In his first week as mayor, Da Vinci must deal with an apparent gay-bashing death; squatters in an abandoned department store; and a local tycoon upset over losing a city contract. Kosmo and Finn investigate the police shooting of a recovering mental patient. Leary links two missing aboriginal boys to skeletal remains found in the woods.

A war of words heats up between Da Vinci and Police Chief Jacobs over a police shooting at a halfway house. Zack goes undercover with a group of squatters. Leary uncovers a suspected pedophile ring preying on aboriginal boys.

Da Vinci gives the go-ahead to establish the Red Light zone despite the opposition of Chief Jacobs and community groups. Ferris and her cohorts plan another grow-op bust only to find their target cleared out. Finn and Kosmo investigate the drive-by shooting of a teacher on his way to school. Detective Carter gets a lead in the gay-bashing case.