Elaine decides to treat herself to an expensive hairstyle, but the results leave her in tears. Uncharacteristically, Louis leaps to her defense, but Alex persuades Elaine she needs to stand up for herself.
Hunter and McCall work to stop a brigade of suburban mercenaries plotting to break a drug dealer out of prison.
Feeling Diana's presence threatens his power, Charles forces her to marry him, after which Alien law requires she return home.
Needing medicine to treat a deadly diphtheria epidemic, Julie and Kyle recruit a youth gang, one of whom may be a Visitor spy, to help steal the serum.
Public defender Davenport must plea-bargain for her life when she is taken hostage by a desperate suspect who holes up in a market with her and a wounded victim; and Furillo dies a little himself while waiting to see if negotiator Goldblume can save her life.