Tony is threatened with criminal negligence after the son of a prominent lawyer hangs himself in his cell.

The commissioner sets out to trap a serial rapist in a Santa Claus mask who's been terrorizing the city.

Rachel refuses to believe Tony when he tells her that her school teacher colleague, Jim Hollister, is a child molester. Meanwhile, it's Rachel's birthday and Tony has forgotten to get her what she wants most -- tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet.

After receiving a pair of baffling death threats, Tony initiates around-the-clock surveillance of his unsuspecting family.

Tony initiates a sweep to find a pair of missing cops; devises an ingenious way of keeping an habitually drunk driver off the road; and deftly handles an "extraterrestrial," all the while being scrutinized by a committee searching for a new police commissioner for New York City.

Tony is pursued by a woman he suspects is filing false complaints.