A court reporter everyone knew and liked is found dead, and when the suspected suicide is declared a murder Grace's undercover role is a little closer to home than she'd like. At the hospital, Earl and Grace try to pull her new charge from her coma. Rhetta faces a heartbreaking decision.
When a bomb goes off at Father John's church, the team immediately begins questioning the parishioners, but as attacks continue on Grace's family it begins to seem a little more personal.
Grace and the team try to determine if a home invasion robbery that included rape and murder is part of a pattern or a copycat, and Rhetta visits an evil revenge on Ham when his practical joke misfires.
Grace's new charge regains consciousness, but communication is a problem, and the team investigates the seemingly unrelated killings of multiple cows and a Hasidic Jew.
Grace manipulates the first name of her new charge out of Earl, Rhetta deals with a betrayal, and Bobby reaches out to a relative during the team's investigation of the murder of a 99-year-old man.
Father John involves himself in the search for Neely, Butch is unhappy when an ADA returns, and Grace takes an extreme step in order to collar the murderer of a parole officer.
In the immediate aftermath of Grace and Neely's survived fall from the top of a building, Grace, now known as "Angel Cop" by the city, decides to have it out with God once and for all. But a mysterious stranger might have something to say about that. Ham struggles with his father over the fact that Ham is now dating his dead brother's widow. And the squad investigates a deadly mauling by a dog.
As Grace deals with the aftermath of her dramatic fall from a building with Neely, she also struggles with the impending death of her grandfather, GeePaw. Meanwhile the squad investigates a double homicide involving a water dispute between two ranchers, and Rhetta discovers a secret about her daughter.
Grace tries to find out if a childhood friend is really guilty of killing her husband. But the friend isn't interested in Grace's help, which is hard for Grace to accept. The squad investigates the disappearance of a young woman with brain damage. And Grace begins to wonder if Earl has been watching over her since she was a girl.
A murder case surrounding a young rock band reveals a whole new rebellious side of Grace's nephew, Clay. Drug-addicted Neely moves in next door to Grace, while Earl helps her through detox. Also, Rhetta tries to get her marriage back on track with Ronnie.