A mid-level government official decides to blackmail two doctors who have been overcharging their clients. The doctors are terrified that the scandal will lead to the retired mobsters who financed their practice. Their fears are seemingly put to rest when the official turns up dead - until Nichols and Stevens' investigation leads right back to their door.

The career of a promising young boxer is derailed when authorities discover he's at the center of a dog fighting ring. Things go from bad to worse when one of his partners turns up dead.