Plot

Flynn and Provenza fail to detect a robbery-homicide in progress at a cash-for-gold store, leading to a messy and awkward investigation for Major Crimes.

Provenza's first ex-wife Liz arrives at Major Crimes to ask his help in getting her money back from a jewelry shop where she sold her wedding ring. Flynn and Provenza question an attractive clerk and Liz's ring is returned. The problem seems to be solved until they witness the clerk running out of the store with a male accomplice. When the detectives re-enter the shop to find the place ransacked, Flynn and Provenza are horrified to realize they allowed a robbery to happen right under their noses.—skillwithaquill

Provenza's first wife Liz comes to the station to complain that the wedding ring he listed on their divorce documents as being worth $500 only got her a check for $50 from Goldibucks, the company she mailed it to. Provenza, Flynn and Liz head out there and find a lovely young woman behind the counter who offers to return the ring. What Flynn and Provenza don't realize is that she and her companion are robbing the place. The thieves are long gone by the time Brenda and rest of the Major Crimes squad arrive. The owner, Milo Billings, is found dead of an apparent heart attack, and when Billlings' partner Jerry Cooper shows up desperate to retrieve something from the safe, they know there's something else going on as well.—garykmcd

Lt. Provenza's first ex-wife Liz turns up at Major Crimes to ask his help in getting her money back from a jewelry shop. She mailed in her 500-dollar wedding ring to a shop called Goldibucks but only received 49 dollars. Liz badly needs the rest of the money to cover veterinary bills for her beloved bulldog Frank.

Flynn, Provenza, and Liz question an attractive young woman working at Goldibucks about Liz's check. After the two detectives flirt shamelessly with the clerk, she returns Liz's ring and the problem seems to be solved. But then they witness the clerk and a male accomplice running out of the store and into an awaiting car. Hurrying back into the shop, Flynn and Provenza find the entire store has been robbed. The jewelry cases and the safe are empty and a man is found dead in the back room. A rubber glove, the one piece of evidence left behind by the clerk, is suddenly compromised when Liz's dog eats it.

Flynn and Provenza try to explain to a furious Chief Johnson how they allowed a robbery and a murder to occur right under their noses. The team decides to keep Frank the dog for the next few days in the hopes of recovering the rubber glove. As they search the crime scene, they discover that the dead man is shop owner Milo Billings. They also find a fake search warrant on Milo's desk.

Back at Major Crimes, Captain Raydor suspects the fake search warrant is tied of a string of robberies committed either by crooked L.A.P.D. officers or police impersonators. Pope is ready to hand over the case but Chief Johnson argues that it should stay with Major Crimes. Milo died of a heart attack during the robbery, which still constitutes murder. Pope decides to split the case between the departments and force the two to work together.

While waiting for the glove to materialize, the team delves deeper into the Goldibucks company. Milo Billings and his partner Jerry Cooper created the company to cash in on the gold craze after the economic downturn. Unexpectedly, Jerry Cooper arrives at the station because he had heard the store was raided by the police.

Johnson and Raydor have an uncomfortable interview with the shady, self-centered Jerry - a man far more concerned about the stolen safe than the death of his business partner. His claim that the safe only contained personal items like a rare baseball card and a photo with Bruce Willis rings false to everyone.

The team organizes a sting operation to discover the true contents of the safe. Provenza and Liz trick Jerry into believing they were the couple who robbed his store. Jerry pleads that he will pay $20,000 for two little things that were hidden in the safe: the double eagle coins. He needs them back because Milo sold the coins to a vicious man who's still waiting for his end of the bargain. Jerry suddenly catches onto the trap and tries to make a run for it. Unfortunately, Frank the dog makes a run for it as well. Provenza arrests Jerry while the rest of the team chases Frank down the block.

Back in the office, Fritz explains that the double eagle coins were minted in 1933 but never monetized. A few of the coins were stolen before the rest were destroyed. A double eagle coin is stolen property of the government, regardless of how it was obtained. The coins are valued at 8-million dollars-a-piece. Brenda believes that the mysterious $500,000 added to the Golidbucks bank account was a down-payment for the coins.

Chief Johnson and Provenza question Jerry about the double eagle coins. Brenda convinces Jerry to answer a phone call from the buyer, a man named Viktor. Viktor has planned a meeting with the couple who claims to have the double eagles. He demands that Jerry show up and either produce the coins or return the 500,000 dollars. Otherwise, Viktor will kill him. Jerry reluctantly agrees.

Flynn, Raydor, and Liz return from walking the dog with the long-awaited glove in an evidence bag. Chief Johnson offers her thanks as Raydor takes the glove to be examined for fingerprints.

Jerry arrives for the meeting with Brenda posing as his girlfriend. Paul, the male robber, greets Viktor and hands over the double eagles. Once the eagles are out in the open, the detectives arrest Viktor and his associates.

Brenda tries to interrogate Paul but he immediately requests a lawyer. They can already charge him for possession of the eagles and impersonating an officer but Brenda wants to charge him for Milo's murder. Raydor returns with a match on the fingerprint from the glove; the female robber is former lawyer Audrey Rangle.

Brenda has Audrey brought into the surveillance room and tricks her into thinking that Paul is writing down his statement about the robbery and murder. In reality, he is writing down his lunch order for Flynn and Provenza. Unsettled that Paul is blaming the murder on her, Audrey revokes her right to counsel and admits that they impersonated cops to get into the shop. After she and Paul started looting the place, Milo had a heart attack. Brenda informs her that it still constitutes murder.

Raydor and Brenda discuss Pope's strange willingness to drop the case from Major Crimes. Fritz arrives to collect the eagle coins. Jerry Cooper has been placed in the Witness Protection Program and the coins are now government property.

Liz says her goodbyes to everyone and assures Provenza that her wedding ring did mean something to her. It reminds her of "that very special day when we officially went from two people who loved each other to husband and wife...and the life we might have had". Provenza gives her a check to cover the cost of the ring, plus the cost of Frank's vet bills. He even gives Liz the actual ring back since it belongs to her anyway. Liz offers to spend the evening at McClure's watching Provenza drink if he'll buy dinner. "Well, you need the company," Provenza says.