The following contains spoilers for Walker Season 3, Episode 6, "Something There That Wasn't There Before," which debuted Thursday, Nov. 10 on The CW.

After kidnappings, surprising life decisions and very public mistakes, things remain tense among the Walker family as the hit CW series continues its third season. Cordell Walker and his brother Liam take the time to confront their mutual trauma head-on only to discover the insidious threat that nearly claimed their lives isn’t finished. And in the fallout of Walker’s blow-up at his daughter Stella, the teenager makes some major decisions as she contemplates turning down an opportunity to go to college at the last minute.

In the immediate aftermath of Stella and August being arrested for throwing an underage party at the Side Step, Walker is still unable to make time to talk with his brother about their recent experiences. Abby bails Stella out of jail and is livid Walker left his daughte, with Walker feeling Stella is lying to him as she had about the family car. After arguing with Stella and Abby over how they each handled the incident, Walker decides to make the time to speak with Liam after all and the two brothers set out to have an overdue conversation.

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Trey Barnett reunites with his old friend Kevin, who's now the mayor's chief of staff. Trey and Cassie Perez agree to attend a formal mayoral event incognito after the mayor receives a serious death threat. Trey is to shadow the mayor’s personal assistant Laila throughout the event while Cassie is relegated to the sidelines. But then Kevin is incapacitated by a deadly nerve agent evidently intended for the mayor, with evidence linked to the terrorist syndicate that abducted Walker and Liam.

Walker and Liam confront their shared trauma directly by visiting the site where they were both captured and tortured by the anarchists, with Liam visibly haunted. Lost in painful memories, Liam despairs that all his recent therapy with wild horses appears to have had no effect on him. He recounts that their captors led him to believe they had killed Walker and forced him to bury the body; even months after learning this was a lie, Liam is still traumatized by that belief that his brother was dead.

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After learning about Kevin's situation from Cassie and Trey, Walker investigates an abandoned refinery where they suspect the nerve agent is being stored by the anarchists. Walker confronts an anarchist working on the nerve agent and is nearly murdered until Liam kills the man to save his brother. He further Liam recognizes the terrorist as the man who lied to him in captivity. The two brothers fully reconcile over not only their shared trauma but how they have each lived their lives as adults.

Elsewhere, Stella and Abby are concerned by how ambivalent August has become about throwing the party, with August blaming their father for how he’s been behaving rather than taking responsibility for it himself. Upon returning home, Walker attempts to apologize to Stella about how he treated her over the party -- only to discover that she has moved out. Now with her boyfriend Colton, Stella prepares to start her own future on her terms, leaving the rest of her family behind.

Developed for television by Anna Fricke, Walker airs Thursdays at 8:00 p.m. on The CW.