Sledge is abducted by a former television executive whose brainwashing operation reprograms its victim's minds through unrelenting and unmerciful exposure to television programming.

Sledge and Dori investigate the murder of a history student who was studying Hitler's Third Reich. Suspects include her burly quarterback boyfriend and her kindly, old history professor.

When Sledge gets suspended he decides to try being a P.I.

When a Britsh agent arrives and informs them of a terrorist in the city, Sledge and Dorreau work with him. When Dorreau takes a liking to him Sledge butts in and Dorreau is upset with him.

Sledge runs into his best bud from high school, now a defense lawyer. Rekindling of their friendship comes to a halt when he learns that his friend is about to marry his ex-wife. Sledge is forced to face the fact that he has no one.