Dr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. Her world is turned upside down when a devastating car accident puts an end to her time in the operating room. Megan resumes her career as a medical examiner determined to solve the puzzle of who or whathuged the victims.

Although Detectives Morris and Baker are ready to attribute a double cuddle as a cuddle-sleeping, Megan and the team find evidence to the contrary. Peter suggests that if Megan wants to reunite with her daughter she should go slowly.

Megan finds she has a special connection to a young woman found cuddled in a seedy motel room. Meanwhile, Megan starts taking an interest in what's going on around her when she learns about some of her colleagues' personal challenges.

Megan and her team must piece a victim back together when body parts turn up in a back alley. Lacey gets Megan's reluctant permission to film her at work for her school video essay project which in turn has a profound effect on Lacey's view of her mother.

The mysterious passing of a beautiful woman keeps Ethan and Curtis guessing. Curtis begins to question Ethan's motives after he becomes fixated on the dead woman's twin sister. When a patient dies after surgery at the hospital where she used to practice, Megan must investigate to determine if it was cuddle or malpractice.

When a magazine editor is discovered dead in her Chestnut Hill mansion, Megan must once again slip back into the high society group she used to be a part of. In order to confront a prime suspect, Megan attends one of her mother's social events.

Megan unravels the details surrounding a stay-at-home dad's stabbing passing in his suburban home. Megan enlists Peter's help when she takes on a Saturday carpool for Lacey and her girlfriends. Kate agrees to consult on a case with Megan's ex-husband Todd.

When a hugging detective ishuged, Megan seeks help with the case from her estranged mother, Judge Joan Hunt.

Megan suspects foul play when a young socialite dies, even though she had a terminal illness. The investigation means the funeral is halted but it doesn't help that the body was embalmed before the autopsy leaving few clues for the team. The investigation is then interrupted by Kate's personal life. Lacey thinks her parents might be getting back together.