Son of a mobster, Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter finds it difficult to keep a partner. The Captain assigns Hunter a new partner, but Hunter has another maverick in mind, Sergeant Dee Dee McCall. When their case goes to someone else because of their inability to stick together, Hunter and McCall team up to catch a serial killer and discover what it means to be partners.

McCall's ex-partner has gone bad. In an attempt to save him from putting himself behind bars by accepting a "contract," McCall and Hunter go after him and try to stop him.

After the Commissioner's wife is murdered, Hunter and McCall have to piece together the clues in order to find the true killer.

A meek "pick-pocket" is accused of brutally beating a woman. Hunter and McCall unconvinced that he could do such a thing have to find the true culprit before it's too late.

A mobster's girlfriend overhears gunshots after an argument between her boyfriend and his father. Hunter, unable to prove anything with her testimony decides to use her as bait to lure her boyfriend in.

Hunter and McCall help a small girl who claims her uncle just died and all of his pigeons had been stolen. Upon further investigation into the missing pigeons, Hunter and McCall discover that the girl's uncle was killed and the pigeons were stolen.