The mayor is more determined to have Mannion fired when a man is arrested and allegedly dies in custody because of an officer's failure to follow procedures. Things get even more intense when the mayor's mentally disturbed son disappears after two cops take him to a hospital.

Mannion copes with Ella's death from a stroke, but it could bring hope to a boy waiting for a heart transplant. In the meantime, Mannion helps Clive look for Ricky and Temple and Debreno search for the man who shot one of their informants.

A moving tribute to Lynne Thigpen who died shortly before this episode.