4. Someone's Got a Woody

Woody the Coroner is taken hostage by a desperate ex-con who claims he's being set up for murder, and Shawn, Gus, Lassiter, and Juliet try carefully to resolve the situation without bloodshed. However, Interim Chief Trout has a plan of his own... and he's not all that bothered how it goes down.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

An ex-con takes Woody hostage claiming to have been framed for murder. Woody arranges for Shawn and Gus to get involved, even though Trout wants none of their assistance. Unfortunately, Trout isn't willing to wait for long, and when it appears that he's willing to sacrifice Woody to end the siege, Lassiter and Juliet must take matters into their own hands, as well as buy Shawn time to find the truth. Once the real culprit is caught by Lassiter, Trout fires Lassiter and Juliet and refires Gus and Shawn, only to be fired himself for his recklessness.

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