Mon, Oct 13, 1997
Doyle and Roussakoff are once again called to the home of the O'Donnell's when their father is found murdered. The eldest son, Kevin, thinks he was killed by one of the Westbrook boys, their next door neighbors and constant adversaries. Meanwhile, Lowery has to go to a grand jury over his alleged participation in Hopkins' death and has to wait to see whether he still has a career or not. Having confided in Donovan that she was the one who murdered Hopkins by kicking him to death as he lay fatally wounded on the roll-call room floor, Kersey wants to confess to the incident. But Donovan refuses to let her come forward on speculation for he's confident that Lowery will be cleared of all the charges. But Lowry's wife, Yvonne, thinks otherwise and plots to leave him should he be indicted by the grand jury. Also, Donovan deals with his very first partner, the elderly officer Gus Steiger, who finds his mental faculties slowly leaving him during his court testimony on a separate murder investigation.
Mon, Nov 24, 1997
When the ex-wife of William 'Woody' McKenzie, the prosecutor who helped clear Jack from the Hopkins murder charges, is found dead in her Manhattan apartment, Woody becomes the main suspect. Looking for help he calls Donovan to help him. Although Donovan wants to believe in McKenzie's innocence, mounting circumstantial evidence surfaces that he may have hired a hit man to do the deed for him. Meanwhile, Terry gets deeper into his undercover role with the illegal actives with the Irish mob when he learns that Patty Flannigan along with Bobby, and Joe are setting up a deal with some street rappers to buy automatic weapons for a bank robbery. But Terry's problems multiply when he soon clashes with the leader, Joe, who holds a grudge against Terry's brother, Jimmy, who arrested him years before. Jimmy, worried about Terry, asks a street informant, named Darius, to keep an eye on Terry. Elsewhere, Kersey's guilt over beating and killing Hopkins and getting away with it continues to haunt her which puts a strain on Donovan for she may not be over her murdered fiancée. Also, Santoro leads Lowrey, Roussakoff, and the rest of the station to renovate itself to make it handicap accessible in preparation for Kevin Patrick's return to work in his wheelchair.
Mon, Apr 27, 1998
Lowery is assigned to watch over a smart-mouthed group of female gang members, called the Latin Queens, when one of them is found dead in her apartment. Suspects are brought in where Kersey interrogates them and discovers that one of the gang members is a cop who had been working undercover for over two years to bring down the gang. Meanwhile, MacElwaine arrests a man who throws Hector over a bar and injures the man's ribs while doing so. They take him to hospital where a doctor is amazed at the injuries he has received. Also, the precinct prepares for a new era as Officer MacElwaine announces that he is going to retire after 25 years on the force, and Santoro is promoted to Lieutenant. Although, everyone in the precinct accepts MacEwaine's decision to retire, his ability to defuse a hostage crisis later that day gives him confidence that he may still have a few more good years on the force. Jonas throws a double-party for the entire precinct to celebrate Santoro's promotion and MacEwaine's retirement. With Clem still in the hospital, Nona decides to stay with Lowery to see where their relationship will take them although it's clear that she still has feelings for Clem.
Mon, Nov 3, 1997
Santoro's brother-in-law is arrested for possession of stolen goods kept in a locker that has Santoro's name on the lease, which could cause problems for Santoro. While visiting an apartment on official business, Clem, Lowery, Doyle and Hector hear shots coming from the floor above and chase the perpetrators to the roof. One is killed, but the other gets away. They killed a black family because drugs were being dealt from their apartment. The view of the officers is that it was more than a random occurrence and that a recently paroled drug lord, Jerome McFee, was involved in some way. But the local fanatic Reverend Basil Matheson returns with the fanatic and black racist lawyer, Wendell Ford, where they put more pressure on Clem to find the killer, and then make the investigation their business to stir up more tension between the African American community and the police. Also, Roussakoff and Doyle investigate an abusive husband and decide to teach him a lesson about the results of domestic abuse. Elsewhere, Santoro and Donovan commence their plans to remove Captain Sorela as their boss by playing on his paranoia to make him think that he's under investigation which leads to the officious captain quiting as the station's chief.
Mon, Oct 20, 1997
Santoro deals with a woman comes into the station to report that she is being harassed by a group of clowns living next door to her and have been participating in illegal sex acts. Soon, the whole precinct becomes a freak show as Hector and Clem haul the clowns in the holding cells to decide what to do with them. Meanwhile, Lowery and Nona help out a disabled man who was beaten up and robbed in his own apartment, and help him recover his precious stamp collection. Lowery continues to deal with life without Yvonne as well as dealing with his acquittal by the grand jury over the Hopkins incident, while Donovan and Kersey continue to spend more time together on and off the job, and Roussakoff asks Doyle's permission to take Kathleen out to dinner.
