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A recently "retired" Hodiak hunts down the serial killer who has been afflicting him for months, without the protection and authority of his police post. Manson sends Tex, Sadie, Emma and Patty to 10050 Cielo Drive, where they are caught up in one of the most infamous infractions in the country's history.

Hodiak chooses to take matters into his own hands and goes to the home of the mysterious serial killer who has been sending him obscene photos. Meanwhile, Manson sends Bobby, Mary and Sadie to go to extreme measures to get cash from Gary Hinman.

Hodiak is in peril with internal affairs, pushing him to the sidelines in the precinct; Terry Melcher shows up and wants to record Charlie Manson's music.

Ken and Emma make peace; Emma hopes to find Charlie; Hodiak is determined to get to the truth behind Bunchy's killing; Shafe finds an old pal at rehab.

Sharon Tate pleas to live but Sadie has no mercy. Manson attempts to track down Dennis Wilson. Meanwhile Hodiak locates Emma in a sanatorium, but will need assistance to get her out. While, an unemployed Ken Karn reunites with an old pal.

When the girlfriend of a cop is murdered, Crews and Reese must play a literal game of good cop bad cop to find the killer.

Manson searches for a missing Emma and ends up on Hodiak's doorstep. Kristin helps Shafe kick heroin. At the precinct, two elderly ladies raise suspicions. Ken Karn goes to new levels for international diplomacy.

Manson and the Family are caught off-guard twice. As Hodiak tries to investigate a new clue in the case of the photographer killer, a series of roadblocks forces him to take matters into his own hands.

Shafe's addiction troubles heighten. Meanwhile, Hodiak helps an old war buddy track down his blackmailer, Karn gathers evidence against Bobby Kennedy, and Grace discovers she has a love for politics.

Internal affairs puts the pressure on Hodiak, but a tragedy interrupts the investigation. Meanwhile, Dennis Wilson's courtship with Emma stirs up jealousy in Manson. Dennis takes Emma and Manson to meet a record producer who lives at 10050 Cielo Drive- the future home of the Tate family.

On the day of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, Hodiak must investigate a murder in a black neighborhood while trying to prevent an imminent riot. In the midst of the crisis in the black community, Kristin's involvement with the Black Panthers drives a wedge between her and Shafe's marriage. Meanwhile, Charmain brings the drug case to a close and discovers the full cost of undercover work.

Steven Parent drives his car to the end of Dennis Wilson's driveway and finds something unusual. Tex Watson is introduced to viewers and kills Parent in his car.

Sadie and Patty hold Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring at knifepoint. Charlie hatches a plan for Ralph and his crew; Hal wakes to a nightmare; and Hodiak gains an advantage for his son.

The commercial-free second season opens with Manson and Emma at the Tate house in the aftermath of the murders. Emma plants fake evidence and viewers find out she's pregnant.