Harris and Barney are on the hunt for a mugger who has been targeting var street performers. Harris then goes on a call to a nearby hotel where an out of town politician hosts a rowdy stag party for several police officers, hoping to lure them to come and work for him in New Mexico. Wojo and Dietrich bring in a trio of inmates who were secretly released from jail to alleviate overcrowding conditions from Riker's Island. Levitt considers resigning from the force after learning that his nomination for a medal of valor is turned down.

A week into their assignment of protecting their uncooperative witness, Harris and Dietrich start driving one another crazy. Miss Fitzjames returns to the twelfth precinct to file a harassment complaint against Lt. Scanlon.