- When a doorman at a New York City hot spot is murdered, Danny returns to investigate the nightclub scene he left behind years ago. Meanwhile, Frank makes a decision about an ex-partner's future.
- King, the star bouncer of New York's hottest night club, is shot shortly after denying entry to Lemon, a Wall Street youngster tycoon. Danny braves his wife's jealousy to investigate foxy owner Sabrina's potential motive only to find it was a ricochet so King wasn't the target. Jamie is puzzled by another meeting he presumes is intended to recruit him for the Blue Templar case. He finds his father supportive after telling the job cost him his fiancée. Chief Frank finds old friend Jimmy Burke's candidacy for a career end promotion goes utterly wrong.—KGF Vissers
- At a club in the city, a lot of people are trying to get the doorman, who everyone is calling King, to let them into the club. King only lets good looking women into the club and he stops the men from going in. A man in a suit tries to get in, but King denies him entry saying he is not on the list. The man asks King if he has forgotten who he is. King answers back that he remembers him as someone in a suit who isn't getting in. The man threatens King by telling him that he is going to return and put a Glock 9 in his face. King scoffs at him and the man tries to approach King, but he is stopped by the bouncer. The man announces that King will be dead and he leaves as King returns to letting certain people into the club.
At Danny's house, Danny is teaching his sons, Sean and Jack, how to protect themselves by showing them a few boxing moves. He tells Jack to do a one-two combination and he does with Danny getting a soft slap to the side of Jack's face. Danny tells him to watch the left side and then brings up Sean to try. Danny tells Jack to sit on the couch and Sean gives a playful slap to his dad when Danny wasn't ready. Sean playfully tells his dad to watch the right side. Danny playfully grabs Sean and puts him in a headlock when Linda announces that enough roughhousing has been done and it's time for the boys to go to bed. Linda tells the boys that Danny will be working a lot of nights and the boys ask for five more minutes of playtime, but Danny tells them to get ready for bed as well. The boys hug their father and run up the stairs to bed. Linda tells Danny that she is going to miss Danny and hates it when he works late. Danny agrees and tells her that nothing good happens after midnight. Linda tells him to be safe. Danny promises to do so and Linda playfully starts to jab at her husband. Danny playfully fights back and grabs Linda with a passionate kiss.
At the Reagan house, Frank is on the phone with his former partner, Jimmy Burke, while Jamie and Henry are playing chess. Frank tells Jimmy that he is looking forward to tomorrow and happy anniversary. Jamie asks his father about saying happy anniversary on the phone and Frank tells him that it is an inside joke between him and Jimmy. Jamie asks Frank if he was involved in a shooting in Jimmy's old precinct. Frank admits that he was. Jamie tells his father that he was never told of the story. Frank tells Jamie that he was young when the incident happened and he didn't want his children to know that he could've died on a rooftop in Harlem. Jamie asks if it was that close to actually happening. Frank answers that it did to the point where he calls his ex-partner every year on the day it happened. Frank then excuses himself and goes to bed. Henry then tells Jamie that Frank's partner took two bullets that were meant to hit Frank and that he was taken off duty for six months. Jamie asks his grandfather how can somebody be upset with someone who saved Frank's life. Henry strays the conversation away and moves his queen on the chessboard and tells Jamie that his king is in trouble.
In the city, Danny and Jackie are driving around. Danny hears a song on the radio and playfully tries to get her to sing along, but she doesn't. Jackie asks if Danny is enjoying himself and he admits that he is. He answers how could he not be having a good time when he had just taken a statement from a transsexual escort who thought her psychiatrist had kidnapped her dog. He asks her where else she could be and have a great time. She answers that her bed is the best place she wants to be. Back at the club, more people are begging King to be let in when a gunshot rings out and King falls to the ground dead. As the club becomes a crime scene, Danny and Jackie have arrived. A police officer tells them that King's name is Richard King and the Crime Scene Investigative Unit have let them know the shooter was in the street. Danny asks if there were any eyewitnesses and the police officer tells them that, although there were more than a dozen people near King when the shot rang out, they were facing the club door and not the street. Danny deduces that in the time of the shooting, with everyone scrambling around to become safe and being drunk, the shooter had fled the scene unnoticed. Jackie asks if anyone had heard the shots and the police officer confirms that everyone in the area heard only one shot.
