20. Secrets

Complete story — includes the ending

Two prominent business executives are found dead within hours of each other. Although the deaths turn out to be suicides, the detectives uncover evidence pointing to a blackmailer who had threatened to expose the victims' most lurid activities. The case becomes even more complicated after the blackmailer is found murdered. Two high-ranking Mahoney associates are shot dead, leading the detectives to realize that the civil war in Georgia Rae's ranks has gotten out of control. As Lewis returns to duty, Kellerman watches Judge Gibbons surprise everyone by dismissing Georgia Rae's lawsuit. Afterward, he publicly calls Gibbons out on the corruption charges and urges him to give up Georgia Rae. Bayliss privately hints to Ballard that he may be bisexual.