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Olivia works with the Strike Team to catch a Mexican drug lord. Meanwhile, Dutch has to clean up Billings' mess, and Claudette investigates the death of a woman connected to the Strike Team.

Corrine agrees to work with Dutch and Claudette while also serving as go-between for Vic and Shane. Meanwhile, Claudette pairs Ronnie up with Julien to investigate the murder of a high school football player.

Dutch and Claudette acquire a new ally in the department's effort to take down Vic. Meanwhile, Vic tries to manipulate the situation with Pezuela, ICE, and Aceveda. Ronnie ponders whether he should give up fighting and leave.

The Barn is on the hunt for two fugitives. Aceveda encounters some obstacles to his quest to be mayor. Meanwhile, Dutch gets personal with a suspect's mother.

When his plan goes awry, Shane races against time to tie up any loose ends that will lead to trouble for him. Vic confronts a priest who might be harboring drug dealers. Dutch and Billings are close to finding two attempted cop killers, and Corrine learns some things about Vic.

Vic's mission to take down Pezuela is interrupted due to his review board meeting being pushed ahead---followed by a bigger snag when the FBI take over the Robert Martin murder case. Meanwhile, Vic is determined to take part in his infant son's life. Shane works in private business as he probes the murder of a prostitute. Plus, Dutch and Billings are disturbed by their findings when they investigate the break-in at Claudette's house.

Vic sets plans in motion to end the gang threat as his relationship with Cassidy deteriorates. Dutch and Billings investigate a possible somnambulist murderer.

The Strike Team must free the kidnapped daughter of a drug kingpin without tipping off the fact that Agent Olivia Murray is following him. Meanwhile, serial killer Kleavon Gardner, who will be defending himself at his trial, hits a nerve when he disposes Claudette. Also, Dutch continues to try and prove that teenager Lloyd, is a possible serial killer. Then, Danny puts the pressure on Vic to sign away his rights to their child, and Shane tries to turn Ronnie against Vic.

Vic sets up a meeting with the Mexican's following the fire at the Armenian safe house, believing the Mexican's have Pezuela's blackmail box. Meanwhile, an angry Cassidy questions Danny about her father; and Dutch questions a teen who shot at an intruder, who happens to be the youth's classmate.

Vic tries to finagle his way into favor with the Armenian mob by selling himself as a valuable commodity; Corrine is unexpectedly entangled in legal problems; Tina sets her sights on a businessman who specializes in adult entertainment.

Vic finds himself a valuable commodity to both sides of the Mexican-Armenian gang war which is heating up. Meanwhile, Farmington is hit with black-on-white violence; Vic is confronted by Corrine and Cassidy; and an Anglo rock singer is killed when hit by a cement block dropped by someone in her predominately Hispanic apartment building.

The series final season begins with Vic dealing with family threats and being challenged by Shane. Meanwhile, a federal agent investigates a rash of violence in Farmington.

The Armenians are looking for hit men to kill some cops, and the Strike Team looks to be a target. Plus, a young kid is busted right before he was to kill a Latino man as an initiation ritual into a gang.

Members of a crew that committed the 'San Marcos murders' are being rounded up based on intel from snitches and crew members who talk to save themselves jail time. Homeland Security get involved when a port inspector isn't cooperating with a search of an Armenian shipment coming in.

A woman is stabbed in a store, but she seems a little out of her own surroundings. Meanwhile, a boy is brought into the Barn by his dad to tell the cops that he witnessed a crime. Plus, Aceveda is meeting with people to help him to further his political career.

A Mexican government official is missing and thought to be dead, and boy is shot at an Salvadoran festival. Plus, a woman is giving information to the Strike Team after she was found in bed with a criminal during a police raid.

Antwon is interrupted during a conjugal visit by another visitor. Meanwhile, a city councilman's daughter is murdered.

A bunch of dead people with false documents are found, possibly as a result of a beef between Mexicans and Salvadorans. Meanwhile, some ex-cops clean out a building filled with a Jamaican dope operation.

The Strike Team gets a new member called Kevin. Some ex gang-members are starting a war against other gangs, while they are being hunted down for leaving the gang. There are a lot of murders in the Latino community and Aceveda tries to stop that. There is a shootout at a pizza joint, and Vic tries to save a man who was shot.

The Department wants publicity pictures of some of the personnel of the Barn. A garage turns out to be a meth lab and a drug store robbery is investigated. Meanwhile, the brother of a suspected cop killer is hauled in for questioning. And Dutch deals with a federal agent related to the Salvadorans.

Vic, Shane and Ronnie are talking to an old Salvadoran man who used to be the leader of a street gang. Kavanaugh turns up the heat on Vic again, which makes Vic take bigger risks to clear his name.

A man is suspected for burning down a methadone clinic. Someone is arrested after claiming he killed Lem. A porn store owner is beaten up in his store, likely for making porn with grandmothers. Dutch tells Vic that Corrine is worried about him. The Strike Team buries themselves in work. They have an encounter with Moses and talk about Antwon. Tina is studying for her detective's exam. Claudette's start as a captain is rocky.

