Synopsis:Seattle. The Present. Detective DIANE COLLINS and her partner BILL ZUKOWSKI pursue a killer with a hostage. The hostage turns out to be the killer’s lover and both are gunned down. They return to the station where Bill is told by CAPTAIN HAHN that his promotion to Lieutenant will be a public affair fully endorsed by the Mayor. Bill’s family cop history goes back to the creation of white America. Diane goes home and we meet her daughter, JENNY, and her mother GERTRUDE. Jenny’s home for summer holidays, studying business. She leaves immediately on Diane’s entrance. Gertrude is a Police shrink who tells Diane that they had a break in where she works. That same night a uniformed Officer is killed at home. Diane and Bill arrive to investigate and we meet CSI MITCH at the scene. The victim has had his ears hacked off and they’re missing. A sneaker shoe print is found, left on purpose as a clue. Diane and Bill go to lunch and share their personal philosophies. We find out something troubles Diane regarding a girl named MONICA. Bill has a lake cabin and is trying to quit smoking. The Sneaker print leads them to the Police Academy Forensics Division and one ear and a tape is found. The voice is identified as an ex Instructor. They pay on visit on him and find him dead in his shed. They get a print off a shell casing. Diane and Bill are given the case by Captain Hahn. Diane goes home, visits a local convenience store for her daily paper and we meet TED who has a crush on her. At home Diane reviews the crime scene photo’s. Interrupted by Jenny and her friend FRANK. We learn that Jenny has been arrested before and her fingerprints taken. Meanwhile - Bill’s only son WILLIAM ZUKOWSKI JNR is home for summer holidays and surprises Bill with a visit. It seems he dropped out of the Academy and this creates tension between them. Diane and Bill visit Mitch and find out the Instructor had his tongue removed. Diane gets a call from Gertrude telling her Jenny has been arrested again. At home Diane confronts Jenny and the truth is revealed. Jenny is dropping out of University and wants to become a cop like her mother. Diane is totally against it after what happened to her husband, Jenny’s father. Monica is mentioned again. And we find out Diane can’t swim. Diane gets a call saying that Mitch found a match on the casing and she speeds over. Bill hasn’t arrived so she continues on with DETECTIVE HOSKINS. A firefight erupts and with two cops dead, Diane gives chase. Thinking the headlights baring down on her belong to the killer’s car Diane fires at it but it’s Bill inside. He’s arrived late. The killer escapes. They search the house and find a second ear from the first murder scene. Over the guilt of almost killing Bill, Diane waits for Ted to open his store. She needs someone to talk to. They go for coffee. Diane reveals the truth about Monica and her ex husband. A connection between Diane and Ted is made. William pays a visit on the station and Diane greets him warmly while Bill shuns him. Diane suggests to keep William interested in Police work they could get him involved on this case. Bill agrees. Captain Hahn tells Diane that no charges will be pressed against Jenny and that the Mayor wants the case solved in time for Bill’s public promotion in two weeks. Diane and Bill return to the Police Academy and they meet with Gertrude who tells them what was stolen from an earlier break-in. William visits Jenny at home because he can’t get hold of Bill. They have a past history. It seems Jenny lost her virginity to William. William has revealed that the shooter lives with an Aunt and that he knew him from William’s short stint at the Academy. The Aunt used to date Bill for a short time. Diane and Bill take a SWAT team to the house to find the Aunt dead and the prime suspect dead on the toilet, a suspected heroin overdose. Looking closely at the Aunt Mitch discovers her eyeballs are missing. He finds a crushed cigarette filter in the missing socket. Diane wants DNA. Back at the station Diane receives a call from Ted. He wants a date. Diane refuses. Jenny spurs Ted on but Diane hangs up on him. At home Diane finds Ted in her kitchen cooking her favorite, roast beef, with Gertrude in on the ploy. At dinner Diane tells him of some past victims which alarms Jenny to her future and it only dissuades Ted slightly. He leaves mid-meal. Diane and Bill get a call to a house from Mitch. A doctor has been killed, seemingly nothing to do with their case. But it does. A cocky uniformed officer drinks water from a bottle and spits it out. Seems the bottle was a plant by the killer. Mitch will run it for prints while the DNA still scans. That night, Diane’s asleep and gets a call from Mitch. The fingerprints from the water bottle are Jenny’s. Diane finds Jenny in the kitchen. Gertrude has been shot in her own bed. Clues left. Diane goes to see Mitch. The water from the bottle was lake water. She’s not interested. The DNA finishes its search. It leads to Bill. Diane goes to Bill’s house and finds all the evidence from every crime scene in his bedroom. A clue leads to his fishing cabin. Jenny also reveals a clue that leads to Bill’s house. At the cabin Bill explains what happened then dies. William is to blame and he clubs Diane and takes her to the middle of the lake to drown. Jenny arrives. Shoots William, takes the boat out and saves her mother. They return to shore. William has gone. Diane searches while Jenny goes to her car for a backup weapon. Diane finds William in the back strangling Jenny. Diane shoots him dead. Captain Hahn arrives. All the evidence points to Bill. Hahn will take care of it. Diane and Jenny visit Gertrude in hospital. Ted sent flowers. At Bill’s funeral the Mayor gives a speech about his family. Diane visits Monica’s grave and says good-bye. Diane and Jenny go home. Diane has to thank a man for some flowers