18. The Quality of Mercy

Complete story — includes the ending

The paper tells Gary that a man, John Hernandez, is going to die in a road accident, so he saves the man, but afterwards, the paper changes and says that the man is going to kill Rachel Stone. Gary foils the attempt and tries to warn Rachel, an Assistant State's Attorney, because the man is a recently released convict and she was the one who prosecuted him. After Gary refuses to tell her how he knows about this, she dismisses him. John puts Chuck into a coma when he steals his car for the getaway. Gary interferes with John's next attempt at Rachel's home and that turns into a hostage situation. He manages to stop Rachel and John from killing each other and convinces John to let him drive the two of them away from the scene and letting Rachel go. They end up at the railways where two kids are shouting for help. One of them is trapped at the rail points with a train approaching and John hops onto a different train but returns in the nick of time to help save the kids at the expense of his own life. Chuck wakes up. Guest stars: Luis Guzman, John Beasley and Ron Dean.