In Reno's search of Hound Adams he ends up in a bar right at the time that the bar is being taken hostage. When the police try to negotiate with the hostage taker Dutch Dixon makes them believe that Reno is the one responsible.

The partner of Lt. Don ""Dutch"" Dixon (Steven J. Cannell), Woodrow Bickford (Ron Johnson), calls Bobby and Chey and says he has the evidence to expose Dixon. When Bickford turns up dead and video turns up showing Dixon killing him, Dixon goes on the run, or so it seems. So Reno heads out to track down Dixon, and get him to expose the location of the information to clear Reno's name. Part 1 of 3.

Hatch Landry, a head money hunter, whom Bobby trained many years ago, snatches Reno and Bobby a bounty before the nose away. To his surprise Landry delivers its "bounty" mostly dead at the police. The two take their competitors somewhat more exactly under the magnifying glass and state that Landry with the looked for criminals organizes bizarre people hunts.

Reno investigates the mysterious death of a healthy racehorse at a widow's ranch in the hopes of preventing another death.