As Shane struggles to hang onto Mara, political posturing forces Vic's Strike Team to share their clubhouse with a new Decoy Squad headed up by Walon Burke. Seeing no alternative, Vic cooperates when paired with Burke in a sting aimed at prostitutes and their customers. However, the operation is disrupted when they step in to save a hooker named Farrah from being beaten by fellow streetwalkers. Meanwhile, as Superintendent of Schools Javier Sanchez is caught in the prostitution sting, Dutch investigates an elderly woman's rape.