 When Steve and his partner celebrate the success of 6 month undercover work against the Valley s mob baron Gordon Gonza, he s shot in the stomach under the eyes of their superior, chief Masters. Mark must leave his son s medical care to Jessie, but publicly marches up to Gonza proclaiming he ll pay with everything he s got, and responds to Steve s tip giver, porn actress Spring Dano. Shortly after, both Gordon and Spring are found killed, by binary poison viz. a knife while Mark is bend over her corps, and he is put on trial for their murders while fixed clues pile up.