Avery arrives at Emma Kind’s home in the Catskill Mountains, and Emma is excited to see Avery. Over wine, Avery asks about Victoria, and Emma says that Victoria was her younger sister. Emma tells Avery that Victoria was the prime suspect in the investigation of a murder, and that the media painted Victoria as a “monster,” focusing on the gruesome nature of the murder and the sexual component of Victoria’s life with Cameron. Avery, who knows nothing about Victoria’s past, is shocked, and she asks Emma to tell her about the case.

Walt relocates to New York City, and he reflects on being a young detective in 2001. Cameron’s murder took place in Shandaken, in the Catskill Mountains, and the Shandaken Police Department requested the assistance of the New York Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI). Though the police in Shandaken were wary of Walt’s youth, Walt gained favor by deferring to the Shandaken chief of police, Dale Richards, while working hard to gather evidence. When the media took interest in the investigation, Walt let Dale act as the spokesperson for the case. In the present, Walt drives back to Shandaken, meeting Dale outside the police station and noting how the other man has aged and gained weight.