Shawn is duped by a siren into searching for her missing circus mate. When Shawn takes Gus, who babysits prospective stepson Maximus, desperate to bond indirectly with his mother Rachael, to the circus, the missing trapeze artist drops dead while they watch his act. It turns out he was, drugged, and drowned before his corpse was even launched. Meanwhile Carlton is delighted that his jail mate Marlowe is finally released, but finds her parole officer to be his vindictive neglected once-would-be-partner Ursula Gibbs, who slaps them a restraining order, so he gets Shawn to take her in so long.
—KGF Vissers