Vic arranges to get Lemonhead safely out of the country and set up a new life for him in Mexico. Aceveda and Kavanaugh, sensing a last shot to put Vic in jail, join forces and conspire to nail Vic for harboring a fugitive. Meanwhile, in the midst of still being upset with Claudette, Dutch files for a transfer. Plus, Danny confronts her baby's father.

While Lem Prepares to plead guilty to the heroin charges, Vic strikes a deal with Antwon Mitchell that will guarantee Lem's safety in prison. When the deal unexpectedly goes awry, Vic takes drastic measures to protect Lem. Meanwhile, a betrayal and uncontrollable circumstances threatens to destroy Ducth and Claudette's longstanding friendship. Plus, Julien is instrumental in closing the "glory hole' case.

With their finances frozen, Vic and his guys are forced to find other means to bail Lem out of jail. Meanwhile, Tina's future at the Barn is in doubt when she jeopardizes the safety of an undercover detective. Plus, Corrine confronts Danny about her baby's paternity.

As Kavanaugh deals with the emotional circumstances surrounding the return of his ex-wife, his obsession to take down the Strike Team comes to a head as he forges an unlikely alliance with Antwon Mitchell.

The Strike Team solidarity begins to crack under Kavanaugh's constant scrutiny. Meanwhile, Vic and his guys consider a potential job offer from another police division. Plus, Claudette's grueling effort to break Kleavon Gardner takes a toll on her health.

The walls close in on Vic when Kavanaugh invades the Barn and sets up office. Meanwhile, an elusive serial killer comes back into Dutch and Claudette's lives. Plus, Tina's discovery of Julien's homosexual past adds a whole new level of tension to their relationship.

Kavanaugh bugs the Strike Team's clubhouse in order to get his stalled investigation back on track, while Vic and the guys try to put an end to a deadly prescription drug ring. Meanwhile, Dutch tries to discover Claudette's secret as they work a missing person's case.

As Becca contemplates whether or not to represent the Strike Team, Vic discovers the truth about Emolia. Meanwhile, Dutch and Claudette investigate a case of road rage that escalates to a double murder. Plus, Julien and Tina's relationship continues to deteriorate, and Corrine has a confrontation with Kavanaugh.

While the Strike Team figures out their next step concerning IAD's investigation into Lemonhead, they put Tina undercover to help bust a sex trafficking operation. Meanwhile, Dutch feels betrayed when Claudette re-opens one of his cases. Plus, Kavanaugh shows up at the barn to visit Vic.

Lem's loyalty to Vic is tested when he's interrogated by Lt. Kavanaugh and Aceveda about the Strike Team's corrupt past. Meanwhile, the Strike Team investigates a multiple homicide and extortion scam, while Dutch and Claudette suspect a womanizing preacher of attempted murder. Plus, Tina shows she's unable to hold her own on the street, causing problems for Julien and Danny.

As the Strike Team tries to end a race war between Blacks and Mexicans, Dutch and Claudette investigate a riot at a high school that also stem from racial tensions. Meanwhile, Vic is encouraged to accept an early retirement package as the Department attempts to improve its image, and Lem gets an unexpected visit from IAD. Julien tries out his new role as training officer for Tina, and Danny refuses to disclose the father of her baby.

Monica, Vic and the Strike Team are determined to undermine the DEA's deal with Antwon in order to put him back behind bars for the murders of Scooby and Carl. When they learn Antwon is giving up an El Salvadoran, Bonilla, as the sole gatekeeper of the drug trafficking trade between El Salvador and the US, Vic and his guys move quickly. If they can get Bonilla before the DEA does, Antwon's deal will be void and he can be prosecuted for the cop murders. Using Gusano, an El Salvadoran heroin dealer, the Strike Team rips up LA to go after Bonilla. In one encounter, Lemonhead is almost killed. The DEA clues into what Vic and Monica are trying to do and moves to stop them. In the end, Vic, Monica, and the Strike Team nail Bonilla and undermine the DEA's deal with Antwon.

While staking out the Russian mob leader who was pulled over by Scooby and Carl for traffic violation, the Strike Team uncovers a C4 smuggling ring. They move in and captures the mob leader, Tretiak, then use an unconventional interrogation tactic: strapping C4 to him and threatening to blow him up unless he talks. Tretiak panics, falls over, and explodes. His fearful colleague, Osip, then identifies a young American black man who hired the Nigerians to murder Scooby and Carl.

While Shane and Army are learning how to cheat the lie detector test that Monica has demanded they take, Vic decides that their best strategy is to go after the One-Niners and shake down anyone involved with the cop killings. With Antwon in jail, Vic and the team work two different bangers who each believe they may be the next leader of the One-Niners. Pitting them against each other, the Strike Team is able to gather information about the killings that lead them to a group of Nigerians. As they get closer to the killer, their search leads them to the house of a Nigerian suspect and the team discovers Russian mobsters holding the Nigerian's family hostage. Not far from the scene, the Nigerian is found by the local police who picked him up while he was fleeing the scene. During his interrogation, Monica and Vic discover that the murder may have been contracted out to the Nigerians from the Russians over a traffic violation that one of the cops gave to a Russian mob leader.

