Crockett (Don Johnson) is trying to help a friend who has accumulated a substantial gambling debt when he is accused of accepting a bribe from her racketeer. Dennis Farina guest stars.
In an attempt to take over Sonny Steelgrave's business, mob head Paul Patrice frames Sonny for several murder attempts he makes on the life of the special prosecutor investigating Sonny.
Ben (Andy Griffith) defends a difficult lawyer (Richard Masur) who has been charged with murdering a mobster.
A psychopathic murderer posing as Sonny's nephew double-crosses Sonny and holds Vinnie's girlfriend Gina hostage.
Sonny's impending marriage to a syndicate boss' daughter begins a supposedly businesslike realignment of "families," but Vinnie learns that the wedding is a pre-text for a bloody gang war.