Caroline Dhavernas

In the immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Marine Sgt. John Basilone prepares to ship out and confront the enemy somewhere in the Pacific, while budding journalist Robert Leckie enlists in the Marine Corps. Eugene Sledge, unable to enlist because of a heart murmur, says farewell to his best friend, Sidney Phillips, who is about to leave for boot camp. Exactly eight months after Pearl Harbor, the 1st Marine Division, including Leckie and Phillips, lands on Guadalcanal in order to secure its strategically vital airfield and prepare for the inevitable counterattack.

(Miniseries Finale). After the Japanese surrender, Leckie, healed from his wounds, leaves the hospital and returns home, while Sledge heads back to Alabama to be reunited with his family and Sid Phillips. Lena visits Basilone's home and has an emotional meeting with his family. Leckie adjusts to post-war life by resuming his old job and starting a new relationship, but for Sledge, unsure why he survived the war seemingly unscathed, adjustment will require more time.

A girl from the Midwest is murdered after being treated at a medical center.

Julie Cade, a high school student, is found dead in the laundry room of her upscale apartment building. It appears she hit her head on one of the washing machines, but the blow is too severe to be ruled an accident. The Detectives question the doorman who says someone entered the building while he was helping a tenant get on the school bus. Although he didn't see the person's face, he told the cops the person was wearing a dark jacket with gold stripes. The only other evidence the cops have to work with is a partial shoe print found at the crime scene that came from a pair of Nike sneakers. Detectives Briscoe (Jerry Orbach) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) question Julie's friends, starting with her best friend Alicia Milford (Caroline Dhavernas). It turns out, there was a website called Cherry, run by some of the popular jocks at school, which chronicled sexual information about the students. Julie was appalled by the website and was very vocal about it.