Vic, Shane, Lem, Ronnie, and Army search through the woods of Griffith Park, looking for Angie's body. When they have no luck, Lem breaks into Pitarrio's home and beats him while demanding to know the location of Angie's body. After Pitarrio explains again where the body is, Lem takes Pitarrio's heroin as collateral. Shane and Army are terrified because they know that at any moment, Antwon could turn Angie's body over to the police with their bullets in her. Antwon is in the station being questioned by Monica, unaware of the events that have passed under her radar. She pushes on Antwon by using his personal life against him. In particular, she tries to emasculate Antwon by telling him about his gay son in prison. After six hours of being held, Antwon's lawyer demands to see his client and Vic over hears Antwon tell his lawyer that it's time the police find Angie's body. Vic races to tell Shane and Army before it's too late.

Dutch and Claudette convince Monica to make them primaries on the case. They interrogate Gideon, the man who was supposedly coming to rape the 911 caller, but discover he was never in the area. Then they bring in Roger, a mentally ill homeless man who saw the missing officers before they disappeared. But getting information from Roger is next to impossible – he will only tell them what he knows once he is sworn in and gets his own badge. Dutch listens to Roger's riddles and repeated references to the officers getting 'dragged down,' and discovers a manhole near the house where they disappeared. In the manhole, he discovers blood and a necklace with the initials JP. Vic, Monica, David, and several unis finally find the officers stabbed to death in a seized house. Monica's suspicion of Antwon's involvement in the murders is confirmed and she considers this a message against her seizure policy. She sends units out to pick up Antwon and bring him to the Barn for interrogation.

Monica moves into a home in Farmington – an extremely dangerous decision in Vic's opinion, during a time when local gangs are angered by Monica's new policies. When an informant who recently tipped the police about a crack house turns up murdered, Vic and Monica consider it a clear message of revenge for the latest round of seizures and raids. When Monica considers involving I.A.D., Vic advises against it, reminding her that Aceveda doesn't need another excuse to try and shut her down. Monica and Vic rush to get their informants off the streets before others are brutally murdered. But when another informant is found dead, they bring in Danny to help track down the killers.

Vic distracts Russian mobster Alex Kozodav and his henchmen while Ronnie retrieves a surveillance disk from Kozodav's car. The disk reveals that Kozodav is planning an insurance scam involving burning down an apartment building with over fifty occupants. Just when Monica and Vic feel they have enough evidence to bring Kozodav in, the case is handed over to the Organized Crime Unit. The Assistant Chief defends the decision by showing Monica a videotape, given to him by David Aceveda, that captures Vic and the church bust in an unflattering light. The video is sure to be a PR nightmare for the department, and Assistant Chief Philips doesn't want the Kozodav case to suffer as a result.

While serving the injunctions, Vic comes across a drunk man in a bar, who turns out to be an undercover DEA agent. Monica makes a deal with the DEA to trade information on Antwon and the 1-Niner's drug trade. After a botched bust-caused by Shane tipping Antwon – they get a lead that points to a local church. Monica and Vic raid the church, against the desires of the Reverend, and find several kilos of heroin concealed in imported church candles. Dutch and Claudette investigate the murder of Raine, a young accounting clerk at an electronics store. Several leads take them to Kleavon Gardner, a suspected serial killer from San Antonio. Raine's diary, however, reveals a co-worker who feared Raine would turn him in for skimming goods off the company's loading trucks.

When Monica puts Vic on the trail of an escaped fugitive in Farmington, he must continue to prove his worth while playing it straight. Claudette gets suspicious of the D.A's motives when she and Dutch are assigned to investigate a major drug dealer who ends up being a minor offender. David seeks an illicit outlet for the troubling feelings caused by his rape. Vic decides to bring Shane closer as his fears about Shane's connection to Antwon Mitchell rise.

When Monica puts Vic on the trail of an escaped fugitive wanted for multiple rapes, Vic must use all resources to catch the fugitive before he rapes again. After Dutch's secret plea to ADA Beth Insardi, he and Claudette seem to be making their way out of the doghouse when they are assigned to investigate a major drug distributor in Farmington.

The One-Niners and Spookstreet Souljahs are on the brink of war after a drive-by shooting and retaliation leaves 5 gang members dead. Monica's first official day as Captain of the Barn begins with a speech that addresses the implementation of property seizures and a new gang task force headed by Vic. Monica must rely on Vic to find the catalyst of the gang war and figure out how to end the bloodshed. Meanwhile, Dutch and Claudette are assigned an elementary case which involves a convenience store robber using hot coffee to disarm clerks and steal their money.

