After a stakeout fails to intercept a drug shipment into Mt. Thomas, Jack's involvement is questioned. Anxious to put an end to the allegations against him, Jack comes up with his own theory. But things take a dangerous turn when the body of a murdered girl is found and the Heelers start a full-scale search for her murderer. Jack's secret plan to prove his innocence inadvertently puts the Heelers in life-threatening danger and Jack is shot and left for dead