EPISODE

4. Bad Medicine

Lewis teams with a narcotics officer to catch the culprit who's selling poison-laced heroin, while Kellerman is investigated for corruption.

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Drug addicts all over Baltimore are dying from a batch of adulterated heroin, sold by a dealer in competition with Luther Mahoney. After the dealer is found murdered, narcotics detective Terri Stivers works with the homicide unit to build a conspiracy case against Mahoney and cut off the supply of bad drugs at the same time. The case falls apart when Danvers insists that there isn't enough evidence to indict Mahoney. The only witness, Stivers' informant, is killed soon after. Kellerman is put on desk duty after the entire arson unit becomes the target of a federal investigation for corruption. Pembleton fails his firearms test and begins taking his medication again, and Brodie moves in with Bayliss after Munch throws him out. First appearance of Det. Terri Stivers

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