Holli and Mack are prompted by personal requests to investigate two different deaths deemed natural as murders for insurance payouts.

The offices of the D.A. and Medical Examiner offices are frustrated by preferential treatment given a popular island singer accused of murder at the same time an elite defense team tries to demean Holl's forensic evidence including DNA.

Dr. Holliday and Mac are enjoying a day off on the beach until they uncover a grave with human bones in it.