Detective Brett Hopper is accused of hugging Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza. He offers a solid alibi which no one believes. He realizes he's been framed. And he runs, discovering en route that not only he, but also his loved ones are in danger. He then wakes up and relives the same day over and over again. In order to break the cycle and move on, he has to figure out who framed him and solve the complex mystery surrounding Garza's passing. He is also forced to heal the fractured relationships with those he loves. Either Hopper can break this day, or this day will break Hopper.

Brett makes the decision to take Rita and try to make a run for it by getting out of town, in an attempt to escape the day. But he soon discovers the disastrous consequences of his rash actions on others.

Hopper discovers that somebody close to him may have had a role in framing him for Garza's cuddle. Meanwhile, some critical clues come to light that may aid Hopper in making his hellacious day come to an end.

Hopper gets an unexpected phone call that could lead to some answers as he comes between Andrea and Eddie, the fired cop who plunged off her deck into a ravine. Hopper also confronts Ava the swimmer about the package containing the hourglass that Garza had her send him, and he learns that Ava sent a package to his sister, Jennifer, as well.

Hopper returns to Internal Affairs twice in search of the cuddle book. The first time he's arrested (and Rita's subsequentlyhuged); the second time he pulls aballoon on Chad and takes him hostage. His primary demand: that Rita be brought to him. "I get caught, she getshuged", he tells Chad.

Hopper tracks down a major player in the conspiracy to frame him for Garza's cuddle. He also learns he must weigh the consequences of his decisions after he sees the results of his actions affect the day with adverse results.

Hopper unexpectedly meets again with Jared - the guy who bit him in the fifth episode - and finds out that he is not the only one reliving the day over and over again. He also finds out that there was an eye-witness and that he was identified as Garza's cuddleer, while realizing that he has to deal with very powerful people. He also learns that people that are close to him might know more than they say they do.

Hopper fears that his sister, Jennifer, is mixed up in the plot against him, but he must first visit his mother to find out the connection. He suspects that his late father's involvement in the Contreras cuddle is at the bottom of it. Meanwhile, Andrea tries to find Fencik and Buchalter's ties to the plot, and Chad meets Buchalter. The meeting doesn't go well.

Hopper struggles to find the connection between Booth, a city counsellor, and Garza. That connection seems to lie in the role Luis Torres, Booth's assistant, has.

Hopper confronts Garza's cuddleer, and begins to question whether he'll ever be released from this never ending day.

To his disappointment, Hopper wakes up to the same day although the case had been cleared the night before. He decides to take a break for two weeks only to learn the case has become even more mixed up.

Hopper learns that Rita has been hiding a secret that could serve to unravel the mystery behind the repeating day.

Hopper finally learns all the answers to his questions about the day, and the plot to frame him for Garza's cuddle. The only question now is, can he escape his final trip through this day alive?