An undercover cop is left in a coma after being shot while investigating a potential attack by a youth gang on an elders' association in Chinatown, but his girlfriend refuses to disclose time critical information to Malloy and Reed on orders from her powerful father. In the meantime, they pull over a clumsy middle-aged marijuana user, and apprehend a cross-dressing burglar who later gladly points them to another criminal when the stolen money he pays his attorney with turns out to be counterfeit.