Eddie saves a coking baby's life, but the father bolts stat. Eddie becomes personally involved in the child services case. These events make Jamie and Eddie consider their family options- she never committed to having children, but the couple now agrees to take the major steps jointly with care. Governor Mendez keeps Erin to her promise to 'help' convince Frank to back a new state police bill in exchange for amending sex-trafficking laws, which Frank refuses, earning her Mendez's ire, threatening to wreck her reputation. Mendez and Frank find a compromise themselves. Danny and Baez pursue a suspect twice after the DA's office is unconvinced by their initial lineup, where Danny declined assistance from another detective without investment, leading to yet another argument with Anthony, who still helps Danny collar the perp more by-the-book fashion. Frank faces a challenge when a cop killer comes up for parole. The cop's cop son, a friend of Sid's, threatens to exact justice when the killer goes free, leading to Sid visiting the man in jail to warn him but he's long cancer-terminal. Garrett advised against meeting with a cop killer in jail, is offended that Sid continuously makes him feel like an odd man out in the group because he never was in blue uniform.
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