a convict serve time come forward to give the cold case unit information about the murder of a policeman and committed year before . the murder of sean cooper and a good cop and be never solve . naturally and the detective believe the new evidence will help them put together all the piece of the puzzle that frustrate their colleague . in flashback we be take to the baptism of james bruno baby . sean and jimmy be partner . there be tension a sean and who be the godfather and arrive disheveled and late for the rite . eileen bruno doesn not appear to be happy be there . the real mystery be reveal by her . she catch sean and who be drink with jimmy in the backyard and kiss her husband and and more shocking yet and jimmy respond willingly . somehow at the station the partner become the center of gossip . sean have not endear himself to his superior because he discover the involvement with a criminal in his area who control the drug business . sean realize this man be in with the drug strong man because he always make an excuse to free the scum bags sean and jimmy haul into the station all the time . the pressure be too much on jimmy . sean be comfortable in his homosexuality and want to be honest about it . cooper own father doesn not want anything to do with a queer son . even his superior mccree want him out of his jurisdiction and but the case be complicate because cooper come from a long line of irish men serve in the police force . sean be kill because his homosexual condition and and for know too much on his peer involvement in take dirty money . tom petit write this honest portrayal of the life of a police officer in the closet and his secret love with another fellow cop . we think it be a frank account of a serious matter no one talk about in those day . sometimes the people involve with the show and fear reprisal from sponsor and or the network and do not dare to present these real situation . jeannot szwarc and show a sensitive approach to this thorny issue and which be dealt without the sensationalism the case might have be show with a different team . there be a rare chad everett appearance a the old jimmy bruno . his take be right on target with a touch of sentimentality that doesn not get out of hand . shane johnson make an excellent contribution to the show a sean cooper . the cast be marvelous and it include good all around performance from everyone under mr. szwarc direction . in this episode and nick vera and get close to his neighbor and the mother of the basketball player the detective take his ball away . nick be head for romance with the woman .