Carrie organises a trip to Atlantic City for Charlotte's birthday. Miranda feels self-conscious about her wait, while Charlotte worries she's getting old and Samantha suspects Richard is cheating.
The search for a missing witness leads Fin and Kat down a dangerous path; Chief McGrath puts pressure on Garland and Benson to get a conviction.
Frank is lucky to survive a stranger's assassination attempt, an act that prompts a citywide manhunt.
Cary tries to stack the deck against Alicia during the trial of an Army reservist accused of murdering his wife. Meanwhile, Childs resorts to dirty tricks in an effort to ruin Peter's campaign.
A Pakistani-American college student finds himself thrown into the pit of NYC's judicial system after the brutal murder of a young woman on the Upper West Side.