Furillo deals with Stan Mizell's corruption; Hill finally gets his boil treated; Hunter proposes to Linda Wulfawitz; Fay must deal with a burglar; Bates and Coffey find a baby in the back of their car.
- Abusive Parents: Cindy's mother is one. Cindy also abandoned her baby out of fear that she would do the same thing to him.
- Break the Haughty: Councilman Detweiler's accidental murder of an old lady while driving drunk does this to him.
- Irony: Mizell is publicly treated like a hero and devoted husband at his funeral, while LaRue and Washington go through his deposit box to find stolen cash, drugs, a gun, kinky handcuffs, ladies' undergarments, and porn.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Councilman Detweiler is overcome with remorse when he hits an old lady while driving drunk and vows to make it right. Too bad the old lady died in the hospital.
