Forgive, But Don't Forget

Der Polizist Vahan Badakian gerät in einen Raubüberfall. Es kommt zu einer Schießerei, bei der Badakians kleiner Sohn getötet wird. Marcellus Washington macht mit Olshanskys Hilfe den Todesschützen ausfindig. Da der einzige Zeuge ermordet wird, will Badakian Selbstjustiz üben - Washington und Olshansky versuchen, ihn davon abzuhalten ... Grizz trifft auf seine Jugendliebe Beth und muss feststellen, dass seine Liebe auch nach über 20 Jahren noch nicht erloschen ist ...

Mike Jr. is upset when he sees a copy of his parents' divorce decree and gets into the sacramental wine at St. Vincent's, leading Mike to realize the importance of spending more time with his son; Grizz's high school sweetheart comes back into his life when she divorces her husband and comes to work at the parish; the cop who arrested Mike is mounting a case against Marcellus and asks Mike to flip on his former partner; when the cop's son is murdered during a robbery, Marcellus is assigned the case, which goes cold when the only witness is murdered; Mike and Marcellus join forces to find the cop before he administers some street justice to his son's killer; Marcellus offers to help his nemesis cover up his execution of the killer, but the cop declines and turns himself in, giving Marcellus a chance to get out from under his corrupt behavior.