Vic's attempt to help a friend find a wayward teenager quickly turns into a nightmare when his fellow cops get caught in a shootout with the missing teen. Vic tracks down a drug dealer in the center of this case who may be linked to Antwon Mitchell (Anthony Anderson), the ex-convict gang banger turned 'community leader.' Vic also suspects that Shane and his new partner, Army, are cozying up to Antwon and his men. David Aceveda (Benito Martinez) spends his last day in the Barn trying to bury Vic for good. With his botched missing teen case and the revelation that he's failed in bringing down the Garage Sting, Vic's future at the Barn looks bleak. Monica steps in and offers Vic a second chance to get back on.

The Strike Team has dissolved and he's stuck babysitting a collapsing surveillance sting that keeps him off the street. With Captain Aceveda (Benito Martinez) moving on to his new City Council position, Captain Monica Rawling prepares to take over the Barn and implement her controversial anti-gang policies. Elsewhere in The Barn, Danny and Julian are swimming in vague waters, responding to everyday drive-by's and gang related violence, only to find themselves ignored by both their superiors and the community they are trying to protect and serve. Dutch and Claudette have remained in the DA's 'doghouse' for months and are assigned the most menial tasks.

When David confirms that the strike team is the target of an Armenian mob hit, Vic must take matters into his own hands. Claudette's career is on the line when she disobeys David's orders to put a case to rest that may prove the innocence of convicted felons.

With the deadly Armenian triggerman, Margos, hot on their trail, the Strike Team is turning over Little Armenia to find him first. A chilling discovery is made when the mole in the Treasury department reveals that names and photos of the Strike Team have been delivered to the Armenian Might. As the Strike Team digs deeper into the Armenians, they discover a helpless Armenian woman whose sister is being held hostage by Margos. Meanwhile, Dutch and Claudette investigate the shooting of a public defender after the sentencing of a One-Niner. What they think could be retribution from the One-Niners turns out to be a much more complex murder case as they discover that the public defender has a drug problem and used regularly while she was in court.

When the key suspect in the Armenian money train robbery turns up missing, Aceveda discovers there is a mole in the treasury department who is feeding information to the Armenian Might. Vic and the Strike Team race to find the money train robbery suspect, who they originally framed, in order to keep the cover on their story. With the help of Diagur, the Strike Team finds their man, O'brien, and order him to get out of town before he's brutally murdered. Meanwhile, the Strike Team realizes that O'brien has ignored their warnings to get lost and is still in town collecting on a sports bet. When they track him down, it's too late, the Armenians have reached him first. They must get rid of O'brien's body so that the Treasury department will continue to consider him the main suspect and investigate his disappearance.

Aceveda assigns Vic and his team to serve a high risk warrant to a Korean fugitive. What Vic and his guys think is a regular take down, turns into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. When two children are killed in the crossfire, Vic finds himself in the middle of a hostile struggle with the Korean community who refuses to give up one of their own. Meanwhile, Claudette and Dutch focus on a robbery case involving a woman holding up convenience stores to get cash in order to leave her abusive husband. When their suspect ends up dead, this strikes a chord with Claudette. Julian and Danny are assigned to a stolen furniture case and enlist the help of one of Vic's contacts who knows the stolen goods business from way inside.

Vic and the strike team are back out on the streets on a routine bust when a banger takes a shot at Shane. When they shakedown the shooter, they find themselves in the middle of a prescription drug running ring. As they follow that lead, they find something bigger than they expected. Using Danny to go undercover as a soccer mom running drugs on the side, they discover a complex money laundering scheme being run out of a custom car outfit. Meanwhile, Dutch gets the word that Will, the Cuddler rapist, is ready to talk. Will's wife, Joanna, is also waiting at the Barn to talk to Will who completely refuses to communicate with her. As Dutch plays middle man between Will and his wife, he attempts to get inside the mind of a killer and why he did what he did. Will mocks Dutch's text book analysis and in turn, psychologically digs into Dutch.

While trailing Juan and Ricky, the two guys who assaulted him, Aceveda finds himself in a near fatal confrontation during an attempted liquor store robbery. Determined to bring down his rapist at any cost, Aceveda enlists the help of Vic and his guys to find him, dead or alive. Along the way, Aceveda recovers the cell phone that was used to photograph the rape. He also manages to shoot and kill the only other witness to the assault, Ricky. Meanwhile, Claudette rejoins Dutch on the search for the cuddler rapist as they get a stunning break on the case. When Mara reveals what a bloodsucking grifter her mother can be, Shane decides to confess to Vic and the team that Mara stole the money train cash to help her crazy mom. The Strike Team is forced to set up an unsuspecting ex-con by dropping a bag full of marked money in his path.

