Jim's doubts and fears begin to weigh heavily on him after a serial murderer just claimed his fourth victim bumps into him while he was on his way to work and escapes. He believes that if he still had his sight, then he would have been able to apprehend the suspect. This belief is reinforced by Marty's snide comments and the Chief of detectives reprimanding Jim for pulling out his weapon in public.

The façade of being in control and everything is all right begins to fall apart as Jim struggles to come to terms with the fact that he is no longer the same person that he was a year ago. Meanwhile, Lt. Fisk attempts to intercede between Marty and Jim as the animosity between the two escalates to an all new level.

Much to the dismay of the detectives at the 8th precinct, Jim's informant sets up a drug deal with Debbie Dyman, the girlfriend of his recently murdered second cousin. Sonny believes that this will help the police in their homicide investigation by giving them good leverage to apprehend and keep Debbie at the squad for questioning about his cousin's murder. The only problem with this deal is that he scheduled it to take place in a few hours with a blind man interested in purchasing the drugs.

After throwing out ideas and discussing other options, it is decided that Jim who is currently having a difficult time in his relationship with Christie will go undercover as the dealer with his colleagues positioned nearby to watch his back. Things don't go exactly as planned when Debbie finally arrives and reveals to Jim that she will be taking him to another location where the drugs are kept in an abandoned broken down locker. Tom and Marty attempt to follow Debbie's car, but are boxed in a