In the episode, Detective Holder (Joel Kinnaman) and Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) learn Pastor Mike (Ben Cotton) is not who he claims to be.
At Beacon Home, Pastor Mike tells Linden and Holder that Angie Gower didn't enter the shelter the night she was found.
At Linden's request, the pastor hands over photos of girls who stayed at the shelter three years ago.
On death row, Seward speculates that Becker (Hugh Dillon) left work early the night of Alton's suicide due to problems with his wife.
In the locker room, Becker tells Henderson (Aaron Douglas) that he left work early to look for his wife, who he found at a bar with another man.
At the police station, she tells Linden that she visited Pastor Mike and shows her the pizzeria menu left on her windshield.
As Holder orders a slice, they notice a watchful Rayna, who says she saw Angie bleeding in the alleyway next to Beacon Home the night of the attack.
Meanwhile, Becker sneaks his son into the gallows room and brags to him that he'll be the one who gets to put the noose around Seward's neck.
At the station, Skinner approves a background check on Pastor Mike but refuses to grant a search warrant for his car due to insufficient evidence.
As they leave, Holder asks dispatch to run a police database search for the biblical tattoo on Pastor Mike's arm.
Skinner says the tattoo search revealed that the pastor's real name is Mark Elwood, and that he was charged with kidnapping a 16-year-old girl in Tempe, Arizona six years ago.
At the station, Danette meets Aubrey (Chilton Crane), a woman whose daughter has been missing for years.
In a July 2013 interview, actor Aaron Douglas (Gabe Henderson) spoke about his mindset and the capital punishment storyline: "In Canada, we don't have the death penalty.
The lethal injection is one thing, but it's the lead up — the weeks and months, and then standing there waiting for it to happen — that is so incredibly profound.
"[1] "Hope Kills" was watched by 1.62 million viewers, the season's fourth best outing, and received a 0.5 rating in the 18-49 demographic.