Wojo lands Barney in trouble with the State Department when he grants a Russian defector asylum during an arrest. Marty is brought in for possessing a small amount of marijuana, possibly causing problems with his probation.

Barney starts to feel the effects of a possible strike of the uniformed police officers and detectives and soon gets an earful about it from Inspector Luger. Dietrich and Harris assist a woman who gets robbed by her date from a computer dating service.