When Wojo brings in a couple for attempting to kidnap a woman at the bus terminal, he unwittingly uncovers an illegal adoption ring. Harris and Dietrich go on a call at a nearby park and arrest a language professor on obscenity charges. Meanwhile, Barney gives Levitt some career advice when he finds out that Levitt is taking stimulants to get through an extend shift.

Dietrich and Harris are working on a case involving a cat burglar that causes Harris to shares familiar details to a past case. As a result, they soon discover that suspect‘s widow has taken up her late husband's proclivities. When Wojo and Yemana bring in a recent parolee on a gun possession charge, Wojo is surprised to hear that he did what he did because he wants to go back to prison, where life is structured and his time behind bars didn't prepare him for freedom. Meanwhile, Inspector Luger stops by to warns Barney the department is sending a chaplain to see him about his recent separation with Liz.