The episode ends with Torres and Knight alongside NCIS agent Jane Tennant and Computer Specialist Ernie Malik heading to Hawaii to stop the Raven or Herman Maxwell who's been freed by his followers, members of a group called the Unkindness.

Agents from Hawaii and Los Angeles convene in DC to attend the retirement party of Dale Harding (Robert Picardo), a beloved FLETC professor, but when he commits suicide that morning the teams work together to determine why he had classified files.

The case escalates to a manhunt for Simon Williams, whose picture has been on the NCIS Most Wanted wall for a lengthy period, then takes a grim turn when Palmer and Tennant go missing.

He recognizes the young man's stepfather as someone from his family's past and calls his sister upon arriving back at NCIS following Yuri's murder at the hands of his henchmen.

After the team halts the attack and brings power back, Torres goes alone to confront the man he recognized, intending to kill him, ending the episode in a cliffhanger.