McCall's ex-partner has gone bad. In an attempt to save him from putting himself behind bars by accepting a "contract," McCall and Hunter go after him and try to stop him.
Jon and Ponch discover the value of trained police dogs when the officers are assigned to a canine training unit seminar. A dog, blinded in a bomb explosion, helps stop some thieves and recover their drugs.
Furillo's star shines before the media when he discloses the findings of his police-corruption commission, angering a jealous Chief Daniels.
Captain Furillo's fact-finding commission, investigating police corruption, inadvertently finds the man who killed Detective Garibaldi -- but can't touch him due to immunity.
Furillo tries to soothe the excitable ex-gang leader Jesus Martinez to get his cooperation in baiting a corrupt judge suspected of accepting payoffs.