Rico and his visiting dad, a retired boxing champ from Brooklyn, revert to their old verbal sparring as Ricoâ€"who wants his Pop to see that he's left behind his bad-boy daysâ€"tries to figure out the real reason his widowed father has come to see him and brother Angelo. And Rico's natural sex appeal helps him track down an assault suspect.

The booking of a drunk clown and a mishap involving airplane lavatory ""residue"" pale in comparison to what becomes the day's priority for the sheriffsâ€"finding a ruthless murderer. Barnes hopes an ex-con now in the business of gang intervention can lead them to the killer, and, during a frightening confrontation, Rico's respect for his training officer increases.