Rookie officer Kirill dreams of the day he'll get to be a hero, and finally gets his chance when a hostage situation gets tight for veteran Seven-O investigator Doug Billingham.

The new partnership of Doug and Kirill is put to the test when they suddenly receive word of an Anthem-induced prison break.

Kirill tries his landlady's advice to win over Doug's affections while the team goes undercover to stop a blue collar Anthem smuggling operation.

After Kay and Deana's good cop, bad cop personalities clash during an investigation of a pretty-boy club, they come to learn the importance of the Double Decker System.

Doug agrees to a meeting with Zabel, a prisoner who faces death for his crimes. This valuable information could bring down the deadly Esperanza organization, and a less severe sentence for Zabel, if the detectives can trust him.

A murderer is sentenced to death, but he offers to give critical information on Esperanza in exchanged for a commuted sentence. But is there more to his deal than there seems? And how will he be protected from Esperanza's assassins?