The First 48: Season 7
Season 7 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 6.
- 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 7 Progress Shield
Inked in Blood
Jan 10, 2008 · 45 min
In Memphis, Sergeant Connie Justice investigates the murder of a 32-year-old tattoo artist shot to death during a robbery. The victim’s husband, who survived the robbery, only know
Double Time
Jan 17, 2008 · 45 min
The detectives are called to the scene of a shooting at a café. The witnesses on scene say it was a robbery gone wrong. While working one case, the team gets a second case. The are
Dead Sleep / Tag Team
Jan 24, 2008 · 45 min
A body is found brutally beaten. Detectives have to identify the victim and search for a killer. A local teenager is killed. Detectives enlist the help of some eyes in the sky for
Unnecessary Roughness / Stolen Life
Jan 31, 2008 · 45 min
Gunfire rings out leaving a teenager dead, ironically during a Children's Peace Bowl for street violence. With little to go on detectives need a witness to come forward. A popular
Burden of Proof / Backfire
Feb 7, 2008 · 45 min
A woman is shot and killed in her home. The detectives find the victims car with a suspect behind the wheel. Holding the suspect on stolen property can the gather enough evidence f
American Dream / Easter Sunday
Mar 6, 2008 · 45 min
A man is found dead in his truck. Detectives learn that he had fled the war in Bosnia, just to killed in the streets of Memphis. The streets are hard and young people fight to brea
Better Days / Wildflower
Mar 13, 2008 · 45 min
The local community is shocked when an elderly man is gunned down. With the help of the locals two suspects are brought in. Their tight lips will make the detectives jobs even hard
Last Ride / Trailer Trap
Mar 20, 2008 · 45 min
A young man is gunned down and left in the trunk of an abandoned car. Can his killer be found? The brutal killing of a man in a trailer park sends detectives searching for a killer
Lured In / Disaster
Mar 27, 2008 · 45 min
A man is robbed and left for dead in a motel bathroom. Detectives have little to go on, and rely on the victims missing items to lead to their killer. Gunshots ring out in the midd
Dropped Call / Derailed
Apr 3, 2008 · 45 min
A young man lay shot dead in the middle of a street. Can a cell phone and a pawnshop ticket hold the clues detectives will need? The body of a woman is found dumped on some railroa
Shell Shocked / Cradle to Grave
Apr 10, 2008 · 45 min
A sting operation is put in motion to catch a killer. A brutal execution goes down in the middle of a busy neighborhood.
Deal Breaker / Gunplay
Apr 17, 2008 · 45 min
A family man is robbed then shot and killed. Detectives hunt for his killer. A local high school kid is gunned down in cold blood as he walks home with him friends. Now detectives
Ashes and Snow
May 15, 2008 · 45 min
The tragic murder of a woman strangled just days before Christmas has detectives scrambling for clues. To make matters worse their killer burned the car the victim was in and there
Frenzy / Hard Truth
May 29, 2008 · 45 min
Two men lay dead in the middle of a busy street. The roommate of the two victims is missing and detectives think he may hold a clue about the murders. One man is dead and another i
Last Fare
Jul 1, 2008 · 45 min
A young father-to-be is robbed and killed, detectives are hot on the tail of the killers because of a tip. Can detectives locate their killers before they leave the country?
Last Night Out /Death Do Us Part
Jul 8, 2008 · 45 min
One young man is dead and another young man is seen fleeing the scene. Detectives rely on eye witnesses to identify this killer, and bring him to justice. A young mother is shot de
Lester Street
Jul 15, 2008 · 45 min
Four adults and two children lay dead in was is being called the worst mass murder in 15 years. Detectives scramble for clues and learn the deaths may be gang related. Can detectiv
Breaking the Silence / Letters of Intent
Jul 15, 2008 · 45 min
A thriving 28-year-old man is shot and killed. There is a cloak of silence in this case that is hard to break, detectives are determined to do it. A social worked is murdered. Can
Bail Out / Seeing Red
Jul 22, 2008 · 45 min
A home invasion has turned deadly, investigators are called to the scene of a young man found dead. With their eyes on a suspect they have to wonder if this killer is just a suburb
Blackout
Jul 22, 2008 · 45 min
Investigators lead a cross country search for the killer of a young man killed during a robbery. With nothing more than street names for their killers to go on, the set out on thei
The Last Yard / Root of All Evil
Jul 29, 2008 · 45 min
The murder of a football player at the University of Memphis, is making top news. The young man was cut down in his prime by a killer with a gun. Did someone have a vendetta? Or wa
Moving Out / Among Thieves
Aug 5, 2008 · 45 min
A man lays dead outside his home, he has been gunned down. Investigators find a witness to the crime. After following leads they are surprised when their witness turns into the sus
Unwelcome Guest / Wrecked
Aug 19, 2008 · 45 min
Inside an apartment a victim lay dead from a brutal beating. With little evidence and no witnesses the lead detective must rely on the crime scene to give them a suspect. A car acc
Collateral / Driven to Kill
Aug 26, 2008 · 45 min
The lone survivor of a triple shooting lay dieing in a hospital bed. Can detectives get the information they need to put the double murderer behind bars in time? A man is run over
In Cold Blood / Red Handed
Sep 2, 2008 · 45 min
A grandfather hears a knock on his door, little does he know that a killer stands on the other side of it. The suspect flees the scene and crashes his car just down the road. Will
River's Edge
Sep 9, 2008 · 45 min
Along the bank of the mighty Mississippi River is the body of a unknown man. The victim is homeless which makes identifying the man even more difficult. Working against a ticking c
Snapped / Fallen Angel
Sep 16, 2008 · 45 min
Two teenage suspects are questioned when a man is found beaten to death in a stairwell. Detectives are shocked at the boys ages and what prompted the attack. An up and coming singe
Smoke / Touch of Evil
Sep 23, 2008 · 45 min
A man is found dead outside in a vacant lot. Detective have no leads, no witnesses and the motive for the killing. Can the detectives track down suspects in time? Murder is always
After the First 48: Murder on the Interstate / At Close Range
Oct 7, 2008 · 45 min
UPDATE: Follow this case through the justice system. We have already seen the bodies discovered and the arrests made. Now we get to see the court process and the verdicts handed do
After the First 48: Fool For Love / Crash
Oct 14, 2008 · 45 min
Now that some of our strongest cases have been adjudicated, we can take viewers inside the powerful and dramatic events that unfolded after the arrest, up to and including the conv
Coma / Disappeared
Dec 9, 2008 · 45 min
In Dallas, two teenaged boys are shot outside a nightclub—one is critically wounded, the other is left in a coma. As Detective Eddie Ibarra puts the pieces of the case together, he
Obstruction / Flight Risk
Jan 15, 2009 · 45 min
Cincinnati police investigate the shooting death of a 28-year-old from Detroit; Dallas police enlist the help of the Travis County SWAT team after they get a tip that a murder susp