An LA cop is murdered and Brenda and her team suspect a cover up. They must handle the investigation their own way, pitting themselves against the L.A.P.D. and uncovering the truth, before the police shut them down. Brenda and Fritz decide to take their relationship to the next level and move in together.
A juror dies during the lunch of a trial of a notororius mobster. Brenda is too busy with the case to help Fritz move in. Then Brenda learns that her mother is flying into town for a funeral. Brenda must deal with her mother, her boyfriend, and the fact that her investigation may threaten the verdict of the trial.
Three college kids are shot while driving through a bad neighborhood. The case seems open and shut when Brenda and her team discover evidence that reveals one of the victims may have had a secret life. However, when Brenda checks out an alibi she realizes there is more to this case than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Brenda's mother is still visiting and Brenda is still struggling to keep her relationship with Fritz a secret.
Brenda investigates the murder of a young woman at a fancy restaurant. Was it an investor who Brenda had previously questioned for murder? Or was it the woman's husband, an ambitious chef? Brenda begins to realize the victim may been trying to advance her and her husbands careers in unconventional ways. Meanwhile, the team uses their investigative skills to figure out Brenda has been hiding that it's her 40th birthday.
A deceased woman is found in Provenza's garage, leaving Brenda involved in a cover-up of her own. Once again, the team finds themselves racing against the clock and trying to find the killer before Commander Taylor discovers what they're up to.
Brenda and the Priority Homicide Division must deal with a long list of suspects when a paparazzo falls to his death from his hotel balcony. After they discover his cause of death, a big celebrity with a big secret becomes the main suspect. Menawhile, Brenda tries to find out if Fritz is keeping a secret from her.
The head and feet of an adult film star are found in a dumpster. When the blood of the victim is tested for HIV, the test comes out positive, leaving Brenda and the team with about 200 suspects. Meanwhile, Brenda thinks she may be pregnant.
The drowned bodies of a mother and daughter are found tied up together and weighted, just like a certain type of traditional Japanese suicide. However, following many strange discoveries, Brenda and the team suspect murder.
A young boy dies on the operating table during a routine surgery and his mother is convinced that he was murdered by the surgeons. The doctors say the mother is crazy, the mother says the doctors are lying, and a friend of the boy confesses it was his fault. Though Sgt. Gabriel wants the team working with Robbery/Homicide, Brenda pursues this case.
Brenda is called in to testify in Pope's divorce case as a character witness, but soon finds her career and reputation on the line when an old love letter of hers resurfaces. Meanwhile, the homicide division is dealing with a murder and a case of mistaken identity.
Brenda is having a bad morning. She gets in a car accident, but must leave the scene to get to a triple homicide. At the scene of the triple homicide, no bodies are to be found. Then, she gets in trouble with the traffic police for her "hit-and-run." Unable to drive, and with Lt. Tao on vacation, Brenda finds it difficult to track down the killer...and the victims.
A death-row inmate's appeal case is coming up, and his star witness is murdered. Brenda and the team find more than one suspect who had motive to kill him. Meanwhile, Chief Pope's angry ex-wife visits Brenda and the team, and tells them Brenda's secret. Fritz, hearing about it, worries about Brenda's feelings for Chief Pope.
An informant's wife and an FBI agent are both murdered and Brenda and Fritz disagree on which department should handle the case. When Brenda gets it, she is told she has two days to solve the case before the lead witness is scheduled to testify against a powerful mobster. Meanwhile, Brenda's cat is missing because Fritz left her front door open.
After the shoot-out in her office, Brenda is forced to go on administrative leave. However, she is asked by the CIA to help solve the murder of an Arab teenager.