Sheriff Lowell and Muse sit in the police station, pondering their predicament. Lowell doesn’t want to definitively identify the skeleton until Doctor O’Neill compares it with Camille’s dental records. In addition, he doesn’t want Muse to feed information to Paul, whom he still considers a person of interest. Muse explains Paul’s renewed interest in the case because of Gil Perez. Before she can elaborate, Doctor O’Neill interrupts and takes Muse and Lowell to the morgue. The skeleton is laid out on a table, and O’Neill explains that some bones are missing. O’Neill shows them the pubic bone, which not only identifies the skeleton as female but also shows that the woman gave birth at some point in her life.

As Lucy sits alone in the car, basking in her kiss with Paul, she sees two detectives drive up to the facility. Lucy wonders what Ira is saying to Paul, since she never spoke to her father about that night. Lucy unlocks Ira’s VW Beetle to test the battery. She reflects on how she has lived with regret and wishes she had contacted Paul earlier instead of hiding and drinking away her fears. Lucy sits down in the front seat of the VW and immediately senses that something is wrong. She sees a half-empty soda can that wasn’t there before and a dried pool of blood in the backseat.

Paul wishes he had more time to plead with Ira, but the gunfire surprises him. He instinctively jumps out of the way, and the bullet grazes his side. He rolls behind a tree and hurls a rock at Ira, who keeps shooting. He rolls down a hill as Ira chases him. Paul suddenly stops, kicks out his feet, and knocks Ira over. He jumps on Ira and tries to rip the gun out of his hand, but Ira slams the gun into Paul’s head. Ira aims at Paul as Detective York yells at him to freeze. Lucy calls out to her father, and rather than shoot Paul, Ira aims at himself. Ira tells Paul that his sister is dead before pulling the trigger and dying by suicide.

Paul remembers Ira’s body falling on him and Lucy screaming before he passed out. He’s in the hospital, and a doctor is explaining his injuries. Paul cuts the doctor off to speak with Detective York. York explains how the police connected Ira to Gil’s murder through the carpet fibers. Ira killed Gil the day after his visit. Before leaving, York offers to help with Paul’s investigation in any way he can. Paul recalls that Jane’s biggest fear was being alone in the hospital, so he stayed with her every night. Paul doesn’t think Greta and Bob will visit him now.

When Muse arrives, Paul’s mind turns to Camille. He updates Muse on his confrontation with Raya and Glenda’s shocking news. Muse explains that she spoke with Sheriff Lowell, who still thinks Paul is lying. Paul confirms that he and Lucy went into the woods together, but he lied to protect her. Muse asks if Camille was ever pregnant, which stumps Paul, and when Muse doesn’t elaborate, he grows frustrated. Muse leaves without a word when a nurse enters to take Paul’s vitals. Paul’s mind swims with questions about his sister.

Paul calls his house, and Greta answers. Greta is happy to watch Cara, but she doesn’t care about Paul, so she hangs up. Paul ruminates on Glenda and Ira’s conflicting stories. Both Ira and Glenda have reason to lie to make Paul stop looking into the past, but Glenda gave him new information that would continue his investigation. Paul chooses to believe Glenda. Muse returns after speaking with Lowell. She tells Paul about the XRJ machine, and Paul senses that they’ve found a body. Muse explains that the skeleton shows signs that Camille gave birth. Paul instructs Muse to keep investigating, since they may have to find a child.

Alexei informs Sosh that a body was found in the woods. Alexei worked under Sosh in both the Soviet Union and the US, and though the men don’t like one another, they’ve been loyal to each other for a long time. Sosh understands Paul’s desire to make amends with the past since Sosh still blames himself for his own brother’s death. Alexei wants to act, but Sosh wants to let the issue rest lest it dredge up other unpleasant facts. Alexei reminisces about their past power, but Sosh thinks they were “thugs.”

The doctor wants to monitor Paul overnight, so he reads Doctor O’Neill’s preliminary autopsy report. He knows no other girls Camille’s age who went missing 15-20 years ago, but he doesn’t fully accept that the body is Camille’s. Paul calls Detective York, who confirms that Ira’s gun was used in Gil’s murder. Dillon questioned Lucy, but she was still in shock. Paul asks Muse to drive him to Lucy’s apartment, since he’s worried about her being alone. On the way, Muse reminds Paul that he must meet with Judge Pierce in the morning.

Muse drops Paul off at Lucy’s door, and he can hear her listening to sad music inside. Lucy doesn’t answer Paul’s knocks, so he uses the campus master key to open the door. He sits with Lucy as she drinks vodka. Lucy knows that Ira killed Gil, but doesn’t think he killed Margot and Doug; he was simply scared of Gil causing more pain. Lucy admits that she has loved Paul for 20 years, but she tells him to leave her alone for the night.

Doctor O’Neill returns to the excavation site alone and uses a strainer to sift through the dirt. She finds the two missing hyoid bone pieces. O’Neill calls Sheriff Lowell and tells him that the discovery may change the case.

