Sat, Jan 17, 2004
A policeman is run over while investigating a parked car. Sergeant Brander rushes to the scene and gives mouth to mouth to the cop in an attempt to save his life. Later in hospital it's revealed that the cop is gay. Although the cop's partner claims to have tried to save him, Mannion notices that while Brander's uniform is covered in blood, the partner's uniform is clean. Mannion wonders if the partner really did try to save his colleague, or is he lying. Meanwhile, the team discover that the car was being used by members of a local college Frat house to video drugged girls while they molest them.
Sat, Feb 7, 2004
An old friend of Nancy's who is currently in witness protection, drops in to catch up on old times. It turns out that Nancy's friend is unwittingly being targeted in a plot to kill off witnesses in protection slated to testify against a mob boss. Separately, Temple is losing sleep moonlighting for a security firm to pay off his $400,000 wrongful-death judgment.
Sat, Feb 21, 2004
The estranged husband of Jack Mannion's fencing instructor, Sonya, turns up and causes a scene outside the school and Jack intervenes. Later Sonya phones Jack to say that her husband is trying to break in. By the time Jack arrives at her apartment, the husband has been killed with Sonya claiming self defence. While Jack believes her story, Detective Parras isn't so sure. In another case, Page and Debreno chase a drugs dealer and have a shootout at an ice rink. The dealer escapes and in the follow up investigation, Debreno recognises a junkie as a former classmate, Chris Gunner, from the police academy. Gunner contacts the police for the reward on the dealer and agrees to set him up for arrest.
Fri, Apr 2, 2004
Manion and Brander travel to Flat Lake, Iowa - Manion to fight a two-year-old excessive-noise citation from when he drove through town on his motorcycle, and Brander to break up with an old girlfriend face-to-face. The cantankerous local judge in Manion's case (Jerry Vandyke) cites Manion with contempt and puts Manion in jail for a night. While there, Manion meets Brander's girlfriend, who has been charged with murdering her new husband on their honeymoon. To get in the judge's good graces Manion agrees to help solve the case.
Sat, Apr 17, 2004
The team investigates a shooting of a doctor by an angry family member who thinks their terminally ill mother died too soon. As the investigation proceeds the team uncovers what appears to be a pattern of this happening at the hospital, leading Manion to suspect that one or more doctors are performing mercy killings.
Sat, Apr 24, 2004
A gang gun battle in front of a church and a rash of car thefts leads Manion and team to suspect the carjackers are part of an organized and growing El Salvadoran ring that's transporting the cars to El Salvador for sale. Using RICO statutes to begin rounding up suspects for questioning, the gang retaliates by targeting Manion's Gang Task Force commander. In a shootout, Dept. Chief Nolan is seriously wounded.
Sat, May 1, 2004
Deputy Chief Noland's doctors fight for his life in surgery while Manion and team continue to shake down the El Salvadoran gang to find the Deputy Chief's attacker. The trail leads to the brother of Debreno's girlfriend and eventually to the gang-leader who's running the gang from prison.