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5. Unchained

A governor weighing a pardon for a reformed gang leader imprisoned for killing a cop hires Cal to determine if the guy has really reformed. Meanwhile, the death of a black probationary firefighter in a burning building might not have been accidental. Gillian must find out if it was murder and, if it was, who did it.

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Lightman and Torres team up to interrogate a notorious and imprisoned gang leader who claims to be rehabilitated. If the gang leader is freed on parole, he might help fight inner-city violence or return to his life of crime. Foster and Loker investigate the death of a firefighter who was killed in the line of duty. He may have been murdered in a hazing prank gone wrong, but it is revealed that he violated a fireman's code by sleeping with the chief's niece.

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