Mon, Sep 29, 1997
The repercussions of Hopkins' death in the station continue as Internal Affairs investigates when a dubious witness comes forward who claims that he saw the wounded Hopkins being beaten while in police custody. While both Donovan and Santoro deal with the wary Captain Sorella, who does not want bad publicity because of the incident, Hopkins' black racist sister and conspiracy theorist, Mavis, brings in her own lawyer, the fanatic Wendell Ford, to find out who "murdered" her brother. Lt. Stan Jonas from the hated Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) arrives again at the 74th Precinct to interview all the participants of the gun battle where Officer Nona Valentine thinks she incriminated her hot-headed partner, Officer Jack Lowery, over a slip she made about him slapping Hopkins. Lowery continues dealing with his needy and selfish wife, Yvonne, who tries to persuade him to give her more spending money. Sgt. Donovan is wary about Jonas presence because Jonas happens to be Donovan's secret contact and handler since being an informant for IAB. Meanwhile, Doyle and Roussakoff try to help out a young boy who is working on the streets as a drug runner. Also, Anne-Marie Kersey and Donovan investigate the death of an elderly woman who was smothered in her sofa bed.
Tue, Apr 14, 1998
Kersey is promoted from patrolwoman to detective, but is not accepted by her new co-workers, until she earns their respect by organizing a raid on an apartment where an informant has told her two men, part of a right-wing militant group, are making bombs to blow up a subway station. Meanwhile, the precinct gets a new administrative aide, Dee Williams, someone Roussakoff remembers from his old precinct. But he tells Santoro that Dee has an obsessive-compulsive disorder that involves cleanliness and having to do everything four times. Also, Lowery and Nora finally begin a steamy affair, which does not go unnoticed by Clem who becomes unbearably bitter and aloof which leads to him taking out his frustrations on an arrested prostitute that him and Hector arrest.
Mon, Oct 6, 1997
When a Hasidic Jew and his granddaughter are mugged, a militant Hasidic Rabbi, named Aaron Geller, organizes a vigilante group to find and punish the assailant, believing the police cannot be counted on to find the culprit. But when granddaughter points out the wrong suspect, and he turns out to be innocent, Santoro, Donovan and the rest of the squad deal with the backlash from the Hasidic community. Doyle and Roussakoff investigate a family dispute between the O'Donnells and the Westbrooks over property rights. Meanwhile, Lt. Jonas interrogates Lowry over the death of Hopkins in custody where Jonas orders Donovan to go along with him to obtain incriminating evidence against Lowry. Also, Santoro deals with his personal home life when his nine-year-old son, Charlie, gets into trouble at his elementary school for mouthing off to his stern teacher. Roussakoff asks Doyle for advice when he plans to go on a date with Kathleen, while Kersey goes on a date with Donovan. Here, the county coroner, Dr. Vanderluke, confides in Kersey about a find he never entered into evidence about the Hopkins death, which leads to a guilt-ridden Kersey confiding in Donovan about something terrible she did to Hopkins on that day.
Mon, Jan 12, 1998
Officer Heagan's disciplinary hearing over the gay beating takes place and Roussakoff has to testify against him. Even so with Officer Pittorino now changing his testimony, it looks like he could go free. Meanwhile, Officer Anthony Fiano shoots and kills an armed robber while in a gay bar. When he comes in, he is questioned by Detective Hayes and I.A.B. Lieutenant Gordon Denton (Donovan's new contact and handler) who seem determined to take Fiano down, or at least get him to admit that he is gay. Santoro investigates the robbery and learns the identity of Fiano and tries to get Donovan to help protect Fiano from the investigation. Doyle is teamed with the rookie Chrstine Bannon to nab a narcotics dealer and his suppliers. Also, Lowery becomes smitten with a foreign immigrant who was robbed by a purse snatcher.
Mon, Jan 19, 1998
Kersey and Lowery investigate an incident when a man exposed himself to a teenage girl near her school. The girl happens to be the daughter of George Hauer, a court officer and an old friend of Captain Jonas. But following the man's arrest, the traumatized teenage girl cannot positively identify the man. Without any evidence the man is freed, much to Hauer's disgust. Not long after this, Jonas is personally called to a crime scene where Hauer is found, with the dead body of the released suspect. Jonas tells Donovan, still secretly working for IAB as an informant, to keep track of the police department's findings. Meanwhile, Terry starts work in the anti-crime unit, partnering up with the attractive Christine Bannon, while he also starts a possible romance with Emily Flannagan off the job. Santoro fires Kevin Patrick for his rash and suicidal attempt to stop the bank robbery after his heroism ceremony. Also, Nona discovers a secret about Clem and his past while tracking the illegal activities of a Japanese street gang which brings them more romantically together, while Kersey and Donovan continue to be uncomfortable around each other over their now-ended affair.