Denise Bauer searches for her fiance on Halloween after receiving bad news about him; Alan defends Jerry Espenson for lying on a federal jury questionnaire; Lincoln Meyer sues Jeffrey Coho for defamation.
Schmidt and Crane represent a man whose steakhouse could go out of business when the mayor pushes through an ordinance banning red meat for fear of mad cow disease.
Denny shoots his therapist in self-defence and the partners hatch a plan to get rid of him, while Alan takes on a racially-charged case.
Sipowicz meets with Haywood who has had an old case that was recently reopened dumped upon her. The case against Leonard Peeler has been reopened since the testimony of Earl Bezdek.