On a remote outpost of the Navajo Nation in 1971, Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Tribal Police and new Deputy Jim Chee are besieged by a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. Together, the two men face the trauma of their pasts as they search for clues.

Leaphorn and Chee interview the witness to the motel murders. Manuelito investigates a new crime.

Chee and Manuelito investigate a kidnapping. Leaphorn brings home the bodies of the murder victims.

Leaphorn and Chee uncover a big break in the case. Manuelito makes a discovery of her own.

Leaphorn is thrown a curveball in the case. Manuelito faces her fears. Chee must make a choice.

Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito descend on the hiding place of the Buffalo Society.