When Danny and Julien find a young, black graffiti artist lynched at a youth center, David limits the investigation to only Dutch and Claudette. It's not until a Latino priest is killed in connection with the same murder that David calls in both the Strike Team and the Decoy Squad, causing David's superiors to accuse him of racial prioritizing. Vic and his boys are happy to help with the case because it finally gets them back on the streets. Meanwhile, Vic discovers that Corrine's been assaulted by a junkie and when he comes to help, he finds himself face to face with Owen, Matthew's therapist, who has become Corrine's boyfriend and his son's new father figure. Shane also gets dealt a familial blow when the missing money train cash is linked to Mara and her mother. Back on the case, Vic and his team use their brand of "aggressive policing" to solve the murders, discovering the grim truth that rocks Claudette and the community. Danny and Julien wrap up their case when they discover the same perp who robbed and beat up a Hassidic man and his son is the same guy who assaulted Corrine at the hospital.

When Trish makes an undercover phone call to the Barn, Claudette discovers that she and Walon are in serious danger. As Claudette enlists the Strike Team's help and Walon is recovered, he reveals that there is a mole in the system that led to him and Trish getting made. Walon claims Claudette is responsible because she failed to read about the mole on a report he filed. With Trish still out there and Claudette at fault, Vic uses the opportunity to create a wedge between Claudette and the Decoy Squad. Meanwhile Dutch works with Danny to make some headway in the "Cuddler" rape case, but the case takes a turn for the worse when an elderly woman turns up murdered. Vic and his team finally uncover Trish and bring her to safety, but not before she takes drastic measures to keep herself alive on the job. When Tommy realizes David's not going to help him get his job back, he makes a grave decision no one expected. Ronnie reveals that there is $7k missing from the Money Train stash, causing each member of the Strike Team to question one another.

When Vic and the Strike Team fall short of discovering which bills from the money train are marked, there is only one option left – to steal the safe, which contains the list of marked money, from Aceveda's office. The scheme gets interrupted when one of Vic's open cases, which involves a missing girl, is suddenly linked to a Narco Corrido song. The discovery of Narco Corridos, (popular songs in Mexico that depict crimes that have actually happened), gives Vic the blueprints behind several crimes. He must now work with Dutch and Claudette to find the singer and finally close his case. With the help of the Decoy Squad, they finally find the missing girl at her boyfriend's house where she has been hiding out. Meanwhile Claudette takes down a meth lab that is using illegal immigrant women as slave labor. While investigating the crime described in one of the songs, Vic comes face to face with an old fling and sparks fly. Danny and Julien are docked for going off the grid on the Tommy case and are forced to handle the annual inventory that creates some trouble for Dutch when a laptop is missing. David pays a late night visit to his cousin, Rigo's, house. He confesses to Rigo about the rape and Rigo recommends that there is only one way to take care of the problem.

When Tommy's ex-wife and son are brutally murdered and he is taken in for questioning by another district's detective, everyone at the Barn is outraged. With Julien and Danny's help, Vic takes matters into his own hands to prove Tommy's innocence. While Julien embraces Vic's strong-arm tactics, Danny isn't as comfortable going against the book. Honoring her agreement she made with Aceveda that got her job back, she informs David that Julien and the Strike Team have posse'd up to track down the killer. But during their hunt, Vic and Julien discover an ugly truth that puts Tommy's innocence into question. Meanwhile, David decides to hold a press conference regarding the Cuddler rapist and passes the baton to Dutch. But Dutch can't help himself, and says just a little too much, further inciting the violent offender. When Shane discovers that Aceveda has a list of all the marked bills from the money train heist, Vic and the Strike Team spin a plan to steal it from David's office.

When Shane fails to show up at the hospital to see how Tavon is doing after his shocking car accident, Vic pays a visit to his apartment and immediately notices something amiss. Shane and Mara lie to cover up the fact that a violent fight between Shane and Tavon occurred. But Vic is on to Mara and Shane's involvement and soon gets the confession he expected. Vic keeps his cool and decides to take charge and help Shane and Mara further cover up what happened to protect the Strike Team. In the midst of the Tavon crisis, Claudette decides to appoint the Strike Team to a routine hooker sweep, despite Vic's protests. When Vic and his team flip a collar who's smuggling contraband into local prisons, they decide to abandon their routine hooker sweep to follow the lead on this bigger case. They're sidetracked when there's word that David has discovered a perp who may know something about the Money train heist and the men responsible. The strike team races to get David off the scent, but not before David gets himself in serious trouble with the darker side of Farmington. Meanwhile, Dutch discovers the Cuddler rapist has struck again. Danny and Julian take on a stalker case of a woman being harassed by her ex-boyfriend.

When a high profile car jacking case involving a public official is declared by Aceveda as the Barn's main focus, the feuding Strike Team and Decoy Squad decide to place an unusual bet over who'll be the first to bust the culprit. The bet? Losing team has to streak the Barn. Dutch investigates an attempted murder case between two brothers that involves a repeated case of acute food poisoning. He uses hostile tactics to get a confession from one of the brothers whom he believes is at fault for trying to kill the other brother. With Claudette's absence due to overseeing the Decoy and Strike Team, Dutch soon finds himself in hot water and needs her help on the case to bail him out. As the two rival teams race to find the culprit of the car jacking case, tension between Shane and Tavon only gets worse and eventually explodes with shocking results when a fist fight leads to Tavon getting in a horrible car crash. Meanwhile Danny begins to think she'd be a better influence on Julien as a partner when she and Lucas respond to a domestic abuse call at Julien's house. Vic and the Strike Team eventually prevail and nab the car-jacking culprit, proving that they are still on top.

