Walker is assigned to head up a task force on the strangler. Nora's brother Jack steals information and leaks it to the reporter Holly Bennett after she seduces him. Bennett places herself in harm's way when she agrees to meet the strangler. When Nora and Walt are ambushed, Nora shoots the gunman in Chinatown shoot-out, but also inadvertantly shoots and wounds Walt. This prompts Nora to consider leaving the force.

Ryan meets a woman, Robin Moore, who believes she's being stalked and may be The Strangler's next victim. She agrees to be the ""bait"" and Ryan traps The Strangler. Nora and Walt investigate the death of a man who fell out of a tenth floor window and at first it is thought to be suicide. Ben and Nora re-examine the suicide, uncovering a murder instead.