A year after his thwarted attempt to perpetrate a second mass murder in the community of Bridgton, Ohio, Brady Hartsfield remains hospitalized in a vegetative state. Retired Detective Bill Hodges has done his best to move on from his Brady obsession, teaming up with Holly Gibney to open Finders Keepers, a private investigative agency. But when unexplainable occurrences begin to affect hospital staff members attending to Brady, Hodges is nagged by the feeling that Brady is somehow responsible.

The wife of an ambitious neurosurgeon pressures him into treating the comatose Brady with an experimental drug. Meanwhile, Bill and Holly move on but Bill is shocked by the death of a close friend.

While Bill deals with the realities of his job and reaches out to Donna, Brady meets a sympathetic mind and reaches out to her.

Brady and Bill both have unexpected reunions, while Lou deals with the traumas in her past.

After Sadie's death, Brady finds another mind to control. Montez pays Bill a visit, and Holly pays Ida a visit to talk about her troubles.

Brady has Al pay Montez a video and leaves a calling card. Lou takes control of her life, Bill tells Holly that he put Finders Keepers in danger, and Felix tries to get through to Brady before Montez shuts him down.

Felix tries to get Brady to communicate to stop Montez from shutting down his operation, and Cora tells her husband the truth about the drug tests. Jerome makes an admission to Bill and Holly, and Bill makes an admission to Ida.

Bill and Donna plan a trip to Ireland, and Ida goes on a date. Holly receives a package, and Al pays Bill a visit after giving his brother Reggie a haircut.

Bill is sent to the hospital after Al's attack. Meanwhile, Felix tries to stop Antonio and Pettimore from transferring Brady out of his care, and Cora has bad news for her husband.

After escaping the hospital, Brady goes to the Babineaus and claims that he's a changed man. He then turns himself into the police, which begin investigating Bill.

Brady gets his day in court, and his attorney claims that he's a changed man... literally.