After failing to stop a young woman's suicide, Hume is puzzled when he sees someone looking just like her. Things get weirder still when the suicide victim turns into a withered old corpse.

The CPB investigates the death of a man who was fried in his sublimator, and Hume becomes worried that the same might happen to Olivia.

On their way to investigate a report about berserk androids, Farve and Hume are ambushed and captured by a rouge section of the assessor's office. They seek Hume's help in discovering Farve's part in what they see as a plot by machines to eradicate humans.

After seeing a fellow cop killing a cornered prison escapee, Hume looks into the dead mans case and finds that the cop may have been taking the law into his own hands.