A murder at the St. John's docks requires a joint investigation into a high stakes smuggling operation with the harbor police, who assigned Charlie's police academy near-ex an old antagonist Leah Purkis, whom he doesn't want to team up with and Rex instinctively dislikes, having been trapped in a container. Jailed suspected smuggle mastermind Tyson Biggs points to Red Knowles, who is murdered that very day. Other potential mastermind is record-clean former lieutenant Bruce Luxton. Both loyalties among cops and crooks are tested and upset by the finale.
—KGF Vissers