Danny then notices a video camera above the door of the club. Jackie asks if there is anyone that works in the club that they can talk to. The police officer says that the club's owner is available. Jackie recognizes her as Sabrina Glick. Danny asks if she knows her. Jackie answers that she has read a lot about her in the newspaper. Inside the club, Sabrina shows Danny and Jackie the surveillance footage. She also tells them that she had been 20 feet away from where King had been shot. On the footage, it only shows King falling to the ground. Sabrina and the shooter are outside of the view of the camera. Danny asks if there are other cameras shooting from a different angle. Sabrina shakes her head. Jackie then says that they need to take the footage as evidence and suggests that their Technical Assistance Research Unit (TARU) could enhance the videos and expand the view. Danny asks Sabrina what kind of guy King was. She tells him that King was the reason her club got a lot of business over the course of two months. Jackie asks Sabrina to make sure that they are talking about a doorman. Danny tells her that doormen and DJs are a new breed of celebrity in the club business. He then tells Jackie that, before he became a police officer, he was at a doorman at a club as well. Sabrina asked what had happened and suggests that he is too old to do so. Danny tells her that he got married and had two children. Jackie tries to get the questioning back on track and asks if King had any girlfriends or jealous lovers. Sabrina tells them that King has been with Benita Ginn who works as a nurse, but feels that she is not the murdering type. Jackie asks if there are any people who had a grudge or if King had enemies. Sabrina answers that everyone in the city could fit that type. Danny adds that doormen are the only people that can say no to a rich and powerful person. He then asks Sabrina if King made anybody mad. Sabrina then remembers that the bouncers had mentioned somebody getting angry after they had been turned away from the club, angry enough to threaten King with a gun. Jackie asks for a name and Sabrina gives the name and address of Vince Walker. Danny thanks Sabrina as he flags Vince as a possible suspect and flight risk. He and Sabrina exchange information with him giving a business card and she gives him a bar napkin with her phone number on it.
In the city, Frank is having a meeting with Jimmy in a restaurant. Jimmy shows him a picture of his daughter and is proud to announce that she has become a successful doctor. Frank lets Jimmy know that something is on his mind and he tells Frank he knows that a current Deputy Chief is getting ready to retire and he is wondering if he would be considered to fill the possible vacancy. Frank asks him if he is happy at his current precinct. Jimmy admits that he is, but he has been commanding officer there for three years and wishes for a greater challenge. Frank admits that his crime statistics are good and Jimmy concurs and says that will get even better. He also tells Frank that he is going to meet with the statistics committee soon and he feels they will be pleased with what he has to say. Frank reminds Jimmy that he should know how Frank does things. As long as Frank believes he is right for the job, he would be considered. Jimmy agrees that is all he wants is just to be considered. Erin arrives and announces that she has a breakfast meeting with a judge who has been giving her issues with her search and seizure warrants. Jimmy invites Erin to sit at the table and join them. At a hotel, Danny announces to Jackie that a doorman has told them that they have just missed Vince by a few minutes. Jackie tells Danny that she has received information from Vince's credit card that he has rented a helicopter. Thinking that Vince is planning to escape the city, Danny, Jackie and a couple of police cars race to a helipad to stop him. The cars arrive just as the helicopter is about to take off. Danny orders Vince out of the helicopter at gunpoint and Vince complies, immediately saying that he didn't do it. Danny sarcastically calls off the police officers then shoves Vince over to his car and arrests him.
At Danny's precinct, Vince's lawyer has already been called in and he is proclaiming his client's innocence. Danny asks why Vince booked a helicopter that was going to take him to a private jet that was going to fly him to Cuba. Jackie adds that the United States doesn't have an extradition treaty with Cuba. Vince's lawyer claims his client was nervous and that it wouldn't look good, but he upholds the claim that Vince is an upstanding member of the community. Danny denies this calling Vince a scumbag, but if he has a good alibi, he will listen. Vince's lawyer produces a business card for a club called Little Hell. Danny takes the card and goes to the club with Jackie. As they arrive, Jackie asks what kind of club calls itself Little Hell. Danny tells her that it is a dominatrix dungeon. They question the club's manager and she tells them that her clientele are average citizens and many of them are successful businessmen. Jackie tells a story of a former boyfriend of hers who once asked her to lick her boots. Instead, she broke her boyfriend's nose. The club manager tells her that was a shame and that she doesn't seem like the submissive type. The club manager also teases Jackie with her riding crop. Jackie threatens her by saying, if she takes out her handcuffs, it's not to have fun. Danny smiles at the situation and the club manager backs away from Jackie. The club manager confirms that Vince was indeed in the club when King's shooting took place. Danny asks for proof and she shows them a video of Vince being dominated and barking like a dog. The tape's time stamp confirms her story.