When Claudette takes control of both the Strike Team and the new Decoy Squad, their first assignment is a hooker sweep. What Vic thinks is a simple sweep, quickly becomes a nightmare when a prostitute, Farrah, is determined to bring down her pimp at any cost and wants Vic's help. When Claudette orders Vic to work with Farrah, he finds himself conflicted between Claudette's plan and Farrah's blackmail. Meanwhile Dutch discovers an elderly woman rape case with a sick twist is just the beginning of a disturbing pattern. David is forced to choose between his job as Captain and his future as Councilman when a man he knows and respects is arrested for solicitation during the sweep. Back on duty, Danny tries to get in good with Tommy and Julian by helping them on a stolen stereo bust and giving them the credit. After his run-in with Farrah, Vic decides to check up on Connie's son who is living in an overcrowded foster home. Meanwhile, tension rises between Shane and Mara when Shane feels the relationship is going too fast and Mara reveals she is pregnant.

When Vic finds himself at odds with the Strike Team, he decides that the only way to bring down a gun running ring that is supplying rival gangs on the brink of war, is to use some cash from the Money Train. When the bust doesn't go down as expected and the Strike Team is overpowered by the Byz Lats, they find themselves out both the money and the guns. Just when Vic begins to plan drastic measures to bring down the Byz Lats and their supply of MP5's, Claudette and Dutch reveal a gang murder may be connected to the missing guns. The Strike Team works to settle the war between the two gangs, the Byz Lats and the One-Niners, by forcing the two leaders to draw battle lines. After Claudette and Dutch solve their gang murders, Vic is able to get the guns off the street. Claudette reveals to Vic that the undercover Decoy squad will be joining the Barn and she will be overseeing both them and the Strike Team. Julian's newfound confidence on the job raises some concerns around the Barn when a complaint is filed against him for excessive force. Danny returns to the barn when she gets her job back and finds that Julian isn't interested in being her partner anymore. Vic tries to correct the first impression he's made on Mara but she makes it clear she's only interested in Shane's wellbeing.

The Strike Team's new strategy is to play by the rules in order to keep the I.A.D. from sniffing around the money they stole from the Armenian money train. Unfortunately, their plan is abruptly interrupted when a routine drug bust lands them right in the middle of a high-powered gun running ring. Soon they find themselves racing to disarm two rival gangs before a race war breaks out. When an old ally turns out to be the new leader of the One-Niners, they use him to set up a sting gun buy. Tension among Vic and the Strike Team increases when Dutch and Claudette begin investigating the murder of two Armenian gangsters tied to the money train robbery. Meanwhile, with her promotion to Captain on the horizon, Claudette faces a cruel reality when David decides to not only stay in his position but also implement some of her ideas to help clean up Farmington. After his blanket party in Season Two, Julian's manhood and ability as a cop are in question and Vic urges him to take action to get some respect back from the barn. Danny makes a plea to Aceveda to get her job back and Shane deals with the pressures of keeping his new girlfriend happy without interfering with his job.

When a gang execution hits close to home for Claudette, Vic, Tavon, and Dutch work together to find the culprit before anyone else gets hurt. Shane, Lem, and Ronnie are forced to choose between hitting the money train without Vic and letting it go. Meanwhile Danny receives some life changing news and Julien's harassment reaches a whole new level.

While the Strike Team puts the finishing touches on the money train take down, Vic goes it alone and works with Dutch and Claudette to find a missing kid. David gets an unwanted visit from the Chief and Julien receives an unpleasant surprise.

Ronnie's recovered form his face burning and has come up with a plan to take down the money train and Vic, Shane, and Lemonhead are all in. Unfortunately a federal criminal's name comes across the Teletype and suddenly Vic, Shane, and Tavon have to switch focus and use an old connection to track him down. They use all the tricks in the book to bring this guy in because they want to prove to Lanie the Barn is still a worthy cause. While Dutch and Claudette investigate the rape of a young girl, they come across some startling information that puts the crime in a whole new light. And the same day Julien makes a great save an old friend shows up to ruin it.

When Lanie's report on the Barn is leaked to the press, everyone suddenly fears for their jobs, including David who's mentioned as the reason for most of the problems. Gilroy skips bail and winds up on Vic's doorstep looking for help, so while Vic and Shane deal with him Lemonhead is forced to show the newest member of the Strike Team the ropes. Meanwhile Claudette faces some of her own demons as she and Dutch try to uncover the culprit behind a possible robbery/homicide and Danny comes to a startling realization.

