High Incident

Lenny (Matt Craven), Jerry, Richie (Juilio Oscar Mechoso), Gayle (Catherine Kellner), Russell (Louis Mustillo) and Terry (Matthew Beck) arrive at an apartment complex where a large mean man has assaulted a smaller man. No one dares to press charges. Anne Bonner (Lucinda Jenney) and Jim Marsh (David Keith) are having an intimate evening together, but things become tense when Marsh moves faster than Anne is comfortable with. Upset that he would not stop when she asked, she forces him out of her house and the next day files sexual harassment charges against him. Marsh takes Randy Willitz (Cole Hauser), a rookie, out for his first day. Lenny (Matt Craven) and Jerry are cruising a residential neighborhood where they pull over a car with a dangling muffler. As Jerry approaches the car, he is suddenly gunned down and the driver speeds away.

Tony Van Camp joins his daughter Gayle (Catherine Kellner) and her partner Richie Fernandez (Julio Oscar Mechoso) for a ride along. Throughout the day Tony says racist comments that shed light on Gayle's background. Jim Marsh (David Keith) spends the day with his three daughters, each from a separate marriage. Lenny (Matt Craven) is introduced to his new partner Leslie (Aunjanue Ellis). They report to an abandoned pool, where they find an abandoned baby drowning. The baby dies and the mother is arrested. Russell (Louis Mustillo) and Terry (Matthew Beck) respond to an assault call where a man has accidently run over a dog only to have the dog's owner follow him and punch him in the face.

Jim Marsh (David Keith) and Randy Wilitz (Cole Hauser) pursue a red corvette through the streets until the driver crashes into a garage, and lands in a swimming pool. Before they can free the driver he shoots himself, leaving Willitz badly shaken. Terry (Matthew Beck) and Russell (Louis Mustillo) run into Dominic, a disabled Vietnam vet living on the streets. Later that evening, Russell returns with some blankets and money for Dominic and we discover that Dominic is Russell's brother. Marsh assigns Anne Bonner (Lucinda Jenney) to duty as an undercover prostitute, but when she gets picked up by a couple of ""johns"" who start to rough her up, her wire is found, revealing her identity. Anne is rescued by the ECPD, in the nick of time.