Mayor Alcala believes in his appointee for temporary police chief, even when the man overreacts under pressure and is determined to make his job permanent by solving a cop killing.

Anthony Quinn as Mayor Tom Alcala tries to find out from a contractor, played by Broderick Crawford, what really happened when a bridge under construction collapsed, killing a worker. An overpass collapses, killing a worker after Mayor Alcala insists that the city accept the low bid on a construction project.

Mexican-American Mayor Tom Alcala angers militant young Chicanos in his support of Sgt. Raul Alvarez, harsh with his own people and accused of beating one of them. The episode title refers to the phrase "Senor Pig" which is scrawled on the apartment door of an over-zealous Mexican-American cop who takes it very personally when one of his own gets into trouble. The mayor becomes involved after the policeman is charged with beating two robbery suspects and his ethnic identification with the cop creates an interesting sub-plot. Guest Henry Darrow and Anthony Quinn are two strong actors who can make such a situation believable.