At One Police Plaza, Jimmy is giving his crime statistics to a panel of members. Jimmy is proud to announce that violent crime has dropped by 20 percent in his precinct. Frank arrives at the meeting and a panel member asks about what kind of deployment tactics were used in strong arm robberies. Jimmy answers that he used a method of anti-crime units and doubling the number of plain clothed officers. Frank mentions that those tactics failed in another precinct and asks Jimmy why. Jimmy answers that he can't speak for the other precinct, but in his precinct he works hard and often to achieve results. The panel member moves onto burglaries and notices that the numbers have dropped and wants to know why. Jimmy tells them that he started a burglary task force made up of his youngest and sharpest officers. Frank asks him where could he improve. Jimmy tells him that there is always need for improvement. Frank is pleased by Jimmy's answers and leaves the room as the panel member goes on to ask another question.
At Danny's house, Linda is taking Jack and Sean to school. Danny only gets a few minutes to hug is boys since he has gone home to sleep for a few hours before his next shift. As the boys hug their father, the cocktail napkin falls out of his coat pocket and Sean asks what it is. Danny confesses to Linda that Sabrina is a witness in the case he is working. Danny tells Linda he loves her and she says she loves him back. At the Reagan house as the family eats their Chinese food, Nicky reads her fortune cookie saying that a mysterious stranger will be visiting her. Erin quickly takes the fortune out of her hands and tells her that no stranger will be coming near her. Nicky takes her fortune back and says that somebody will be coming for her. Frank adds that as long as he has thirty six thousand armed officers, no one is going near Nicky. Erin notices Linda's new hairstyle and Linda thanks Erin and then sarcastically says she is glad that someone noticed. Danny shoots a guilty look at his wife. Linda then asks Henry to read his fortune cookie, but he refuses. Sean offers to go, but Jack reminds him that he has already read two fortunes already. Jamie calms the situation by allowing Sean to read his fortune cookie which reads that Jamie is wise beyond his years. Danny teases his younger brother that it was wise for him to trade in his Harvard education for his training at the police academy. Jamie defends himself saying it was the best decision he ever made. Danny asks Frank to read his fortune which reads that he will be taking a chance. Henry adds to the fortune saying that, if he does take a chance on something, it will backfire on him.
Erin asks Henry why he has been so grumpy all night. Henry tries to invoke his Fifth amendment right and Frank tells the family that Henry is upset because he is considering a promotion for Jimmy to Deputy Chief. Frank then tells his father that Jimmy did a good job at the statistics meeting. Henry asks if that is enough to give him the promotion. Frank refuses to answer and Jamie still is confused as to why Henry doesn't like Jimmy. Henry admits that what Jimmy did for Frank is admirable, but can never be repaid. It is what Jimmy to his wife that cannot be forgiven. Erin deduces that Jimmy had cheated on his wife of 15 years. Henry says that he cannot trust a man that his own family wouldn't. Danny tries to defend Jimmy by saying a lot of officers in Jimmy's precinct would do almost anything for Jimmy. Linda asks Danny if he is all right with a man cheating on his wife. Danny answers by saying it is wrong for a man to cheat on his wife, but that doesn't make him a bad police officer. Danny then gets a phone call about his case and he excuses himself from the table and goes into the kitchen.
The phone call is from Sabrina who tells Danny that she has some new information about the case. She teases that if Danny wants the information he would have to show up at the club. Danny tells Sabrina that he is on the way. Linda has gone into the kitchen and overheard Danny's phone call. She asks who was on the phone and Danny tells the truth saying that it was his witness. Linda then grabs a newspaper and says that she can't believe of all the cases in New York, he gets the one case that has made the papers as she shows him a picture of Sabrina. Danny defends himself that it is part of the job. Linda tells him the reason she came into the kitchen was to remind him that it only should be about work and nothing else. Danny then goes to leave as he hears Henry still complaining about Jimmy from the dining room. Frank enters the kitchen telling his father to stop talking about Jimmy as Danny leaves. Frank asks Linda if she wants to talk and she tells him that is not a good idea. Frank reminds her that she is also his daughter as well. Linda smiles, says thank you to Frank and walks back into the dining room.
