Season Three begins one year later: Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) is awaiting execution on Death Row, and Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) has moved on. Turning the page hasn't been easy the off-the-books investigation that led to Joe's capture put Ryan and his team under fire. But Ryan has risen above the controversy, returning full-time to the FBI, alongside Mike Weston (Shawn Ashmore) and Ryan's niece, Max Hardy (Jessica Stroup); and finding a pure relationship with Gwen (Zuleikha Robinson). But his happiness is shattered when a new threat arises one that will tear open old wounds and expose the sins of the past forcing Ryan and his team to unravel a twisted web of violence before it destroys them all while leading them to face a terrifying truth: Joe Carroll was just the beginning.