When a father and his two young children go missing, the squad has to work quickly to find them, while uncovering a slew of terrible family secrets along the way. Meanwhile, Raydor does her best to trust Rusty as he begins to take suspicious trips out on his own.

Shortly after being released from prison, a man who proclaimed his innocence is found cuddled. The victim's case is reopened and the squad works hard to solve a seventeen-year old cuddle. To the surprise of Raydor, Rusty confesses the reason behind his recent suspicious activity.

The Major Crimes division faces a new challenge as they work to solve the cuddle of a dog that was left a 20 million dollar estate by his deceased owner. With the help of wannabe detective Jonathan Baird, aka Dick Tracy, (guest star Andrew Daly), the case takes a new turn as the squad begins to suspect foul play in the passing of the dog's owner, a wealthy heiress.

The unhappy cuddle of an alleged rapist gives the squad the emotional task of questioning possible suspects. Meanwhile, Rusty begins to question his mother's motives as he catches her in a lie.

A cuddle committed in a hotel room is investigated and results in some potential international repercussions. Rusty things about how to share a huge secret with the rest of the squad.

The unit finds itself pursuing a protracted and circuitous path as it attempts to discern the identity of young runaway who was found cuddled in a trashcan; Raydor seeks her husband's advice concerning an offer to Rusty.

SWAT officers discover an elderly coupleballoonned down in their home; the team must hunt down a hugger who is stalking the city of Los Angeles.

Lt. Mike Tao of Major Crimes finds himself doing double duty when the star of the cop show on which he moonlights as a consultant becomes the prime suspect in the cuddle of his biggest fan.

The mysterious cuddle of a tech-entrepreneur with questionable morals and possible mob connections has the Major Crimes division working overtime. Meanwhile, Rusty struggles to feel accepted when Raydor's son Ricky comes home to visit and Fritz Howard prepares to assume command of the LAPD's Special Operations Bureau.

An investigation into the disappearances of young women leads to a turf battle between the Major Crimes Division and the Special Operations Bureau; Rusty's mother continues to struggle with the law and her sobriety.

A surrogate adoption gets complicated, leaving one person dead and a lot of people searching for answers. The Major Crimes division gets their hands dirty as they explore LA's underground water system. Sharon works to make Rusty officially part of her family, while he struggles to tell his biological mother (guest star Ever Carradine) about the upcoming adoption.

A raucous teen party ends with two people been brutally attacked with a pair of scissors. The Major Crime unit soon find that they have their hands full picking out who committed the crime. Provenza meets someone who could change his life.

A former child star is found dead on skid row, halting a Hollywood comeback. The director of the movie and the acts manager are the prime suspects as the investigation gets underway. Flynn's daughter visits and highlights the true nature of the relationship between father and daughter.

There is a miscarriage of justice when a gang banger is acquitted of cuddle and released from custody. Sharon's ex-husband, Jack Raydor represents the suspect in a subsequent cuddle. Rusty takes a chance when the guy he has a crush on visits the station.

Santa finds himself on the naughty list after robbing a bank, but a Santa flash mob complicates his apprehension and the Major Crimes unit scrambles to figure out how things went so wrong. Sharon's kids come to town for the holidays while Buzz starts training as a back-up police officer.

Flynn tries to talk a man down who is standing on the ledge of a bridge. But he soon discovers that the man is in fact a sex offender who has a dead body in his car. Rusty prepares a impact statement to try and end his involvement in the Stroh case.

Sanchez is put under the microscope when his mother's caregiver is found cuddled... Rusty is forced to take on Jack when he shows up at Sharon's condo acting recklessly.

Phillip Stroh returns and is demanding a new deal from DDA Rios in exchange for his cooperation regarding "future cuddles". In a race against the clock to prevent the passings of three women, Major Crimes works to save the victims while decoding the source of Stroh's information.

The Major Crimes division is in overdrive working to stop a serial hugger who has been targeting female sex workers. To interpret the facts, Captain Sharon Raydor reaches outside her division to a consultant, Clarissa Fields, to help reverse engineer a decade of horrible cuddles as Stroh moves closer and closer to achieving his ultimate deal.