1. The Past is Parent

Complete story — includes the ending

Just before killing himself in front of Holmes, Jonathan Bloom hires him to discover what happened to his Honduran wife Alicia, who went missing in 2010. Bloom did kill two other women (drug addicts who did not survive rough sex), gives the location of their bodies, and kills himself. Another Honduran, Maribel Fonseca, vanished at the same time as Alicia. Years before, they, their families and others hired a " coyote " to smuggle them into the United States. However, he did not pay a drug cartel their customary fee for crossing their territory. The cartel killed nearly everyone; only Alicia and Maribel escaped. Both visited restaurant Novena Vida within days of each other. Maribel was searching for a tall, handsome man. The coyote survived the massacre, but does not fit that description, which actually describes Novena Vida's owner, Juan Murillo. In 2010, Alicia recognized him as the coyote. Maribel went to the restaurant to check. They tried to murder Murillo, who admits killing them in self-defence. He may not be convicted for those killings, but the New Jersey police serve an arrest warrant for other crimes. Meanwhile, the NYPD stops consulting Sherlock and Joan, and he may be charged with assault.