Detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) and his partner Detective Jerry Edgar (Jamie Hector) pursued a suspect. When Bosch cornered the suspect, the suspect was reaching in his pocket and Bosch shot him dead. According to him, the suspect reached for the gun. Although cleared by the department, the family of the suspect sued Bosch in a wrongful death suit. Wanting to keep busy during the trial, Bosch gave two fellow detectives Lakers' tickets to take the weekend shift. He takes a case when a doctor (Scott Wilson) and his dog found a child's bone. The finding of the bone leads to more bones and it was determined that it was boy who died in 1989 and was horribly abused. During the case, Bosch meets rookie police officer Julia Brasher (Annie Wersching) and forms a friendship with her.