Unlike previous episodes that drop us straight into a 911 dispatch, "MPC" opens with an eerie quiet. Harmon is staring at her reflection in the squad car window. Diaz is scrolling through a victim’s social media—a teenage girl who was assaulted last week, whose case was dropped due to "insufficient evidence" (a direct callback to Episode 4).
"You open that door, Alex, you don't come back through it."