Furillo tries to deal with a Hollywood entourage, and LaRue and Washington quarrel over Washington's job offer in the Bahamas. Hill and Renko arrest a drunken councilman Detweiler. A gang meeting down in roll call for the benefit of the film crew turns into a near riot, but negotiations ensue and the gang leaders agree to the making of the film. Meanwhile, Furillo gets an earful from the chief and is under pressure to release councilman Detweiler. Hill is furious with Furillo for dropping the charges, and reminds him of his own memo on ethics issued that morning.
Bates and Coffey respond to a deranged tenant shut up in his apartment who won't relinquish his telephone. Furillo laments the suicide of Lou Hogan and wishes he could have done something differently. Belker goes after a would-be carjacker with his apprentice in tow. Coffey and Bates bring the maniacal guy into custody after he steals another tenant's telephone. Fay shows up at the station with a press pass as the new crime reporter for a local circular. Chief Daniels comes down to the station and accuses Goldblume of being the one who put the squeeze on the underage prostitute. Furillo confronts Goldblume, who defends himself by bleeding his heart all over Furillo's office, before turning in his badge.
Coffey, Bates, and Schnitz are astounded when their latest spaceship-following arrest goes missing from his jail cell (after promising to do so) yet the lock remains intact. Belker angrily stomps out of a restaurant after having dinner with his Hollywood protégé, and Furillo tries unsuccessfully to fix the air conditioner in Davenport's apartment, while the two mull over whether Goldblume might have been led into temptation with the young prostitute.
