Conrad witnesses the mob killing of a drug dealer; Cassy gets the cold shoulder from Edison; Doreen begins a dangerous assignment.

Dunne compromises journalistic ethics, as does a business reporter suspected of a conflict of interest; gossip king Plato contemplates a book deal.

Anne leaves the paper open to a libel suit by compromising a source's identity; Cassy competes for an exclusive; Miles is forced to alter his lifestyle, prompting rumors that he's broke.