Larusso returns to the force, Quinn reflects on the end of her marriage, Mayor Plank renews her run for the Senate, and a serial rapist outwits detectives.
Larusso takes the stand as the case goes to the jury; Quinn and Ruskin take a stab at marriage counseling; Campos new partner takes to the streets on hooker detail; Kendrick is accused of being racist.
The Larusso trial gets underway, with a battle royal shaping up between D.A. Phelan and defense attorney Weltz. Quinn and Campo clash with their new partners. Chief Kendrick has a second bout with the press.
Racism is an issue for Rose who punishes a bigoted detective to follow up on the shooting of a black youth; Potts who is having second thoughts about testifying; and Chief Kendrick who has a few choice slurs for the press.
The green eyed monster grabs Ruskin, who tails Quinn and Campo. Potts receives threats for "betraying" his brothers in blue. Mayor Plank sees red when a journalist threatens to "out" her assistant.
Patty Spence is working to get custody of her baby. An actress is being stalked, and she goes to the police for protection. Larusso continues his affair with his lawyer, but starts to show his possessive side towards her. The chief of police busts a city councilmen for drug use.
LaRusso is charged with murder; Quinn and Campo pose as a married couple to nab the baby-sellers who bought Patti's daughter; Chief Kendrick takes the Mayor on a dinner date.
Cop Rock is an Emmy Award-winning American musical police drama series that aired on ABC in 1990. The show, a police drama presented as a musical, was co-created by Steven Bochco, who also served as executive producer. TV Guide ranked it #8 on TV Guide's List of the 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list in 2002. The periodical dubbed it "the single most bizarre TV musical of all time."