Last we saw Lauren (Paige Hurd), she was taken to the woods by Brayden (Gianni Paolo), where she thought he was giving her an out to leave town safely. Instead, Effie (Alix Lapri) shows up to kill her for catching Tariq, Brayden, and Cane (Woody McClain) on a wire and messing up their drug business. Though episode nine teased the possibility that Lauren could still be alive, the finale confirms her tragic death was caused by a "car accident."
During a run-in with Cooper Saxe (Shane Johnson) at a bar, ADA Jenny Sullivan (Paton Ashbrook) reveals that locals outside of the city found her body. Saxe's guilty conscience prompts him to relay the news to both Tariq and his partner, Davis Maclean (Method Man). He tells the latter, "We have blood on our hands," as they're responsible for letting Tariq know that Lauren was working with the prosecutor on his case. Tariq has his own suspicions around Lauren's death, knowing it likely wasn't an accident, but he still doesn't know who's really responsible for it.