As the Channel 10 teams awaits the arrival of a new News Director, the suspicious timing of a hostage situation points to a cover up at the mayor's office. Meanwhile, interim News Director Ann Hildebrandt faces an impossible choice as Jake, a channel 10 cameraman and her lover, is critically injured during the crisis.

Mike launches a special segment feature, and Dan and Terri compete for the debut story. Meanwhile, Mike's teenage daughter shows up unexpectedly and informs her dad that she plans to live with him instead of her mother.

Jake's son is assaulted by a gang, whose leader becomes the subject of an in-depth report by Terri, which leads to tragic consequences.

When a tanker carrying toxic solvent overturns, a visiting NY network reporter, and former flame of Ann's, borrows Jake to do some "dirty big close-ups" and almost gets both of them killed.

Terri digs up dirt on a mayoral candidate, but Mike and Ann take the heat after the story airs and Terri's source disappears. Meanwhile Jake and Dan track a garbage scandal.

A brilliant geneticist, and former University friend of Ann's, gives her a confused lead on a story involving biological warfare. Meanwhile, the news staff worry about losing their jobs during a budget review.

Journalistic ethics are on trial as Dan acts improperly while covering a story and Terri reports him. Meanwhile, Ann suffers through a visit from her father.

A journalist who gained success in the U.S. is brought in as co-anchor, but her reputation as a former junkie and her methods prove problematic.