In the city, Danny is driving to the club and he calls Jackie asking for her to meet him at the club. Jackie tells him that she can't because she has gotten a hold of King's girlfriend and is going to see her. Danny suggests that they meet back at the precinct after they are both done with their questioning. Back at the Reagan house, Jamie asks to talk with Frank. Frank notices that Jamie has a look on his face and the last time he saw it was when Jamie got a C in science class. Jamie then puts a ring in Frank's hand. Frank recognizes the ring as his wife's and Jamie announces that the wedding he had planned with Sydney has been called off. Jamie also takes the blame for not getting married and Frank tells him that sometimes the job at home can be more difficult that the job he works on the streets. Frank tells Jamie that he became disappointed after Jamie decided to give up law school to become a police officer. He reminds Jamie that his mother wanted to keep him out of the family business and Frank felt that he wanted to honor his wife's wishes. Jamie tells Frank that he didn't stop him from becoming a police officer. Frank tells him that it was neither his nor his wife's decision to make; it was Jamie's. Frank further tells him that he is very proud of his son on the force as a police officer. He says that he is truly sorry that things didn't work out with Sydney, but to continue trusting himself.
In the club, Danny has arrived looking for Sabrina. He finds her on the dance floor and she invites him to join him, but he refuses. Danny escorts Sabrina off the dance floor to a place where they can talk. In another part of the city, Jackie is talking to King's girlfriend, Benita. Benita tells Jackie that they had moved from North Carolina to New York three years ago. During the trip, King asked Benita to be his girlfriend. She got a job at a hospital working at night and King got his job working at the club so they could spend their days together. Things were going wonderful for her until two months ago when King started hitting underground poker rooms and losing his money. Back in the club, Sabrina has given Danny a business card to her favorite boutique. She tells Danny to buy Linda something nice in case he had gotten in trouble with Linda. Danny asks her if that was the reason that she brought him to the club. She offers Danny a shot of liquor, but again he refuses saying he is on duty. Sabrina then tells Danny that she has found King's cell phone. He notices that a lot of calls were made to the same number. Sabrina tells Danny the number belongs to a person named Lemon. Back in the city, Jackie asks Benita who Lemon is. She tells her that he is a British person who runs an after hour casino. Benita tells Jackie that King would go to the casino after working to relax, but she had no idea that he owed Lemon over $100,000 after reading his e-mails. Benita asks Jackie if Lemon could've killed King. Jackie tells her she doesn't know for certain, but King certainly had a motive. Benita starts to cry. Jackie assures Benita that if Lemon did kill King, he will get caught. Benita tells her that she can't believe what King had done to both of them and Jackie deduces that Benita is eight weeks pregnant.
Back in the club, Danny asks Sabrina where he can find Lemon. Sabrina tells Danny she will give him his location if he dances with her. Again, Danny refuses. Sabrina gives him the information then leads him onto the dance floor. She starts to dance seductively and Danny stands firm, but he finally agrees to dance with Sabrina. While they are dancing, Jackie comes in sees Danny with a big smile on his face. Jackie calls Danny away and he leaves Sabrina on the dance floor. They go outside as Danny is putting on his coat and she asks if he was working the case or trying to hook up with Sabrina. Danny tells her when has he ever strayed away from working a case. Jackie tells him if Linda had seen him with Sabrina and Danny finishes her sentence saying that he would be dancing on crutches. He then shares the information on Lemon and they head to his illegal casino. The police raid the casino in Lemon's apartment as Danny arrests Lemon. At Danny's precinct, Lemon admits that King did owe him money, but he didn't kill him. He also tells Danny that he forgave the debt if King was going to start a new business deal. Lemon was going to finance a new nightclub and King was going to bring the clientele from Sabrina's club. King was planning on leaving Sabrina's club on the night he got killed.