Flashback to the first day of the barn. Under pressure to get results, Vic and his new Strike Team make an impression on the streets. Dutch and Claudette realize they make a good team, and David discovers he doesn't have as much power as he thought he would.

When Vic discovers that Ronnie has been burned by Armadillo as payback, he, Shane, and Lemonhead swear they'll do whatever it takes to put an end to him. Meanwhile Claudette makes further headway on her investigation of Vic when she has a private talk with Corrine, and Dutch takes Danny under his wing as they try and find the culprit behind the beating of a man in Thai Town.

Vic and the Strike Team begin to make plans for the money train take down, even though the greenlight still has them on their toes. Meanwhile, Vic and Emma try to a help a woman who's in an abusive relationship. When David tells Dutch that he embarrassed the department with the Bob and Marcy case and that Claudette is now lead on all their cases, he's forced to take any action necessary to prove himself in a new homicide. Danny finally makes a stand against Yassirah.

When Danny and Julien get a call to a women's shelter and find a massacre, Dutch, Claudette, and Vic have to work together to find out who's behind the slaughter, which leads Claudette as the odd man out when Dutch sides with Vic on how to handle the situation. David partners with Julien for the day leading the two to help a kid find his stolen bicycle.

As Vic and the Strike Team make plans to bring down the money train, Connie reports that she heard about a guy who's distributing heroin to kids in the middle schools. When David hears of this new threat, he decides to work with Mackey to bring in the culprit. Dutch and Claudette offer to help a woman looking for her Alzheimer addled mother who's wandered off and discover that the woman may be retracing her past in Farmington. Meanwhile as Danny tries to uncover the person anonymously harassing her, Julien reveals a surprising development in his personal life.

Now that Vic is back to work, he and Shane go undercover as dirty cops to find the culprit behind a robbery/homicide at an Armenian jewelry store. Meanwhile Dutch and Claudette discover that a gun turned in during a Toys for Guns Drive is linked to an old case of Claudette's. In a bid for the Asian community's support in the upcoming election, David assigns Danny and Julien to keep an eye on a priest and his Korean parish. Danny is forced to deal with the fallout form the shooting of an Arab man.

Since Vic's still raw over Tio's death, the gruesome beating of Armadillo, and the fact that Claudette won't lay off of his connection to Tio, he decides to take the day off and leave his Strike Team in David's care. While they're off busting male hookers working outside David's campaign headquarters, Vic and his old partner, Joe, check in on an old enemy – Fleetwood. Joe still holds a grudge against the man that had him kicked off the force. Now it's time for payback. He knows Fleetwood's still scheming, so he gets Vic to back him up on a bust that ends up going horribly awry. Meanwhile, Danny discovers that Julien didn't back up her version of the shooting at the Al-Thanis' and now may be pulling desk duty for the rest of her career unless things are cleared up. In the midst of all this chaos, a young man enters the barn with a severed arm and drops it on Dutch's desk. Once he discovers that the arm belongs to a woman who's still alive, he and Claudette find themselves running against the clock to find her before she dies.

As Vic gets closer to finding his family, he and his boys focus their attention on Armadillo and his continued gang building. Unfortunately when Vic gets too close, Armadillo burns down one of Tio's distribution centers. Although Tio escapes the blaze without a scratch, a safe is discovered that holds Tio's ledgers which include his payouts to Vic. Now Vic must get the ledger and the guy who smoked Tio's apartment before Claudette puts the pieces together and discovers that Tio is not only Vic's CI but his drug connection. Although Claudette never puts two and two together, Armadillo does and Tio ends up necklaced. When Vic finds Tio, he takes his revenge out on Armadillo. When Lanie, the Barn's new Civilian Auditor, asks to follow Vic around for the day, David immediately steps in and suggests it might be better if she follow Dutch to the shooting of a city official. But when they discover that the city official is actually a meter maid, Lanie is less than pleased. Although she and Dutch continue their investigation into who killed her, she makes her less than pleasant feelings known to David. Meanwhile Julien and Danny must appease two neighbors who aren't getting along. Unfortunately things escalate to an uncontrollable situation and Danny is forced to shoot an Arab American.

While Vic searches for his wife and children, the Strike Team has increased the number of drug shipments they allow to come into the Farmington district through their corrupt U.S. Customs contact. The newest shipment turns out to be poisoned and Vic and the Strike Team are forced to go to Tijuana to track down the man responsible, Navaro Quintero, and retrieve their money from him. Meanwhile, Dutch and Claudette investigate brutal murders committed by Navaro's brother, Armadillo, in his bid to unify Farmington street gangs under his leadership. With the help of a seasoned Tijuana policeman, Vic finds Navaro then kidnaps him and extorts his money back by using Armadillo's brutal tactics. He then smuggles Navaro over the U.S. border and arrests him. Meanwhile as Julien teaches a young offender the difference between right and wrong, he falls for and decides to ask his mother out for a date.

Vic and David must join forces to stop the bogus 9-1-1 calls that are luring cops into deadly ambushes in the aftermath of a riot and Assistant Chief Gilroy attempts to play them against each other and destroy their careers in a desperate effort to save his own.

