Jean, distraught over Rachel’s episode, throws her pills inthe toilet. Harold finds the paint sludge in the mines andreturns to tell Jean, who says she thinks her father knowsmore than he lets on. Kopus goes to Junior’s campsite butfinds it burning. He quickly finds Harold to tell him thatJunior went to kill Levi. Jean, off her meds, takes herdaughters to her parents’ house in a search for the vent shethought she imagined. She stabs the wall with a knife,revealing the vent. Junior makes an attempt on Levi’s life.Harold shows up at Levi’s house looking for Junior. Jean’sparents try to take the girls away from her but Jean leaveswith her daughters and tries to enlist Kopus’ help to findHarold. He rejects her, but eventually decides to help. Haroldis released and together he and Kopus venture to find Junior.
As temperatures grow colder, the Alaskans continue to preparefor the winter months. In Fairbanks, Sue Aikens travels 150miles on an icy road to investigate a tip that squatters are onher property in central Alaska. In Eagle, Andy must take hisdogs to gather more firewood for the winter, but collectingresources is stalled when his sled begins to fall apart at theseams. In Noorvik, Chip and Agnes Hailstone brave the thin iceto harvest whitefish for food and trade. And in Chandalar,Glenn chases after a pack of wolves in hopes of harvestingleftover caribou meat.
A woman’s body is discovered having been brutally attacked.Gently is determined to catch the killer and stop him attackinganyone else. Worried that mistakes could have been down to oneinspector, he is determined to get to the bottom of anothermystery that is happening within the police force.