20. No Exit

Five young people die in a car stopped on the railroad tracks in what appears to be a suicide pact, however Goren and Eames suspect one of victims, Carmine Ruggiero ( David Jenkins ), had no desire to be a participant. The investigation leads the detectives to the unsolved suicide of one of Carmine's co-workers, Eadie Elverson, who had once testified against the high-pressure finance company CEO Leonard Timmons ( Darrell Hammond ) in a harassment suit. They eventually illicit a confession from a guilt-ridden manager, Hubert Skoller ( Arye Gross ) who admits that he and Carmine did not support Eadie's valid complaint against Timmons who victimized her after she broke off their affair.

Skoller confesses that he arranged for Carmine to be killed to protect Timmons and is arrested, however Goren promises him that Timmons will not escape justice. First episode with Jamey Sheridan as Captain James Deakins shown wearing an eye-patch after displaying symptoms of Bell's palsy.