Nicholas J. Coleman

As a string of break in assaults grows more violent, the cops investigate an online incel group to identify a suspect.

When a suspect voluntarily admits to killing a reality show celebrity chef in his own restaurant, Danny and Maria are convinced the suspect is taking the fall for someone. Also, Frank faces a moral dilemma when a longtime friend, Sen. Ted McCreary, asks for Frank's help to make a DUI go away, and investigative journalist Anne Farrell returns. Peter Coyote guest stars.

The team searches for a brutal killer with a signature modus operandi. Burgess and Ruzek double down in their fight to retain custody of Makayla.

Instructed by Stone not to talk to anyone, Naz breaks his promise when his parents arrive at the precinct. Later, he's transferred to Central Booking and, after pleading not guilty at his arraignment, to Rikers Island. Detective Box talks to Don Taylor, Andrea Cornish's stepfather, about the victim's troubled past. At his apartment, Stone bonds with his son Gooden before Kara, Stone's ex and Gooden's mom, drops by to pick up the boy. Helen Weiss, a prosecuting attorney, meets with Box to discuss the evidence against Naz.

After a member of the President's staff is murdered, Ellen urges Duncan to back out of the assassination plot, while other members of the President's staff take matters into their own hands. Meanwhile, after scouring medical records, Ellen finds someone who might be a viable bone marrow donor for Duncan's wife, Nina.