Diarra gets some unexpected support on her quest, Aja makes an influential connection, and a scheme to track down Deonte's mom leads to a dangerous rescue mission.

Diarra and the team examine Chris' evidence leading them to Detroit's Buddy Black poker game for Tony Kincaid, Deonte's former basketball coach; Diarra empties her checking account for the poker buy and unsuccessfully interrogates Tony.

Diarra and Moni prepare for a rendezvous; Diarra needs to move quickly in order to give her speech at Aja's party; at the factory, they meet Goldie and get chased by goons; luckily, Marshall, the original detective from 1995 saves them.

Diarra explores Marshall's notebook from 1995 and tries to break Zervas' alibi; under the guise of making a documentary, she gets together strippers from Eden's Ethiopia and finds a hole in Zervas' alibi; as she confronts him, he gets killed.

A snowstorm shuts the city down; Diarra goes missing; her friends gather at her house.

Diarra forces Danger to dig up Deonte's body and discovers he is alive; Diarra orchestrates a meeting with all the parties involved in Deonte's kidnapping, leading to a violent showdown between Velvet, the Woodward Boys and the Greeks.