Councilman Wade spends the day exposing and exploiting the crack problem on the Hill; Grace Gardiner returns as Sister Charity and recruits Flaherty; Belker goes under in a seafood joint serving soul food to locate drug traffickers; Goldblume receives an offer to publish Steve Merkur's book; and the manpower shortage delays Buntz' loan shark arrest and costs him part of his finger.
Casts:
Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Warren, Bruce Weitz, Robert Prosky, James B. Sikking, Joe Spano, Taurean Blacque, Kiel Martin, Betty Thomas, Dennis Franz, Charles Haid, Veronica Hamel