Jessica enters a fly-fishing competition with the sheriff's wife, Maureen Metzger. Their guide, it turns out, is ex-con Brian Kinney. Jailed as an accomplice to convicted killer Darryl Jepson, Brian was later exonerated. He seems like a decent enough fellow. Yet when Jepson breaks out of prison vowing revenge, and the lawyer for both men is found murdered, Cabot Cove becomes the focus of the nation as local, state, and federal authorities descend on Jessica's hometown...