Christine Avila

The problem of toxic waste disposal becomes real to Don, Charlie and the team when several children are injured after a sinkhole collapses underneath a school playground.

A nanny working for close friends of the mayor goes missing. Captain Raydor joins Brenda in carrying out the investigation but conceals the primary motive behind her involvement.

When Cuddy's handyman, Alfredo, falls from her roof and develops strange symptoms, she joins the team to figure out what is wrong with him.

Gates and Morris help an elderly man who was assaulted on the street; Brenner and Dubenko clash while treating a mother thought to have late-stage cancer.

Holly takes her authority at Ojai Foods too far and pushes Saul and Sarah to their limits. Meanwhile, Kevin encounters homophobia in the work place for the first time.

Lydia and Josie investigate a complicated rape case on the Westside; John bonds with an abandoned teenager while also dealing with having to testify at his father's parole hearing.