Isobel is duped by the cunning machinations of a beautiful young girl; a story about an enigmatic movie star with a dark secret deepens the rift between Dennis and Kennedy.

Dennis is compelled to seek clemency for a Canadian prisoner on Death Row in the U.S. Meanwhile, Isobel uncovers a shocking secret while producin a story on the new face of Pornography.

A violent case of mistaken identity gives Kamal a lead on his long-missing sister, Layda. Kennedy pounces on the opportunity to take Kamal's private pain public and boost his ratings. When he and Isobel jet to Halifax armed only with a hidden camera and a fistful of dollars, Layda's trail takes them up against desperate meth addicts and into the command centre of an identity-theft ring. Meanwhile, when Megan lets Henry sweet-talk her into going undercover to bust quack plastic surgeons, she gets an unsettling proposition.

Even Isobel's new cop boyfriend can't protect her when a dangerous young man, one of her earliest interview subjects, gets out on parole.

Kamal and James join fellow reporters for conflict training at an army base, but when a hostile sergeant pushes their war games too far. Kamal's digging unearths a story more explosive than anything in the field. Back at the office, Kennedy and her team get confessional during a productivity workshop.