Mayor Larry Bowman is hoping that his town of Shuckton will be host to the 2028 Olympics. Little does he know that Death himself is coming for a visit and brings with him one of the biggest things to happen to the town - murder.
When Mayor Bowman is found the next morning dead, everyone suddenly becomes a suspect as police scramble to find the killer.
With Crim as a major suspect and Dusty begins his autopsy, Larry Bowman is laid to rest, but not before his will leaves his drunken wife as the town's new Mayor.
As the Big City Prosecutor enters town, he and the local Defendant go through jury selection. Meanwhile, Marilyn Bowman assumes her mayoral position and finds out a shocking secret about her late husband.
After finding out that she is down to her last egg, contemplates whether she should keep her baby.
Meanwhile, Crim's trial begins and Rickey has Marnie be her eyes and ears. Death also gets a call to collect yet another one of Shuckton's souls.
When another murder occurs in Shuckton Sam requests a mistrial while Big City uses the shape shifting defense. Dusty is called to testify revealing that his autopsy was never completed and the judge orders the body exhumed. Death gets a visit from the Shuckton Five-O. Ricky and Marnies investigation surpasses the police as they discover both the murder weapon and something even more shocking.
Shuckton is stunned by the news of Dusty's one sided love affair. Buttonhole the cat has some unfortunate accidents. The lawyers perform their final summations in Crim's trial and Sam's goes really well, until the end. Ricky makes yet another even more shocking discovery! Death gets paged again.
Death awaits Crim's execution, but not before Ricky and his mother stop it at the last minute to reveal the real killer, a real shocker that leads Death to have a final stand-off with Ricky.