Outside the courthouse, Erin is met by a woman named Molly Griffin. She claims that she met Erin from a previous case and she remembers her. She apologizes for bothering her, but she tells her that something is going on and she knew that Erin was the only one she could talk to. Molly has a problem with the police department. She starts to talk about Frank, but Erin interrupts her saying that if she has a complaint that she should go to somebody else. Molly interrupts Erin by saying she doesn't want to cause any trouble and that she comes from a police family as well. Molly then tells Erin about her granddaughter who had been mugged in the stairwell of her apartment building.
At Danny's precinct, Danny gets a phone call from Frank. When Danny answers the phone, he immediately tells Frank that everything is fine between him and Linda. Frank asks if Danny is getting better at talking on the phone or if he is getting worse, Danny tells him that he knows that Frank is worried about one of his children when the pitch in his voice goes up. Frank tells Danny to tell him he has nothing more to worry about, which Danny does and then sees Sabrina being led into the precinct. He hangs up the phone and goes to question her. Danny asks Sabrina if King had told her about the plan to open a new nightclub. Sabrina's lawyer advises her not to answer the question, but Sabrina answers and confirms the plan. Jackie tells her that information shouldn't have been left out. Sabrina tells her she knew how it would make her look. Jackie suggests that the situation looks worse now. Sabrina then asks Danny if he feels that she is the type of person to murder someone. Danny suggests that if King did open the new nightclub, all her customers would go to the new club. Danny calls her tough and tells her that she should know she wasn't going to let that happen. Sabrina suggests that it is nonsense, but Danny tells her it a motive. Sabrina then admits that she was angry that King would've left her after making him popular and why should she have been happy if he took everything she built for him. Jackie asks Sabrina how unhappy she was. Sabrina's lawyer puts an end to the questioning and as they leave, Danny warns Sabrina that she shouldn't go too far away because if the video doesn't show her on it, he will be seeing her again. Sabrina tells Danny she knows how to get in touch with her and leaves. Danny comes out of the interrogation room to find Linda waiting at his desk. She has brought him dinner. Linda makes eye contact with Sabrina and her mood changes a little. Danny then takes Linda and the food to another room to eat.
At the Reagan house, Erin has arrived as Frank is heating up some leftovers. He is on the phone giving a congratulatory phone call to his new Deputy Chief. Erin then tells Frank that they need to talk about Jimmy. Back at the precinct, Linda asks Danny if Sabrina is a suspect in his case. He admits that she is. Linda then sarcastically asks if she can be part of the jury. Danny playfully answers back that he will see what he can do. He then tells his wife that he doesn't get to do special things for her, but today is different. He then gives her a gift box. Linda is not happy to find a new dress in the box. Linda asks Danny if in the 15 years they have been married if he has ever seen her wear a dress like the one he got. Danny asks her why she doesn't like the dress, it's a new style and he feels she would look great in it. Linda asks if he has been reading Vogue magazine and then tells her that she understands that sometimes a man's eyes wander and if his mind wanders then so be it, but he is never to make his wife ever feel like the way she feels now and she tosses the dress back to him. Linda storms out of the precinct offended.
Back at the Reagan house, Erin tells Frank about the case that Molly told her about. When the attack took place, the officers classified the mugging as harassment. Three weeks later, another case where a person was burglarized got classified as a trespassing case. Frank deduces that Jimmy is misfiling the reports. Erin asks why would he do that. Frank explains that if a felony case gets classified as a misdemeanor case, it would look like violent crimes would go down. As his statistics would drop, it would make him look like a worthy person for a promotion. Erin apologizes for listening to his conversation when she came into the house and asked if he had given Jimmy the promotion. Frank tells her that he did not give the promotion to Jimmy, but to somebody else. Erin asks why did he do that. Frank tells her that he trusted his initial feeling. He then tells her that sometimes you don't have to talk yourself into making the right decisions. Erin praises her father, but he realizes that now he must say goodbye to an old friend. Back at the precinct, Danny tries to give the dress for Linda to Jackie. Jackie tells Danny she knew that giving Linda that style of dress wasn't going to end up being good for him. Danny's commanding officer then announces that TARU has finished expanding the video footage. Danny looks at it and sees that Sabrina did come out of the club and she hit the ground as King was getting shot. Danny goes back and watches the footage and sees something. Jackie sees it too. She sees a tiny flash from a streetlight. Danny corrects her saying that it was not a flash, but a spark from the bullet hitting the streetlight and then hitting King. Jackie deduces that King was not the initial target and they both agree that the target was supposed to be Sabrina.
