Episode
The First 48: Ultimate Price
Overview
In Miami, a good Samaritan is shot dead while intervening in a robbery. Det. TC Cepero is forced to resort to a needle-in-a-haystack search for the getaway car, and for the homeless woman who may have seen the killer.
Details
- Series
- The First 48
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2012-01-05
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Ultimate Price is Episode 3 in Season 12 of The First 48. It aired on 2012-01-05. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 2: Love Kills/Justified
Episode 4: Hot Lot/Blind Faith
In Birmingham, Lead Det. Henry Lucas and the Birmingham Homicide Team are trying to solve the mystery of how a young man ended up shot in the back in the middle of a scrap yard. With no witnesses, Lucas hopes the victim's friends can lead him to the killer. In DeKalb County, Lead Det. Lynn Shuler and the Major Felony Unit are called to a motel where a woman has been found dead. The case takes a dark turn when the team learns that a man was in the room shortly before the woman died, but had since disappeared.
More episodes from this season
Episode 1: Pointless/Set Up
In Birmingham, Detective Chris Anderson investigates the gruesome murder of a woman who is shot to death and then set on fire. Anderson hunts down his suspects, but it's the victim's family that reveals a final, disturbing twist in the case. In DeKalb County, Detective Joe Renaud is working the homicide of a father of four, gunned down outside an apartment complex on the east side of town. Without little to go on, Renaud and his team must put the pieces of this puzzle together to track down the killer.
Episode 5: Missing
In Harris County, Deputy Mario Quintanilla and his team are investigating the mysterious disappearance and possible murder of a 20-year-old single mother. After days of searching and only a bloody, abandoned car as evidence, Investigators needs to retrace her final steps to solve the mystery.
Episode 6: The Killer Speaks
Episode 7: Deadly Encounter/Car Trouble
A janitor is stabbed to death in Miami; a Birmingham pedestrian is killed after fixing a car for his friend.
Episode 8: Down in Overtown/Breaking Point
In Miami, a young father is gunned down after a night of gambling. Detective Emiliano Tamayo has to figure out who would have killed him over twenty dollars. Then in Dallas, a child's birthday party turns deadly. The investigation becomes even more urgent when Detective Leo Gonzalez discovers the killer may be on the way to Mexico.
Episode 9: Tiny Dancers/Right Hand Man
In DeKalb County, a keyboardist for a local church is gunned down in his home. Detective Lynn Shuler uncovers a web of lies that ultimately puts him on the path of the killers. Then, in Miami, rookie Detective Mario Gonzalez responds to a call about a man found shot dead in an abandoned car. Just as the case is about to run cold, a witness comes forward that shatters the case wide open.
Episode 10: Under One Roof/Off Target
In Dallas, Detective Brian Tabor investigates the brutal stabbing of a man found in a vacant apartment. Now, detectives need a woman who may have lured him to his death, to come clean. Then in Birmingham, a wild gunfight leaves an innocent young man dead. Detective Jody Jacobs is on the hunt for two shooters and needs to determine who fired the first shot.
Episode 11: Bad Attitude/Collateral Damage
Mike Smith and Walley Everett investigate the murder of a 23-year-old mother found burned in the backyard of an abandoned house.
Episode 12: Cold Light of Day
An out-of-state truck driver is found dead in the cab of his rig; Texas investigators probe the murder of an exotic dancer.
Episode 13: Far From Home/Object of Desire
An unarmed man is gunned down outside a bar; a woman is found bludgeoned to death in her apartment.