Sue cultivates her first informant who just might lead her from a small time smuggling case to a big time highway robbery ring, if she can discern when, and when not, to trust him.
Sue is called upon to use her skills with American sign language (ASL) when questioning Troy, an arrogant, uncooperative, deaf suspect in a car theft ring. Meanwhile, the bullpen is thrown into pandemonium.
Dimitrius faces a crisis point in his marriage and his career when he and his family are stalked by a recently released armed-robber intent on revenge.
Sue's parents come to visit for the holidays and, while Sue and her mother both want the perfect Christmas, they have different ideas about what that is.