The unit questions the interrogation methods of a U.S. colonel who tries to get an Iraqi prisoner to reveal the location of a truckload of stolen missiles by subjecting him to physical and mental distress. Meanwhile, Bo is taken off morphine, per his request, and Terry helps him fight through withdrawal.

Smoke is implicated in a civilian's death, and the unit's embedded reporter disappears after voicing suspicions that the killing was set up by the Iraqis. Elsewhere, news of Smoke's situation takes a toll on his mother's health; and Bo learns to walk with a prosthetic leg.