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The Slaughterhouse

Episode number: 1

Overview: The city's elite are thrown into panic when a member of the upper crust is murdered by a killer dubbed "the Widow." Detective Rijkers is put on the case. The city's most powerful man, Basil Garvey, is a target and works to control the investigation.

The Painful Truth

Episode number: 2

Overview: The Widow strikes again, and Kenneth Rijkers begins connecting the killings to a 12-year-old mystery, while Basil Garvey, a business oligarch, pulls a number of strings to control the investigation.

Backbone

Episode number: 3

Overview: Enid's newspaper declares another Widow murder; panic rises, and Kashtinsky gets high to keep focused; Eddie tries to flee, but Basil reminds him that he owns him; Kenneth uncovers proof that links the victims to the killing of Margaret Mehar.

Left Handed Justice

Episode number: 4

Overview: The Widow sends a nasty treat to Basil and friends, which sends Kashtinsky over the edge; the Botticelli sisters arrange for Verdi to have their portraits taken; Georges Rondeau, the prime suspect in the murders, preys on Regina.

Everybody's Darling

Episode number: 5

Overview: The Widow's latest victim is found on Valentine's Day, dragged to death behind a horse and made up to look like Cupid; a torn piece of the Widow's weeds sends Kenneth and Regina off on a hunt; Salomé entertains bidders for Verdi.

Resurrections

Episode number: 6

Overview: The pressure gets to Israel, who admits to her and seven other involvements in Margaret's death; Kenneth secures the suspects, freeing only Israel to operate on a friend of Regina's - inadvertently putting her into the Widow's clutches.

Divine Secrets

Episode number: 7

Overview: With Kenneth's list of suspects either jailed or buried, he sets his sights on the sly magician Georges, who is slowly losing his grip on reality.

Vengeance

Episode number: 8

Overview: With the Widow's final victim nearly in her clutches, Kenneth's time is running out; however, upon revealing the killer's identity he grapples with how to bring justice to the victims.