Fatal Beauty

An LAPD detective who stages an undercover buy of Fatal Beauty with dealer Tito Delgadillo. She is forced to improvise to protect her informant Charlene, triggering a chain of consequences. She battles bureaucratic resistance from Lt. Kellerman while pursuing Conrad Kroll. Her personal history with addiction and a child's death informs her resolve and vulnerability.

A powerful business owner with political connections who profits from Fatal Beauty. He relies on wealth and influence to shield the operation and direct his security, even as the net tightens around him. He orchestrates operations from behind the scenes and is ultimately killed in a gunfight by Nova and Skinner.

Kroll's bodyguard who saves Rizzoli during a shootout and later urges her home. He is revealed to be spying on Rizzoli for Kroll, complicating trust and loyalty. Facing possible prison for his involvement, he remains a conflicted figure whose fate intertwines with the case.

A small-time hood who storms the warehouse with Earl Skinner and kills the entire gang, unknowingly seizing a botched batch of Fatal Beauty. He is eventually killed in a subsequent gunfight, marking the swift brutality of the drug war.

Nova's partner in crime who participates in the warehouse raid and the subsequent mayhem. He meets a violent end in the same gunfight that claims Nova, underscoring the ruthless nature of the drug network.

A pimp connected to Charlene's drug supply chain, he is arrested along with Rafael as authorities close in on the distribution network. His role highlights the street-level machinery that sustains the fatal drug.

A drug supplier in the network who collaborates with Jimmy Silver. He is eventually swept up in the crackdown, illustrating how supply chains enable the distribution of Fatal Beauty.

An informant whose information triggers the case; she is found dead from an overdose as the investigation deepens, highlighting the human cost of the drug crisis.

Rizzoli's partner in pursuing leads and responding to gunfights; he works alongside Rizzoli through the increasing danger of the case and helps close the network as the plot culminates.