An unidentifiable body is discovered in the shower of an upscale home belonging to a young female socialite. With the help of nosey bones expert and Jeffersonian “squint” Clark Edison, skeletal reconstruction and evidence in the drain reveal that the victim was a young girl employed by a counterfeit handbag distributor. The team learns that the victim supplied counterfeit purses to her socialite acquaintance, and after interrogating the self-centered socialite and sifting through footage on a hidden camera, they discover evidence linking them to the murderer. Meanwhile, Angela and Hodgins discuss their future home and where they want to raise a family, and Booth opens up to Hannah about Brennan’s feelings for him
Leslie and the Parks Department return to work after three months to discover that the budget crisis still looms. After unsuccessfully trying to have their budget restored by using Ann to charm Chris with a date, Leslie decides to make an all or nothing play by resurrecting the Pawnee Harvest Festival. Meanwhile, Ben restarts the youth basketball league and instates Ron and Andy to coach the only two teams. April returns from a vacation with a new boyfriend.
Victor grows frustrated with Sibuna and concocts a scheme to put a stop to their quest. He secretly releases mice in the house to give him a reason to search the bedrooms. He searches and finds the elixir and some of the students' proof. He also finds the panel in the attic that conceals the picture of Sarah. While this goes on, the students must spend the night at the school. Under the guise of needing to place the order for a take-away dinner, NIna and Fabian lure Trudy and Mr. Sweet into his office and lock the door. Victor is forced to abandon his search of the house in order to go and let Trudy and Mr. Sweet out.
Jerome poses as Alfie's savior after his failed cellar mission by reopening the sarcophagus. He demands that Alfie repay him by secretly passing him information on Sibuna. Nina works out that the next puzzle is inside the chandelier. Amber distracts Victor by pretending to faint so that Nina can get the relic. Mara and Mick finally kiss and make up. Alfie and Jerome fall out when Jerome accidentally reveals that he is working for Rufus. Fabian and Nina near the end of their search but still have one more place to look for the last puzzle piece, which is in the stuffed black crow in Victor's office. Written on the last puzzle piece is "END." Nina begins to hear voices and when she tells Fabian about it, he questions if she's truly the Chosen One, and not Joy. This scares Nina and she gets defensive about it.
The group members debate whether to add Annies crush, who recently enrolled at Greendale, or Seor Chang to the group. Shirleys ex-husband comes back into the picture, and she has big news for everyone.
Bernadette runs into her ex-boyfriend while attending a science event with Wolowitz.
Todd tries to encourage Madhuri to audition to become a Bollywood performer, but Gupta takes him up on the offer instead. Meanwhile Charlie volunteers to fix the phone lines in Todd's office after the technician requests a bribe.
When Patrick Jane and the CBI must work with a criminal profiler, Dr. Montague, to solve a double murder, it becomes a competition for Jane to prove that his methods are superior.
Michael prepares himself for the good or bad news about Holly and her boyfriend. In an effort to be an awesome office manager, Pam decides to put up a resolution board for everyone to post their New Year's resolutions.
It is Nina's unlucky day when Victor padlocks the attic door to stop her going up there again after seeing her go in. Victor even catches Nina doing something, which ruins everything. She does not even know the worst part yet - Jerome has contacted Rufus by getting Rufus's number off Patricia's phone and is now spying on Sibuna for Rufus after being bribed. Sibuna plan to go down into the cellar to collect some of the elixir and to try to crack the latest clue. Alfie draws the short straw, but this time he will have a walkie talkie to maintain radio contact. However, Jerome secretly sabotages the whole mission by taking Alfie's walkie talkie. He almost gets caught by Victor twice and manages to escape the second time by hiding in the sarcophagus. Jerome shuts and locks the sarcophagus with Alfie still inside.
A high-end escort's body is found in the river; Frank vows to get justice in a 25-year-old case.
Elka encounters an old friend in prison, while Melanie, Joy and Victoria struggle to raise money for her bail. Meanwhile, Joy gets an interesting letter from the INS and Victoria loses her fortune.
In order to find out where some stolen goods are, Jake gets himself arrested in order to be jailed with the thief who knows the location Mal finds out some information about Rose that she's been keeping hidden from him.
Mara is furious that Mick cheated for her in the school elections. Nina attends Sarah's funeral and then witnesses a confrontation between Rufus and Victor at the care home. She hears them mention Joy being the "Chosen One" before they realize that she has been eavesdropping. Victor tries to find out how much Nina knows, but she gives nothing away. Later, she leads an expedition down to the cellar where Sibuna witnesses a meeting of Victor's society. Meanwhile, Patricia calls Joy to find out if she knows more than she is saying.
When a deadly fire destroys a northern outpost a week before Christmas, Kelly puts aside her personal dilemmas to rally Buffalo to the rescue. Scott and AJ face an onboard alarm.
When a riot breaks out on campus after the team goes undefeated, Alex and the players must cross the frenzied campus to the Goat House to save Sammy from being torn apart by rabid fans.
As the Super Bowl approaches, Mike is thrilled when Brick takes his advice and studies up on football in order to understand and talk the sport. But Axl thinks his little brother is taking over his turf by being Mike's football buddy - a position Axl used to cherish. Meanwhile, Frankie thinks her professional career is looking up when Mr. Ehlert chooses her to accompany him to a managerial seminar, and ex-boyfriend Brad asks Sue to be his dance partner for the school's annual Square Dancing with the Stars.
A series of bizarre, ritualistic murders brings the team to Miami Reid experiences hallucinations and blinding headaches.
It's Phil and Claire's anniversary, and when the kids go to surprise them with breakfast in bed, they get a surprise of their own. Jay and Gloria's plans for a Vegas vacation are ruined because of a brutally honest email accidentally sent to Claire, and Mitchell and Cam try to get into a new restaurant owned by a mom at Lily's preschool.