Bernie knows it's a little shady to be searching the prosecutor's office on behalf of a defense attorney, but an innocent man's freedom is on the line.
Three women use a tunnel beneath the Pacific Café for a break-in, but when the police get word of the route, Bernie is forced to choose between his past loyalties and justice.
Sally and Bernie hope to prove Vic Stephens has been faking his neck injury to collect insurance money, but neither of them can seem to make him slip up.
Bernie knows who killed Arthur Pleasant, but how can he get the police to figure it out for themselves when they have already identified Bernie as a prime suspect?
Bernie's cousin breaks out of jail and begs Bernie for help so he can visit his dying mother. When Bernie finds out that his cousin's mother is nowhere near her deathbed, he realizes he's been duped.
Aging comic Syd Money dies at the completion of a dance with Sally at the Pacific Café. The case really gets interesting when Bernie and Sally find Syd's ex-partner Marty Cash, whose reaction to the comedian's death is suspiciously mixed.
Sally delivers a summons and comes back with a baby. As she tries to put things right, she and Bernie are pursued by the child's young father and a welfare worker.