Keeping Abreast

John is surprised by an early morning visit from Jennifer. Sometime later that morning he and the other detectives are on the scene of a homicide when Russell joins them on the scene. The homicide they caught matches a case she had three weeks earlier. When a piece of evidence is found that helps to link their cases, she decides to stay and participate in their investigation. Jones meets with Michael Woodruff and Michael tells him that he has told his father about their get togethers, but he hasn't told him where he is currently living. Back at the squad Russell runs down her case, which matches their homicide almost exactly. The detectives talk with a bartender and the owner of the bar where the victim was last seen. Word had begun leaking out about the similarity of the cases; the press and 1PP are taking an interest, increasing the pressure for the squad to close the case. Russell leaves to take an important call. Jones and Medavoy respond to the scene of a possible arson, t

Le corps d'une femme est découvert sans vie dans son appartement. Droguée, sans doute violée puis étranglée, la victime n'a visiblement pas pu se défendre bien longtemps. Son agression, atroce, en rappelle malheureusement étrangement une autre, qui s'est déroulée deux semaines plus tôt, à la sortie d'un bar branché que fréquentaient les deux défuntes. En conséquence, les policiers chargés de l'enquête ne tardent pas à s'orienter vers la piste d'un tueur en série. Ils sont bientôt rejoints par Diane Russell, une ancienne de la brigade, heureuse de mettre à nouveau la main à la pâte...