The team investigates a ransomware attack that takes out the entire power grid for west L.A. and paralyzes the city. Also, as the first holiday season since the death of Sam’s wife approaches, he struggles to find the best way for his family to celebrate.
Remy Ma and Papoose take another step to having a baby. Jonathan becomes suspicious of Trent's fidelity. Sophia and James R grow closer but his video release party gets heated when Jaquae, Self, and Snoop show up.
After helping with the creation of a new sword, Hunson Abadeer comes back to try and regain his daughter's love.
When an old flame comes calling on urgent business, Tree Trunks reconsiders both her wild past and her tranquil present.
Ian tests Fiona's patience and resolve by bringing a messy “Occupy Fiona” movement right to her front door. Lip struggles to get Professor Youens to court for his DUI trial. Meanwhile, a now unemployed Frank goes on a job hunt and Carl gets a feisty new rehab client with a plan to help him get the rest of his tuition.
Bridge, Eliza and Larry spend a day together searching for Bridge's towed car. Tutu has a manic episode.
Tariq has a personal case for Sophe after his childhood friend is the target of a violent stalker. Also, Tanner desperately tries to locate a recently deported individual that a Sophe user identified as a key witness in Mia’s murder case.
Christmas has the Kilchers playing Secret Santa! Atz Lee makes art with fire, Eivin tries to avoid blowing himself up, Atz Sr. jams out with a shovel and Jane wraps coal for someone special. After his injury, Shane spends Christmas in the hospital.
Republica Empanada (Mesa, Ariz.) • Zoe Ma Ma (Boulder, Colo.) • Ena's Caribbean Kitchen (Columbus, Ohio) This trip, Guy Fieri's hitting the road and grabbing grub straight out of Mom's kitchen. In Arizona, a family spot cookin' lights-out Latin cuisine, from Cubano empanadas to arroz con pollo. In Colorado, a mother-son team servin' up Chinese street food specialties like dan dan noodles and steamed buns. And in Columbus, a Jamaican joint grillin' up jerk chicken and other island favorites.
The gang must get $60,000 to their blackmailer; Joy follows Fat Franky around town, which doesn't end as suspected.
The gang ties up loose ends before facing the reality that they might go to jail by midnight, leaving it up to Dory to figure something out.
After a man hits his head, he's left fighting a one-on-a-million medical mystery; a boy's wounded knee becomes home to an uninvited guest; a man unwittingly feeds his own intended killer.
Faith finds herself isolated as the custody hearing draws closer and Williams tries to frame her for Alpay's death. Steve returns to his criminal past in an attempt to help her.
When Mobeen learns that his little sister Aks has been suspended from school for fighting, he realises that he might not be the best role model to parent her. So when he bumps into two notorious uncles after Friday prayers, they suggest that an arranged marriage might bring a much needed female perspective into Aks's life. Initially Mobeen quashes the idea, but after reflecting on it with best friends Eight and Nate, he decides arranged marriage might be the answer after all. When Uncle Habib arranges for Mobeen to meet a prospective wife, Khadijah, and her father, things don't quite go to plan - thanks to the unexpected arrival of ‘weird' Uncle Shady.
Mobeen receives a surprise visit from the armed police, who arrest his friend Eight on suspicion of supplying drugs to school children in Small Heath - based on the description of an 'Asian male in jogging bottoms'. The real culprit is Shahid, a local dealer who's enlisted his mum's cousin's cousin - 14 year-old Kareema - to move his gear. But Mobeen refuses to snitch. When Kareema asks Mobeen's little sister Aks to help her hide the drugs from the police, she follows her brother's example. When Mobeen finds out, he has no other option than to go looking for Shahid - but will his actions have more drastic consequences?
Eight has gone missing, so Mobeen and Nate go on a mission to find him. On discovering him hiding in an abandoned den deep in a Small Heath wood, Eight reveals that his beloved Dadha is dying and wants to see the boys one last time before he passes to the upper room. When the friends visit him on his death bed, they are disturbed to hear that Dadha has been keeping a dark secret and needs the boys to help him visit the family video shop one last time before he dies. After a terrifying escape, the boys encounter something they definitely weren't expecting.
Staring hate, violence and societal fractures in the face, Mobeen and his crew see the far right in their truest form, at an anti-Islam demonstration. After Aks throws a flask and hits the leader Robbie Tomlinson square in the face, Mobeen takes the blame and is arrested. He's then accidentally placed in the same police van as Robbie. As Mobeen and Robbie go head to head inside the van, outside the van (and much to Aks's dismay) Eight and Nate desperately need to go to the toilet but can't escape the police cordon. Eventually they decide to brave the toilet in the only pub for miles around, which is packed with skinheads from the demonstration.
When disaster strikes International Rescue answers the call! The Mechanic, having completed Project Sentinel, sets his sights on destroying The Hood. While International Rescue scramble to save their former foe, Brains goes on a dangerous mission to stop the Mechanic once and for all.