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7. If It Bleeds, It Leads

The team investigates the murder of a reporter who may have become too close to her story, while Jane insists on pursuing his own leads to find Lorelei.

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The team investigates the murder of a TV journalist who specialized in "human interest stories". The investigation leads them to a powerful business tycoon she wanted to expose for the genocide of an Amazonian village for financial gain. But the real culprit turns out to be an older TV colleague, whom Jane exposes on air. The tycoon's assistant is killed because she wanted to testify against him, but they can't touch him. Lisbon swears she'll get him someday. Meanwhile, Jane's research on Lorelei leads him to a federal prison that he cannot access due to FBI involving again.

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