Lil's ex-husband, a journalist, returns to Jersey on the trail of a big story he believes will embarrass Charlie Hungerford, who's running for a position in the House of Deputies.

Jim's investigation into the death of a young woman supposed to be working at a local stable reveals a profitable call girl operation.

When Hungerford is offered the deal of a lifetime by an American, he starts to get suspicious and asks Jim to look into it. Meanwhile, the American's daughter wants her father to be abducted so he can be sent back to the US to stand trial for her mother's murder.

Business is not too good for Bergerac, so when Charlie is invited to France to attend the 80th birthday party of an old friend, he accepts the job of chauffeur. When a necklace goes missing, and unwelcome family secrets are uncovered, the party turns out to be more eventful than he imagined.