The Loud siblings, Zach, Lincoln, Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lola, Lana, Lisa, and Lily, pursue escaped convict Melvin Voyager, but he flees. The 12 later learn Melvin escaped with six months remaining of his five-year sentence. Among his belongings, they find a cut newspaper page with a piece cut off, and comparing with an intact copy of the same page, they find the missing piece is a photo of Julia Crichton, who was arrested for illegally entering the remote Table City.