There's been an incident at the beer garden where the team was celebrating. It seems the two gunmen had a specific target in mind: the bartender. A while back, a couple of friends and the bartender broke into a lottery shop where they found 20 kilos of heroin. The two young criminals were just trying to make some money, but the bartender was involved because he needed the money to pay for his mother's surgery abroad to treat her serious health problem. However, the drug lord who owned the heroin found them and started to execute them.

A refugee infant is kidnapped from a shelter by a gang involved in illegal adoptions. The baby is then handed over to a family desperate to adopt after years of failed attempts. In their despair, the family uses their life savings to adopt the child, unaware he has been abducted. Meanwhile, the baby's family attempts to report the disappearance through legal channels, but they are met with indifference, bureaucracy, and racism in a foreign country. Desperate and pushed to the edge, the baby's father and teenage brother take drastic action: they kidnap the interpreter, the only person who has shown them compassion, and storm a bank, taking hostages. Angelos steps in as the negotiator and is shocked when the two refugees demand not money, but the safe return of their child, threatening to kill the hostages if their demands are not met. The team quickly mobilizes, preparing to act under intense pressure.v

The body of an iconographer is discovered in a deserted location, and soon officers from the Violent Crimes Unit discover that he was involved in an antiquities smuggling ring. At the same time, a young artist, Ermis, agrees to create a copy of Persephone's Hand, a coveted piece of ancient art, on behalf of Stergios, a gallery owner and looter. Ermis needs money both to satisfy his ambitions and to bring his girlfriend, Yulia, from Ukraine to Greece. The officers discover the trail of Stergios' spiral and weave a risky plan to penetrate it. And they will succeed, just in time when Ermis' missteps are about to lead to disaster.

Marina, a young woman, commits suicide under mysterious circumstances, prompting the team to investigate. Her parents discover her diary and turn it over to the police. The diary reveals that Marina was secretly involved with a man and their -initially - romantic relationship turned abusive, ultimately driving her to take her own life. Meanwhile, Christina, another woman unaware of Marina’s story, is also in a relationship with the same man, Minas. Despite her friend Savvina’s repeated efforts to warn her, Christina often overlooks the warning signs. When Minas eventually becomes violent toward her, Christina decides to escape. However, Minas is soon found murdered and Christina becomes the prime suspect.

In a remote area, the body of a young girl, Matina, is found, prompting the Violent Crimes Division to take on the case. Meanwhile, Effi, a young mother struggling with financial issues, becomes estranged from her parents and has no support in Athens. Desperate, she accepts Alekos' offer to star in a sensual film, unaware that it is actually a snuff film and that she will be murdered during a live broadcast on the Dark Web.