A fire, mono and the looming arrival of a news director whose job should have gone to round out our introduction to the Channel 10 team. Then a hostage situation puts one of them in danger and leaves Ann facing an impossible choice.
The hostage situation suddenly spirals out of control and Jake is critically injured. The suspicious timing of the crisis point to a cover up at the mayor's office.
While Jake and Dan track a garbage scandal, the rest of the Channel 10 team deal with a disappearing source for a story about a struggling mayoral candidate.
Ann doesn't know who to believe when a former university pal gives her classified information he stumbled on while working at a lab with US military contracts.