Aided by his men in the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery and Homicide Division, seasoned veteran Luis Mendoza bravely meets the tough challenge of big-city crime and violence. Working with faint clues, he and his detectives systematically break their most shocking and difficult cases to date. The continually erupting world of crime comes to vivid, pulsating life as Mendoza once again performs, with extraordinary finesse, the near impossible in his fight for law and order.