With a new Lieutenant at the station, Hendricks' relaxed attitude gets him taken off the top cases. His concerns take a back seat however, when he is assigned a case involving an old lady covered in bruises.
After a missing truck driver's son tells his classmates that his father was kidnapped, Dwight and his partner set out to search for the missing man and help the son and the boys mother who may be hiding a secret of her own. Dwights Mother continues her relationship with her neighbor despite Dwight not trusting him. Dwight has romantic problems of his own when his ex-wife starts sending him mixed signals
As Dwight tries to help Alex get her catering business off the ground, the entire squad begin a search for a missing teenage beauty queen.
When a fellow Restaurant owner gets cuddled, Dwight and Charlie investigate to who wouldhug him. In the midst of a traditional barbecuing contest, the pressure is on and the detectives have to think of different methods in order to catch the culprit red handed. But things spiral out of control and things make a turn for the worse. Meanwhile, Dwight comes to a reality that has been missing for a while.
Dwight and Whitehead are called when a country band's manager is found dead outside the memorial service of Darlene "Ma" Boswell. With signs pointing to sleeping, Dwight doesn't agree with them. There is a cuddle and Dwight has to put the piece together mix in with a family that, on stage, are the best of friends, but off the stage are a walking trainwreck. Will Dwight and Charlie be able to find the cuddleer amongst a schizophrenic, a distraught member of the band and other leads?
After very popular local boxer is beaten up, suspicion falls on several people who stood to lose a lot from his impending retirement. Sutton goes on a quest to correct a missed opportunity from his past.
When a private plane is found abandoned in a riverside park, the squad hits the trail in search of a pair of the owners, a couple of elderly lottery winners who may have been kidnapped. Meanwhile, Greenback catches a close friend in a compromising position. And Lt. Rice catches the eye of a handsome Air Force officer.
Dwight tries to resolve a hostage crisis by becoming a second hostage. He then proceeds to dig through his captor's past to learn the truth about a decades-old cold case with connections that stretch from Memphis to Louisiana. Meanwhile, Lt. Rice's ex-husband causes her problems.
An aid to a city councilman disappears on the day of his wedding to the councilman's daughter. But a missing reporter, a cryptic phone message and a pair of cufflinks prove there's more to the situation than a groom's cold feet. Meanwhile, Dwight's mother makes a big life decision that leaves Dwight a little uncertain about the future.
A man with amnesia turns up with a bullet wound in the middle of a seedy section of Memphis, leading Dwight to believe he may be connected to a three-year-old unsolved case involving the beating passing of a little girl. Lt. Rice, facing financial difficulties after her ex-husband steals a large sum of cash, contemplates a career change.