A local news crew prepares to go on air. They wait for the female anchor, Jane Everett, who is late. She arrives and tells the producer to get her a real story. He tells her he'll see what he can do, then they go live. Jane reads her teleprompter and sees that it has been manipulated. The producers scramble to fix it, but Jane is able to pull it off without going to commercial. Jane is later found dead.

Rush asks the crew if anyone remembers a newscaster named Jane Everett. Vera and Valens remember her and that she was strangled in the park in the 80s. Rush says a research assistant from channel 7 is on the way over saying that she discovered something. Tory Roberts, the channel 7 researcher arrives and meets with Rush. She shows the team an old beta tape she found with footage of Jane Everett taping a special report. In the video, Jane gets a phone call and asks if the caller is threatening her. Jane tells the caller that she is doing the right thing by talking to her. Tory says that the video was recorded 6 hours before Jane was found dead.

The team goes over Jane's files. They see that she grew up in a tough neighborhood. Stillman says that since she was strangled, it was probably a crime of passion. Rush says that there is no mention of a boyfriend. The see that there was no witness or DNA evidence, but she had abrasions and torn clothes which suggests that she put up a fight. Although the park was a few blocks from her house and she jogged there everyday, the detectives think that Jane may have gone to the park to meet with her caller since she died in the same clothes she was wearing in the video.

Miller and Valens meet with Jane's mom and learn that Jane didn't have a social life or a boyfriend. Mrs. Everett says that Jane wanted to be a broadcaster ever since she was a little girl. She says that Jane was upset that the news became all fluff. Valens asks if they got into a fight over the type of news she covered. Mrs. Everett flashes back to watching Jane do a news piece in a Halloween costume and the two argued over how she always got stuck covering nonsense. Jane says that the news is about getting ratings. The two argued briefly over what was important to cover, then Jane left. Valens asks about Jane's boss Nathan. Mrs. Everett says he was her mentor and they met when Jane was in college.

Rush and Jeffries meet with Nathan. He tells them about how they were focused on getting ratings. Rush asks if he had any idea who threatened her. He says he has no idea since she didn't do any controversial stories. He says everyone loved her, but remembers one person that might have had an issue with her. Nathan flashes back to a broadcast where the lead anchor, Mort Ackerson, started to slip while finishing a story. Jane picked up for him and finished his lines. He got angry and said she was stepping on his story. Nathan says that Jane caused the station to go from worst to first, which upset the lead anchor. Nathan says that Mort did get a Peabody when he covered Jane's murder.

Valens has drinks with Tory and she asks him about the case. He tells her he'll let her know if they find anything. The rest of the team shows up at the bar and they tell Valens that Mort is now a new suspect since he had a problem working with Jane. Valens then looks up and sees Frankie at the bar. The two see each other, then Frankie stomps off. Valens follows her and tells her that it's a cop bar. The two argue briefly, then kiss. Valens starts to pull back, but changes his mind.

Rush meets with Mort and asks for his autograph. Rush tells him to sign it to her aunt and say she'll see her in 50 to life. Mort realizes Rush is a cop and he tells her that he had nothing to do with Jane's death. Rush asks about the complaint he filed against her. Mort says Jane didn't know her place and flashes back to Jane reviewing video. He remembers she was on to some scandal. Rush asks if Jane was investigating something. He says he wasn't sure, but he was determined that if there was a story, she wasn't going to get it. He flashes back to when he followed Jane to see what she was up to. She saw him, then reported it the next day. Rush asks where the house was that he followed Jane and he tells her. Rush then asks where he was the night Jane was murdered. Mort says he was with the new intern, Londa Stewart.

Vera tells Stillman that he was unable to trace the call Jane received on the tape because it was local. He also says that Mort's alibi checked out. Valens says that the house Mort followed Jane to has been sold, but they found out who the person was that lived there at the time. He says his name was Evan Briggs and they were able to find out where he was working at the time of Jane's murder. Valens then sees Frankie and tells her that she has something of his.