A case of breaking and entering introduces Nick and Hank to a mysterious family whose cultural background blurs the line of right and wrong. Meanwhile, Nick tasks Monroe with safeguarding Aunt Marie.

After their face-off with Kimura, Nick finds himself trying to come to grips with the return of his mother, Kelly Burkhardt. A trail of brutal murders unveils a foreign conspiracy to hunt down Nick, leading to several revelations about his past. Meanwhile, Juliette still lies in her mysteriously-induced coma as Rosalee and Monroe work tirelessly to bring her out of it safely. Elsewhere, Hank struggles with the shocking truths he's recently seen and Captain Renard deals with unexpected family issues when his estranged brother comes back into his life.

A mysterious drug related force begins to turn residents of Portland into feral zombies, meanwhile, Juliette learns more of the wesen community in the spice shop.

Nick is back on lovers' terms with Juliette, who remains eager to learn about ferals. Nick must however give priority to the violent crime wave caused by zombies. As he feared, they are created by the voodoo 'baron', who sets a trap as instructed. Captain Sean Renard informs Nick about his mistrusting meeting with visiting European royal half-brother Eric and the counterfeit documents Eric had prepared at the castle. Still in Vienna, Adalind, poisoned by Pech to switch appearances, is seen roughly overtaken by the gypsy witch's family Popescu. Rosalee prepares a zombie antidote, but once tracked down in the port, the superior zombie numbers corner down Nick's party.

The Gedächtnis Esser continues to steal memories and Captain Renard's mother visits him in the hospital to try to save his life. Meanwhile Wu confronts Nick about Trubel and Nick and Adalind share a psychic connection.

Nick's power loss aftermath showed that the changes are far more than anticipated, Elizabeth, Monroe and Rosalee look for the cure. Nick and Hank call on Trubel to help out on a case.