Payback

Danny and Maria investigate the murder of a chef known for winning a reality show, but who was struggling to get his new restaurant opened. They visit the owner of the restaurant property, Lech Choinski, a powerful and well-connected real estate developer, and his assistant, Elena. Choinski confirms the deceased chef was behind a half-million dollars on his payments, and points the detectives toward a young man whom Choinski labels as a "troubled" former employee. The young man, who turns out to be a 16-year-old, confesses to robbery and to killing the chef in self defense, but his story doesn't match the facts of the case and the detectives know he's taking a fall for the real killer. Danny and Maria track down another former employee who went to jail rather than turning on Choinski and get him to wear a wire and visit his former boss. Just as the man is about to be made, Elena brags about killing the chef, saying Choinski's male employees were afraid to do it. Jamie and Eddie find a young woman in the street, stripped to her underwear and nearly blacked out, surrounded by numerous other young people with cell phones. When she comes to, the young woman, Christina, says she was involved in an online game that crosses over into the real world. She says the only person who might have drugged her was a former boyfriend and gamer who got jealous when she changed sides. They interview the young man, who says he was jealous but denies taking it any farther. It becomes a he said/she said case, until Erin convinces Jamie that they can get around the regulations at the young man's college and see if he's had any trouble. With Erin's help, Jamie learns the guy was disciplined twice for stalking former girlfriends, and now he and Eddie must race to keep Christina safe. Elsewhere, a traffic stop for suspicion of DUI involving a female driver becomes complicated when State Senator McCreary is revealed to be a passenger in the car and gives the officer a card with Frank's name and number on it. McCreary is an old friend of Frank's who helped him ascend to the position of Commissioner. Over a meal, McCreary tells Frank the driver was his chief-of-staff, Jess Weinstein. Frank tells the married Senator that the arresting officer proclaimed "off the record" that the two were having a lovers' quarrel in the car. McCreary pleads for a way to bury the arrest and save his reputation, but Frank is more worried about giving the arresting officer the impression that the P.C. can be bought.