A woman Navy ensign shoots and kills a Turkish colonel; she claims self-defense. Harm, Mac, and Bud investigate, and Harm defends her in a preliminary hearing. Later the admiral tells Harm more. Bud and Harriet take another step together.

An admiral, a friend of A.J., dies, apparently by suicide; then someone stabs another admiral to death. A.J. refuses to accept the finding of suicide; he, with help from Harm, Mac, Bud, and Harriet, connects the dots. He's the next target.