Wojo brings in a suspect for failing to assist a police officer during a mugging on the subway, but Barney fails to see how a crime was committed. Shady lawyer Arnold Ripner is then called in for how the suspect was treated. As Fish laments how the police pension fund is being invested, Det. Battista arrests a flasher while on her way to the donut shop.

Fish ends up having to don a Santa suit on Christmas Eve to catch a robber; Yemana romances a lovely mugging victim; a frustrated department store shopper is arrested.