Mrs. Perez visits Paul in the hospital and tells him the truth: She worked with Natasha Copeland in the laundry room at camp and became close to her. Gil fell in love with Margot, but she broke his heart. Wayne Steubens convinced Gil to get even by pranking Margot, and he persuaded Camille and Doug to lure Margot into the woods, where Gil tied her up and blindfolded her. Pranks were common at camp, and the plan was to let Margot squirm before freeing her. Margot played along, but then Wayne suddenly slit her throat. He thanked the shocked teens for their help and chased them. He caught up with and killed Doug, but Gil and Camille escaped.

Gil and Camille hid in the woods all night, and then Gil called the camp until his mother picked up. Gil explained everything, and Mrs. Perez told Natasha. Wayne had already established an alibi and destroyed incriminating evidence, so the mothers thought Gil and Camille would be blamed if they came forward. Mrs. Perez planted the bloody clothes, and she and Natasha helped Gil and Camille run away. When the lawsuit began, both mothers thought they could get the money they desperately needed. Natasha didn’t tell Vladimir that Camille was alive because she hated him.

Paul thinks his mother waited until the settlement money came in before abandoning him. She didn’t take Paul with her because Vladimir would never stop looking for them. Mrs. Perez doesn’t confirm anything and turns the conversation back to Gil. Gil traveled from place to place and saw MVD’s investigation as a way to get money since he blamed Paul for not being on guard duty. Mrs. Perez never saw Camille again, and she doesn’t know if the girl was ever pregnant.

Less than five minutes later, Muse takes Paul to the courtroom. Judge Pierce asks if Paul will settle with the defense, even saying that he’ll find Paul in contempt otherwise, but Paul again refuses. He silently signifies that he understands the pressure the judge is under from Jenrette, and he leaves. Jenrette approaches Paul in the hallway with a manila folder. He explains that he’s just trying to protect his son, like Paul’s father did. The folder holds a translation of Vladimir’s translated KGB file. Paul takes the file back to his office. Muse interrupts Paul’s reading with updates from Doctor O’Neill. The hyoid bone proves that the woman was strangled to death and that she was much older than Camille when she died. Paul absorbs the information and claims that the skeleton belongs to his mother.

Paul visits Sosh and confronts him with the file. The file states that Vladimir betrayed Natasha’s parents to the Soviet authorities. Sosh claims that Vladimir was only protecting his family and giving them a chance at a new life. Paul thinks Vladimir should have endured his hardship instead of giving in, like the people of Leningrad. Sosh doesn’t appreciate the comparison, since the siege killed his siblings. When Vladimir thought Camille was murdered, he confessed to Natasha.

Paul can’t believe that his mother left him behind without a word. He recalls how his father stopped him from coming to the woods, which is when he must have buried her. Sosh told Vladimir that Natasha planned to run away and take Paul with her. Sosh imagines that Vladimir snapped and killed her, since Natasha threatened to expose him. After Natasha’s death, Vladimir pieced together that Camille was still alive. He hired Sosh to investigate, but Sosh lied that Camille was dead, since the truth would only bring more suffering.

Sosh confesses that Camille is alive, but when she learned that her father killed her mother, she feared revealing herself. Camille wanted to contact Paul, but thought coming forward would create too big a scandal. Sosh invited Camille over before Paul arrived. Paul stands in shock as Camille steps out of the elevator.

Paul leaves on a trip to speak with Wayne Steubens. Lucy and Paul are officially together, and they’re intensely clingy. Edward and Barry were both found guilty of raping Chamique, even though Judge Pierce threw out the DVD evidence. Paul wants to prosecute Pierce and EJ Jenrette. Mort and Flair are appealing the verdict, and Paul suspects that Chamique’s lawsuit will have a huge payout. Bob is out on bail because Paul lied about loaning him the money, and Raya Singh is now working with Cingle Shaker. Paul is considering resigning, but is delaying the decision. Camille is living with Paul and Cara, and Paul is grateful to have her back in his life. Camille hasn’t revealed everything, but she traveled through Russia and Europe, later returning to the US to get married, but then divorced. Tension lingers between the siblings because Paul can’t fully accept her choice to hide.

At the prison, Paul confronts Wayne, and this time, Wayne doesn’t deny killing Margot and Doug. He confesses to feeding information to MVD and extorting Ira into silence 20 years ago. When Gil threatened to resurface the story, Ira killed Gil. Wayne toys with Paul and claims that he’s missing a piece of the story: that Wayne knew Paul wasn’t going to be at his post.

When Paul returns home, he and Lucy visit the woods. He considers how Ira thought the woods could be a place of peace. Paul accuses Lucy of helping Wayne that night by luring Paul away from his guard post. Lucy didn’t know Wayne’s plan, which is why she still feels guilty after all these years. Wayne saw Lucy when she got separated from Paul, and she found Margot’s body. Ira killed Gil to protect Lucy, not himself. Paul turns away from Lucy and walks back to the car. He sits down and wonders whether their relationship will survive.