A frantic early morning visit by an old friend of Harriet's may be an omen of an investigation not yet begun when he later comes forward to police to report having been in the company of a woman the night she was killed. The detectives are torn between two suspects. Joe believes Harriet's friend being unable to recall events of the night in question makes him an obvious suspect while Harriet looks at the woman's fiancé as the more likely suspect.

The annual bowling match between Kingsway and Monterey detectives is interrupted by the week's eighth drug overdose. It appears a lethal batch of heroin has hit the streets causing the fatal overdoses. Surveillance of a suspect reveals a familiar face — Joe's former partner, Jack McCabe. Now working as a private investigator after leaving the police service prior to being forced out, Jack reveals he is working on a kidnapping case involving the wife of a local businessman. Jack doesn't care much for Harriet who is suspicious of Jack and the whole case. Seeing the kidnapped woman's husband with a girlfriend only heightens her suspicions and calls everyone's motives into question.

When a Kingsway bank is robbed over the weekend, the detectives' suspicions fall on the bank's manager who is nowhere to be found. Fran's arrest for impaired driving exposes troubles in her personal life.

The Kingsway detectives investigate the brutal murder of a Filipino woman. They suspect the involvement of the woman's husband and possibly one or both of his parents but all parties have alibis and no one is prepared to talk. Sophie informs Hudson about her relationship with Theo.©