When Lieutenant Hunter upsets clerk-typist Rhonda Kimmel (
Lois Foraker), she barricades herself in the male toilet LaRue spends the night with Cathleen McConnell
Martha Ferris), the victim of a car-jacking, but during the night she receives news of the murder of her husband - LaRue wonders if he has been set up as an alibi. An illegal cable TV installer is arrested, and Davenport turns out to be one of his customers; she is unwittingly involved, but Furillo uses the situation to engineer an end to their separation. Rachel Goldblume's rapist is released on bail, murders his girlfriend, and is re-arrested. Two new rookie officers cause trouble; Laurence "Larry" Swann (
Tim Robbins) by his timidity, and Randall "Randy" Buttman (
Michael Biehn) by his arrogance and insubordination, leading to first day reprimands from Sergeant Bates and Captain Furillo. At an end-of-shift gathering of rookies from across the precincts, Swann is tied up and stripped, and forced to engage in sexual activity with a prostitute in front of the other rookies.
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