As Simone’s condition worsens, Lt. Fancy makes a request to the Uniformed Officers to be aware of the need for a usable heart. Simone’s colleagues have to occupy their minds with the case of an old lady found hacked to pieces in her apartment. Of her two sons, one doesn’t seem to care about it and the other is too full of drugs to understand what has happened. Sipowicz’s mood gets him into a fight.