In a factory in charge of recycling papers from all the dumpsters in the Big Apple, a young driver in his first day of work dropped off his truck a dead body, shot dead by a bullet to the head. The victim was a well-known female rockstar, still active: her brand-new single was about to come out after five years. She got in and out of a rehab and the night in question she paid a visit to a bandmate, looking for some dope. She received a lot of hatred mail by fans, because public hold her responsible for her boyfriend (a renowned rockstar as well) death, occurred some time before and considered as suicide by the authority. Detectives were initially in a bind and a former detective, now a private eye and successful writer, help them finding evidences he had, even if he broke the law to take them. A drummer, fallen apart for being cutting off from the band five years before, is the prime suspect, but McCoy is not so sure...
We see in this episode an argument between Briscoe (always ready to protect fellow cops) and McCoy ("So arrest me"). The private detective (Tony Lo Bianco) have learnt the main rule in show business: "any publicity is good publicity".