After a bank robbery goes wrong, the would-be robbers decide to hold the bank president's wife for ransom.

Captain Andrews sends Lennie and George to collect a prisoner being held by his old friend Sheriff Fender but two of the prisoner's men impersonating them beat them to it.

Lennie is taken into custody when his gun is found at the scene of a crime. He escapes and tries to prove his innocence.

When Freddie Butler's therapist is murdered, Freddie confesses as usual - but this time it looks like he might really be guilty.

An escaped killer, seking revenge on Captain Anderews for testifying against him, takes Higgenbottom hostage - along with anyone else who shows up.

When it is learned that a jailbreak is being planned, the Partners go undercover inside the prison - with Lennie as an inmate and George as a guard.

Lennie poses as a coma patient in hospital, acting as a decoy to protect an informer from a hitman.