Dante tears apart his "hand-picked warriors" in the police garage, he's furious about the debacle at the VCN studio, they had Sara in their grasp and she got away. Jake defends them, he says Sara is a trained police detective, she knows all tactics, and Dante is derisive, but Jake is tenacious, she seems "supernatural" Orlinsky echoes Jake, she's some kind of witch, and Dante screams in irritation, "She's a WOMAN!" He backs down, he knows she's tough, she's scary, she almost killed him in his own house, but he says they're elite, he picked them because they?re tough, they're scary, and he promises, "Great things will befall the man who brings down Sara Pezzini, I swear!" Oh, and just as an aside, they have a new assignment, Congressman Haviland's daughter Kate is missing, last seen in the study lounge at UNY, and he points out a congressman's gratitude will be a very good thing for whoever finds her. He assigns Jake the case, and Jake gets envious looks from everyone. As they disperse, Jake steps aside and says to Dante he doesn't think it's such a good thing for him to be in charge, but Dante is reassuring, he'll look good in the eyes of important people, "myself included," he is grooming Jake, and if Jake finds the girl, he will be set for life. Jake looks unhappy.
Kenneth Irons greets his doctor in the study: he is in a wheelchair, looking aged, and he tries some dry humor about his failing health. The doctor responds Irons is 96 years old, so he looks quite well, and Irons is incensed, don't patronize him! The doctor opens his bag, he has a new growth hormone from Paris, still in testing stage, but promising, with minimal side effect. Irons calls it snake oil and refuses it. The doctor tries to reason, his specialty is genetics, Irons insisted he focus on longevity, and Ian unobtrusively studies a scalpel from the doctor's bag until Irons calls him to attention; he pockets the scalpel. Irons pushes the doctor, he wants "the other" - Elizabeth Bronte, frozen behind a drape at the far side of the study, sitting in seeming repose, wearing a satin dressing gown, resting on a chaise lounge. The doctor continues, he thinks Irons may be developing a tolerance, he says the last injection didn't work as long, "her cells may be degenerating". Ian recites facts about insects frozen in amber and hominids frozen in snow retain stable genetics. Lace is draped over the end of Elizabeth's hand, obscuring it, while a surgical drill sits on the table beside her. Irons is capricious: they will use "a bigger piece."
The site of Jake's butt in the shower is quite a treat. He reaches for a towel, but doesn't find it. Sara is on his bed, frankly admiring him while he searches. She whistles for his attention, he turns suddenly, and Sara sees something that makes quite an impression... ;} and Jake makes a mad dash to find anything to cover up, settling on a bowl after dumping its contents on the floor. Sara is direct while she holds Jake at gunpoint: what is Dante's next move? He replies there are two priorities, the congressman's missing daughter and her. Jake says he doesn't know much about the White Bulls, but Sara is disbelieving. Jake says he's trying to learn everything he can, but Dante doesn't trust anyone: to gain Dante's trust he needs to find Kate Haviland, so Sara has to help him. She is shocked, she's on the run and Jake wants her help? Jake tells her Dante is worried about bad press, so there's just a posse of hand-picked insiders looking for her; he asks why hasn't she called FBI or IA, and Sara says Jim Pezzini thought there were Bulls in IA. Jake looks uncomfortable. Sara goes on, if she calls the FBI, it's her word against Dante's, and she flashes to every dishonest fight she's been in recently, mostly with the IRA folks, and at her silence, Jake finishes for her: Dante's got too much to use. Sara says it's her word against a 20-year commander. Sara flashes to pistol-whipping Dante. She is hesitant, she has to do this carefully, she needs evidence, witnesses, and Jake says they need each other. He gives her his cell phone, because hers was traced, and she is doubtful, maybe Jakes phone is traced? Jake reminds her to trust her partner. She turns to leave [and we get another tantalizing view...], and he asks for his towel: Sara tosses it on his face before leaving.
Sara catches Charlene up on the street, and Charlene immediately says, "No!" Sara is confused, what is she refusing? Charlene argues Sara got her out of jail, she's hiding Sara at her place, they're even, she will not get up on a stand and become a target, Sara promised never to ask unless she could absolutely guarantee her safety, and here Sara is on the street, hiding, that's not safe! She walks away, and Danny tells Sara Charlene won't help her if she won't help Jake. Sara gets angry, she can't do anything, and if Danny was alive, she'd kill him! Danny looks hurt, and Sara apologizes, of all the gifts the Witchblade has given her, Danny is the best. He calms her down, and Sara says she doesn't know how she can help. Danny looks at a nearby alley where a crowd has gathered. The blade flashes on Sara's wrist, she pushes people aside in alley, reminding anyone to call 911, and finds Kate Haviland dressed as the red-haired harlot, bruised, beaten, and quite dead. Sara flashes to the rape, upon touching the sorority necklace around the girl's neck, sees her greeting the man in the study lounge right before he grabs her - she knew him. The police arrive, and Sara disappears, probably by shinnying up a drainpipe.
Sara calls Jake, tells him a hooker is in the morgue - it's Kate - and hangs up. Dante enters and Jake walks him down to the morgue.
Sara goes to Gabriel's and he fusses, where has she been? She shows him the White Bull bullet, and Gabriel reminds her he has a buyer, but Sara yells at him, she's building a case, can he find the engraver? He agrees to try.
Dante and Jake are in the morgue, Dante immediately assumes the girl was a hooker at night, but Jake says no, she was a good kid, a dedicated student, his guess is this guy dressed up his victims after he killed them. Dante is sickened, if he had a daughter... He makes sure Jake knows this can't hit the tabloids. Dante sighs, he has to call the congressman. They're both transfixed as they review the coroner's findings, and Jake ponders, what kind of sick freak could do this? Dante says whoever it is, "It's terminal." Jake understands the unspoken command: they're going to kill this guy.
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