The Perfect Mark | [s3e7]

The episode concludes with a significant shift in the series' overarching HR plot:

After a series of betrayals, it is revealed that Price’s girlfriend, Natalie, was actually conning him all along. She escapes with the real baseball, while Price is left alive but empty-handed. Key Ending & Major Spoilers [S3E7] The Perfect Mark

The plot thickens when Price targets , an antiquities dealer. Unbeknownst to Price, Vanger is laundering money for HR by purchasing rare collectibles. Price manipulates Vanger into buying a rare, signed baseball for $4.4 million, intending to steal it and flee with his girlfriend, Natalie Boal . The HR Investigation & Carter's Arc The episode concludes with a significant shift in

Detective continues her dangerous undercover investigation into HR with the help of her mole, the rookie officer Mike Laskey . Unbeknownst to Price, Vanger is laundering money for

The Machine provides the number for (played by Aaron Staton), a hypnotherapist. Finch soon discovers that Price is a con artist who uses hypnosis to extract personal security answers from his wealthy clients to steal their money.

Detective Terney (a corrupt HR cop) confronts Laskey and Carter. In the ensuing shootout, Terney kills Laskey.

The two storylines collide when HR discovers the missing money/baseball and goes after both Vanger and Price.