Back at the club, Danny tells Sabrina about the bullet bouncing off the streetlight and Jackie tells her that he wasn't the target. Sabrina asks who it was supposed to be and Danny tells her that it was her. Sabrina scoffs at this asking who would want to kill her. Danny asks that he would need the names of anybody Sabrina was romantically linked with. Sabrina scoffs again and Danny reminds her that whoever tried to kill her is still out there. Sabrina tells Danny that there was only one person, Danny asks for the name so he can call them. Sabrina says that can't be done because that one person had been shot. Danny deduces that King was involved with Sabrina romantically. Jackie starts to get angry and asks if Benita knew about this. Sabrina admits that she didn't tell her about their affair. Jackie asks if she knew that Benita was two months pregnant or if she even cared. Danny warns Jackie to take it easy and she excuses herself from the club. Sabrina asks Danny if Linda was his wife when they saw each other at the precinct. Danny confirms this. She then asks what does Linda have that she doesn't. He then takes out the cocktail napkin with her phone number and answers himself. Danny then leaves the club.
At Frank's office, Jimmy has been called in to meet with Frank. Frank first tells him that he should know that he gave the promotion to somebody else. Jimmy confirms that he has thanks to all the police officers in his precinct gossiping about it. Frank defends his decision and Jimmy thanks Frank for giving him the news honestly. Frank then places a file in front of him and accuses him of misfiling police reports. He then goes to sit at the opposite side of the table and asks to be told the truth. Jimmy starts to tell Frank that he has given 40 years of service and the only thing he has to show for it are three bullet holes, two failed marriages, and not being able to sleep. Frank tells him that he doesn't want to hear a sob story. Jimmy confesses that he had been misfiling the police reports for six months in the hope of getting promoted and then he would retire with a better pension since he has to pay two alimonies and four college tuitions. Frank scolds him by saying if he didn't have the commitment he should've just retired and been done with it. He then tells him the only thing left was his word, and if that gets lost, there is nothing. Jimmy asks if Frank is going to demote him after everything they had been through. Frank tells him that he is either to be demoted to the rank of Captain and transferred to the Staten Island precinct or he can retire now with his pension and dignity intact. Jimmy thanks Frank and he excuses himself to go do more police work.
In the city, Danny and Jackie approach Benita as she is packing up her car. Jackie asks when did Benita find out about King having an affair with Sabrina. She confesses that the night King was shot, he had left his e-mail server open because she was planning to send King a sonogram of their child. Danny asks where did she get the gun and Benita confesses that King had given it to her a year ago. Danny then puts Benita in handcuffs and arrests her for murder. In another part of the city, Jamie is walking in the city when a woman walks up behind him and tells him to keep walking. Jamie knows that it is Officer Lydia Gonsalves. He tells her that he knows she was involved the night his brother, Joe, died. He tries to look behind him and she orders him to keep walking. He reminds her that they were supposed to meet at another corner. She tells him that she lied about them meeting and she has been trailing him for three blocks. Lydia asks Jamie how did he find her, who does he work for, what does he want, and if he thinks about lying she will be gone. Jamie tells her that he got her phone number from the Pension Department and he wants to know what happened to his brother. She tells him to read the police report. He tells her that it was falsified. Jamie asks Lydia why she left the police department. She tells him that, although she loved being a police officer, her daughter needed a mother and not a dead cop. Jamie asks if she had been threatened and if it was The Blue Templar who killed Joe. When Jamie turns around to get an answer, Lydia has disappeared. Jamie continues on walking down the street by himself.
At Danny's house, Danny asks Linda if everything is all right between them. Linda tells him to tell her if he feels that they are. Danny reminds her that he never strayed away from her and he isn't that type of person. Linda agrees with him reminding him of the Danny she first met, when he had a lot of girlfriends. He then reminds her once he stayed with her, he never looked back. Linda further agrees, but admits that sometimes she wonders if he misses that former life. Danny admits that he doesn't and when asked if he means it, he gives Linda a romantic, passionate kiss and they tell each other they love each other.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content