Part 1
The Cold Case team are joined by new forensic scientist Eve as they investigate the death of a teenage boy, Davy, who drowned in concrete. A lump of human ear found in his stomach belongs to a comatose teenager whom Eve discovers is his brother. Meanwhile, Stella's attacked by a dog at a woodland shrine where a mysterious nun who seems to have stigmata warns her to leave.
Boyd interviews Sean Killigan who owned the construction site where Davy was found. Eve discovers traces of woad and hallucinogen fly agaric in Davy's skin. A classic boxer's injury meant he also was blind when he went into the pit.
The dumpsite and shrine land where the team uncover pagan fighting 'Wren Boy' masks is traced to a nearby Abbey on a dissolution order.
Davy's brother is identified as Joe McDonagh. Interviewing his Irish traveler parents, the team discover Joe makes a living bare-knuckle boxing. His opponent Martin Ward who put him in a coma says it was up to the banker to call it off. Spencer and Stella find former construction site security guard Liam injured. He pleads for protection from the devil. Joseph cuts his own hand, swearing revenge for Davy.
Part 2
Joe awakes from his coma to hear Davy is dead. Ward reveals banker Killigan Senior requested the bad punch. Esther says that Killigan Senior rescued her when she was pregnant. The team find a corpse near the shrine. But it's a still born male from forty years ago. Esther admits she was Davy's lover. She doesn't know if the baby was his. Mary admits she gave the baby to the abbey.
Hallucinogens are traced to Sean Killigan Junior. Grace visits nun Bridget, now sixteen, who was brought up in the abbey. She confronts the Mother Superior over Bridget's 'stigmata' which are the work of someone who wants to save the abbey.
Boyd realises the fight was for Esther, but Davy stabbed Joe in the process. Sean laced the woad and slipped Davy the knife then led him to the concrete pit. Joe and his family rescue Esther, as Sean tries to force himself on her. Boyd and the team get there just as they are tying Sean to a tree where he confesses he killed Davy. Boyd presents Joe and Esther with their daughter Bridget. The McDonaghs set fire to Davy's caravan as a way of saying goodbye.
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