The First 48: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
Loved to Death / Unmasked
Jun 15, 2006 · 45 min
In Memphis, Sergeant Caroline Mason and her team respond to a convenience store shooting, where surveillance cameras captured the last few moments of a man's life. Investigators mu
Inner Demons / Kids with Guns
Jun 22, 2006 · 45 min
Detectives find a man murdered outside his own apartment. While hunting for the killer, they uncover the victim's inner life, revealing a man torn between who he is and what he bel
The Witness / The Trunk
Jul 6, 2006 · 45 min
Detectives Ricky Martinez and Fernando Bosch investigate the double homicide of a husband and wife. As they race against the clock to find the killer, they discover that their best
Pre-emptive Strike / Unlucky
Jul 20, 2006 · 45 min
In Memphis, TN, Lt. Toney Armstrong and his team respond to a shooting where the killer may be barricaded in his apartment. Then the stand-off gives way to a dispute among friends
Memphis Blues / Knife to the Heart
Jul 27, 2006 · 45 min
Miami detectives respond to the stabbing murder of an elderly man found dead in his home. After collecting key evidence on the crime scene and talking to witnesses, Detective Rolan
Boogie Man / Murder on Flowering Peach
Jul 27, 2006 · 45 min
Dallas Homicide Detectives respond to a call about a body in the charred remains of a car. Digging into the victim's life uncovers a dangerous lifestyle with questionable friends.
The Run Around / Night Cap
Aug 24, 2006 · 45 min
In Memphis, Sergeant Mitch Oliver and his team respond to the murder of a man shot in his car while parked at a local mini market. In order to track down their shooter, detectives
Crossfire / School Ties
Aug 31, 2006 · 45 min
In Miami, Detectives Emiliano Tamayo and Ervens Ford find a young woman shot dead in a convenience store. The store's surveillance footage reveals she may have been an innocent vic
Fool for Love / Dumped
Sep 14, 2006 · 45 min
At a gruesome crime scene in Dallas, TX, Detective Rick Duggan finds a badly decomposed body. To solve the case, detectives delve into the victim's past leading them on a trail lin
The Wrong Man / Five Points Payback
Sep 21, 2006 · 45 min
On a rain-soaked Memphis morning, Sgts. Tony Mullins and Mitch Oliver respond to a drive-by shooting, and learn that the victim is an innocent bystander. The man who says he was th
Candy Lady / Best of Friends
Sep 28, 2006 · 45 min
In Memphis, TN, Sergeants Bill Ashton and Caroline Mason hunt for the killer of a beloved neighborhood "Candy Lady", shot through her closed front door. From the projects of the ci
Family Affair / The Hustler
Oct 5, 2006 · 45 min
In Dallas, a young woman is found stabbed, beaten, and burned on a bed. The victim's 12-year-old niece and her mother are missing. Lead Detective Dale Lundberg soon discovers that
Motel Massacre / Pure Innocent
Oct 12, 2006 · 45 min
A Memphis motel turns into a war zone when a gunfight leaves two men dead and another critically injured. Sgt. WD Merritt and the homicide team spring into action to find their sho
Broken Alibis / A Good Woman
Nov 16, 2006 · 45 min
Miami homicide detective Freddy Ponce is called to the brutal beating death of a homeless man. After finding what he believes is the suspect, Ponce's case takes an unexpected turn.
Houdini / Innocence Lost
Nov 30, 2006 · 45 min
In Memphis, a gas station clerk is shot in an armed robbery. The clerk hits the store's panic button, locking his killer inside. Moments later, the clerk dies from his wounds. When
Wrong Turn / Deadly Dance
Dec 7, 2006 · 45 min
Miami Detective Carlos Castellanos and Sgt. Jose "Pepi" Granado are working the murder of a 54-year old tourist. As they hit the streets to track down the killer, they learn the vi
Moment of Truth / Cat and Mouse
Dec 14, 2006 · 45 min
In Dallas, a woman is shot in while sitting in her car. Detective Eddie Ibarra and the homicide team focus in on two suspects swept up in a robbery investigation, and the pieces of
Get that Money / Senseless
Dec 21, 2006 · 45 min
In Kansas City, Missouri, a young man is found dead in the middle of an apartment complex. With no leads or witnesses, Detective Ed Begley is hoping the victim's cell phone can hel
Easy Prey / Widowmaker
Dec 28, 2006 · 45 min
In Dallas, detectives are working a shooting that left a 26-year-old woman dead, when a mysterious caller gives them a one word nickname--"Mississippi." In Miami, an elderly man is