The episode concerns two separate but intertwined sub-plots. In the first, the Sparta City Council refuses to renew Chief Bill Gillespie's contract because of his open relationship with councilwoman Harriet DeLong. They have invited Inspector Hampton Forbes of Memphis to interview for the position. Gillespie faces the facts stoically. In the second, Gillespie solves his final crime. Two nine-year-old boys who have been harassed by a vicious farmer seek drastic revenge.