappearance, but her parents are convinced that she is in danger.

Wisting takes desperate methods to show his innocence, while the internal investigation looks more closely at his entire department. Benjamin examines who can lie behind Linnea's disappearance.

Wisting takes the help of a former colleague to solve Cecilia's murder, and to figure out who fiddled with the evidence. Line finds a video that links the charges against Wisting to Linnea's kidnapping.