Sharon Raydor's introduction as the new head of Major Crimes comes awkwardly at a grocery store shootout where a surrendered gunman is executed while in police custody.

As Major Crimes deals with a slain fitness trainer, Captain Raydor contends with a surly teenage house guest, a highly disgruntled second-in-command, and a hypocritical superior.

The facts become blurry in a case involving a fatal car crash at a nightclub. Meanwhile, Rusty can finally look forward to his mother's return.

A murder victim was about to go into witness protection after testifying against Israeli mobsters. The key to solving the crime may be in the hands of the victim's wife's enterprising life coach.

The discovery of a dead college student in a hazardous-waste drum alerts Major Crimes to a kidnapping plot; the team races to find a second victim before she, too, is killed.

The death of a quarterback threatens to spark racial tensions at a local high school, and the investigation puts a member of the team in grave danger.

Major Crimes goes back to the drawing board when new evidence causes one of Tao's former convictions to be dismissed with prejudice, and Rusty has dinner with his biological father.

A detective from Las Vegas is found dead of an apparent drug overdose but further investigation reveals that he was poisoned. Meanwhile, Daniel Dunn's recent behavior makes Raydor and Rusty wonder if he can be trusted.

A sniper kills a judge, and both Major Crimes and the FBI try to get to an eyewitness who can identify the shooter before the shooter can kill him. Meanwhile, Sharon takes steps to protect Rusty from his father.