L's sudden death brings the Kira investigation to an abrupt pause, while the task force is left to pick up the pieces. Light Yagami has to work through his own grief and regret in the aftermath to honor one of L's last requests—that Light, in the event of his death, would succeed him as L. (Major character death.)

After Higuchi's death, with the Death Note in the task force's hands, the end of the Kira case seems in sight—and L is willing to go further than even Light had predicted to secure his victory. Or: every action causes ripples without logical end.

When Nate River is pulled from his job lecturing FBI trainees to consult on the abductions-turned-murders of eight college girls around Minnesota, he finds himself grudgingly collaborating with an arrogant and gifted psychiatrist - Dr. Light Yagami. (NBC's Hannibal fusion.)