The First 48: Season 11
Season 11 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The First 48 Season 10.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 11 Progress Shield
Carjacked; Roll of the Dice
Sep 30, 2010 · 45 min
In Harris County, Deputy Russell Gonzales races the clock to track down the killer of an unidentified man found dead in a desolate field on the side of the road. It's an uphill bat
Marked for Death
Oct 7, 2010 · 45 min
In Harris County, Dep. Abraham Alanis and his team investigate the murder of a man, married with four young children, who was found robbed and shot to death outside an abandoned ho
Winter Games
Oct 14, 2010 · 45 min
In Detroit, Sergeant Matthew Gnatek and Officer Nancy Foster are investigating the murder of a soon-to-be father, found shot to death in a deserted field during a snowstorm. With n
Off the Tracks
Oct 21, 2010 · 45 min
For homicide detectives, the clock starts ticking the moment they are called. Their chance of solving a case is cut in half if they don't get a lead in "The First 48". Each passing
Underworld
Oct 28, 2010 · 45 min
In Miami, Detective Anthony Reyes and the homicide team are investigating the murder of a man found brutally beaten to death below a major interstate. Reyes must navigate through f
One of Ours
Nov 4, 2010 · 45 min
In Miami, Det. Frank Sanchez responds to the murder of a retired Miami Police captain, shot in broad daylight at a marina on the Miami River. When initial leads run dry, Miami PD l
Gimme Shelter; Mishap
Nov 11, 2010 · 45 min
In Birmingham, lead Detective Mike Allison is working the murder of a man found shot in the basement stairwell of a house. Allison and his team quickly find an eyewitness and then
What Lies Beneath; Back for Blood
Nov 18, 2010 · 45 min
When a man arrested for a domestic dispute claims his boyfriend killed someone seven months earlier and buried the body in the basement, Louisville Detectives Jon Lesher and Collin
Left to Burn; Trigger Happy
Dec 2, 2010 · 45 min
When fire fighters in Detroit respond to a house fire and discover a 63-year-old woman stabbed and bound, Sergeant Kenny Gardner and Investigator Barbara Simon must investigate the
Thicker Than Water
Dec 9, 2010 · 45 min
For homicide detectives, the clock starts ticking the moment they are called. Their chance of solving a case is cut in half if they don’t get a lead in “The First 48″. Each passing
Rules of the Game; Outgunned
Dec 16, 2010 · 45 min
A Louisville celebrity is murdered; and a deadly shootout is investigated in Miami.
Insider; Paradise Lost; Bad Debt
Jan 6, 2011 · 45 min
In Charlotte, rookie Detective Norma McKee gets her first double-murder: a young couple shot in their car by a backseat passenger. Inside the vehicle, detectives find what may be a
Waterworld
Jan 13, 2011 · 45 min
Miami detectives investigate the murder of a man found floating in Biscayne Bay, and a second homicide that may be connected to the first case.
The Slip; Pure Victim
Jan 20, 2011 · 45 min
Detroit detectives investigate a double homicide; an elderly woman is murdered while taking groceries out of her car in Harris County, Texas.
Terribly Wrong; Settling the Score
Jan 27, 2011 · 45 min
In Charlotte, when a store clerk and father of three young children is shot in a robbery by a masked man, lead Detective David Osorio and his team interview witnesses and find that
Final Call; Fatal Fury
Feb 3, 2011 · 45 min
In Charlotte, rookie homicide Det. Brian Whitworth is assigned his first case when a woman is discovered on her bedroom floor, stabbed to death. Hampered by false leads and a lack
Dying Declaration; One Last Score
Feb 10, 2011 · 45 min
After a year with the gang unit, Detective Kevin Ruggiero returns to Miami Homicide, investigating a drive-by shooting that left two men dead. He has little to work with until he l
Street Law; Standing Up
Feb 17, 2011 · 45 min
After a year with the gang unit, Detective Kevin Ruggiero returns to Miami Homicide, investigating a drive-by shooting that left two men dead. He has little to work with until he l
Brother's Blood; Trapped
Mar 3, 2011 · 45 min
Two men are shot in a motel in Charlotte; and Miami detectives investigate an apparent suicide that they suspect is a murder.
Beatdown; Pistol Whipped
Mar 24, 2011 · 45 min
In a bloody convenience store shooting, Birmingham Detective Chris Anderson needs an old surveillance system and cooperation from the victim's mother to help solve the case. When a
Bad Company
Mar 31, 2011 · 45 min
In Las Vegas, NV, Detective Jimmy Vaccaro and his team are called out at midnight to an empty desert highway, where a man's been shot dead in the middle of the road. From the victi
Night Out; One Gram
Apr 7, 2011 · 45 min
A bystander is murdered with a brawl turns into a gunfight; a shooting victim's 911 calls may hold the answer to his killer's identity.
Fear Factor; Fall Guy
May 12, 2011 · 45 min
In Birmingham, Detectives Eric Torrence and Henry Lucas investigate the murder of a 31-year-old male found dead in a field. But with a tight-lipped community where street law is pa
Mother and Child
May 19, 2011 · 45 min
In Miami, ten days before Christmas, a young corrections officer is shot dead with her two-year-old son while sleeping in their bed. Det. Kevin Ruggiero and Sgt. Ervens Ford take t
Last Words; Nowhere to Hide
Aug 18, 2011 · 45 min
In Birmingham, a 49-year-old man is beaten and shot in the middle of a housing complex in broad daylight. In a community where no one wants to be seen as "snitching," finding someo
Love Her Madly; Off Track
Sep 8, 2011 · 45 min
In Miami, the Homicide Unit responds to a scene to find the 911 caller covered in blood and a 35-year-old woman brutally stabbed. And in DeKalb County, Det. Joe Renaud and his team
Blood Alley; Bad Deal
Oct 13, 2011 · 45 min
A man is found dead in an alley in a Birmingham suburb; A 24-year-old man is shot to death in his apartment in DeKalb County, Ga.
The Chase; One Shot
Oct 20, 2011 · 45 min
A 69-year-old Navy veteran is murdered in Texas; and Birmingham detectives investigate a shooting death.
Caught in the Middle
Oct 27, 2011 · 45 min
In Miami, two men are found beaten and shot behind an abandoned house. As Det. TC Cepero digs deeper into the case he unearths more than one reason the men could have been killed.