Night find the big city as two NYPD officers come upon a young man attempting to put a young woman's body in the trunk of a car. When the police go after him, the young man is impaled on a fence, leaving many unanswered questions. Mac runs into Ella McBride who could cost him time in figuring out if Isabelle Vaughn died by eating the miracle fruit. Stella gets in trouble with Mac while investigating another murder linked to the Greek diplomat that attacked her.
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A murder happens during a strange Christmas dinner party involving "mouse brains" and "cod liver oil" of an up-and-coming handbag designer. Meanwhile, a store owner turns up dead from a broken neck in his shop. Ella McBride, the daughter of the victim in "Dead Inside", returns in effort to seek time with Mac, and appears to be infatuated with him, so much so she created fake evidence to see him. After receiving an angry visit from Mac, she later tries to commit suicide from being unable to deal with being alone.