While Vic answers Assistant Chief Gilroy's call for help in covering up a hit and run before Dutch intuits the facts of the case, Shane and Lemonhead follow the trail of a gunrunner with a penchant for cockfights and David turns to Claudette after a double homicide raises ire and fear within an ignored community.

Vic and the Strike Team mediate between Rondell Robinson and the Nation of Islam while Dutch and Claudette investigate a brutal home invasion within the tight-lipped Korean community and Captain Aceveda revisits his past.

Vic helps Connie through drug withdrawal in a desperate attempt to keep her kid, leaving Shane and Lemonhead to break a strip club mugging ring, while Dutch follows his instincts about a serial killer and Danny is bitten by an HIV-infected perp.

The Strike Team must clean up its own mess after planting a gun on the wrong guy in a truck-jacking case while Claudette deals with the mess of her family during a visit from her daughter.

When the Strike Team is split apart and its members reassigned to other partners, Vic and Claudette find themselves following the destructive trail of a bad batch of "cupid" meth while Dutch and Shane just try to get along.

Vic and the Strike Team go to the aid of another precinct to stop a spree killer. David receives Julien's affidavit about Vic's illegal behavior and contacts Internal Affairs. Dutch and Claudette investigate a psychic charged with fraud. Danny and Julien's rift grows.

When the body of a young, unidentified hooker is found in the district, aspects of the crime and Dutch's conviction that this murder is the work of a serial killer persuade David to provide Dutch and Claudette the full resources of the Barn. Dutch has 24 hours in which to break the case before the clues grow cold and resources are demanded elsewhere. While Dutch, with the aid of an FBI profiler, wrestles with the responsibilities and pitfalls of leading his first large-scale investigation, Claudette revisits an old case that has haunted her through her career. The precinct focuses on canvassing the neighborhood for leads on the dead hooker's identity. Danny seriously contemplates taking the sergeant's exam and Julien wrestles with whether he should follow through with an affidavit regarding Vic's theft of the Armenian gang's drugs. Vic and the Strike Team uncover an underage prostitution and pornography ring. Vic must take quick, brutal action to protect one of his informants unsettled by the murder spree.

David insists that Vic and the Strike Team take some uniform cops along as support, including Danny and Julien, when they bust an Armenian gang's drug buy. The Strike Team arrives as one of the Armenians is assassinated and proceed to remove the "pink" coke from the scene while the Unis bring out the surviving thugs. Julien witnesses Vic dividing the confiscated drugs into two and hand off the second bag to Shane. After much deliberation, Julien approaches David with his suspicions about Vic and the evidence. Claudette and Dutch interrogate the Armenians for more information on their drug connections. After storing the drugs in the lock box of his SUV, Shane drives to his girlfriend's, and later he discovers the SUV has been stolen. David and the Strike Team race to find the missing SUV and the drugs. The race ends at a dead junkie's apartment where Vic and the boys are able to get rid of all but one brick of the coke before David arrives and must decide whether to search Vic in front of fellow officers.

Vic must broker a peace between Kern Little and T-Bonz, two rappers whose personal animosity towards each other is broiling over in to the streets. Danny is attacked after identifying a shooter. Julien helps a woman whose son's body has been stolen. Dutch and Claudette search for a missing migrant worker. David allies himself with "Kingmaker" Jorge Machado to further his political ambitions.

It's warrant sweep day at the Barn. Vic and the Strike Team discover visiting NBA superstar Derrick Tripp hanging out with his "homies" before the evening game with the Lakers. Vic decides to do his part for the home team by keeping Tripp as a "friendly hostage". One of Vic's street informants, Connie, approaches him after having been roughed up by a new john. Vic hands off the case to Claudette and Dutch, who is convinced they're on the trail of a serial killer. Dutch's theories are proved wrong when he and Claudette ultimately discover that their perp is not a serial killer but rather a disturbed man who is raping women in a desperate attempt to procreate. Danny and Julien stumble upon a gun smuggling ring while delivering one of their warrants and disaster is averted only by Danny's sharp instincts. David has his hands full overseeing the sweep, managing an increasingly packed cage, soothing the frazzled nerves of the attending desk sergeant, and avoiding a potential lawsuit from Derrick Tripp's lawyer over the disappearance of his star client.

Internal Affairs launches an investigation into Terry's death. David begins his own investigation into Vic's actions. Claudette and Dutch investigate the shooting of a churro vendor. The Strike Team busts a gang initiation. Rookie Julien gets pointers from Danny and experiences one of his own initiation rituals as a cop.

While Dutch and Claudette investigate the murder of Nancy Reborg, they discover that her daughter is missing and has been sold by her addict father to a child molester. Meanwhile, David tries to crack corruption in the barn by recruiting Terry to help him take down Vic, which results in Terry's murder. Plus, Danny and Julien arrest a man who slashed his ex-girlfriend's tires.