Durham County

- Season 2

(2009)

Newly promoted homicide detective Mike Sweeney struggles to keep his head above water. His family has been torn apart by serial killer Ray Prager, who's now in lock down after murdering two women and traumatizing (perhaps raping) Mike's teenage daughter Sadie. Meanwhile at work, Mike deals with what seems to be a homicide involving the death of a baby and brings on a forensic psychiatrist, Pen Verrity to help him understand the murder.

As Mike tries to deal with a tragic mistake with the case of baby Jane Doe, Internal Affairs and a reporter scrutinize his actions. Sadie begins therapy sessions with Pen as her trauma starts to surface and Pen's husband Jonathan accuses her not only of trying to drown their son Mark, but also of killing their daughter Bonnie. Meanwhile Mike tries to win back Audrey, who has started dating and Pen orchestrates a plan to keep Mike close and get rid of Audrey.

The emetic that Pen gave Audrey has caused more harm than Pen anticipated, and Pen, feeling guilty, is relieved to know that Audrey will be okay.

Jonathan's "assault" on Pen encourages Mike to push further with the investigation. He wants to determine whether Jonathan harmed Bonnie, but to do that, Mike needs to exhume Bonnie's body, something Pen absolutely does not want to happen.

Mike believes that Jonathan murdered Molly, and this puts him in conflict with Tom who's convinced that Pen did it and set up Jonathan. Sadie, intent on facing her fears so she can stand up at the trial, reenacts what happened between her and Ray at the farm.

Tom arrives at the farm, responding to Sadie's frantic call for help. She refuses to acknowledge her father as she tells Tom that Mike and Ray murdered Lissie here.