While pulling a graveyard shift on the hottest night of the year (with the AC on the blink) Bayliss brings in a potential suspect in the Adena Watson case, unfortunately he is twelve, Munch is angry after his girlfriend dumps him in the dark, Howard deals with a jumper in a Santa costume who tried to kill his wife with a water pistol while her sister is waiting for biopsy results, Crosetti deals with his daughter's sexuality, Bolander debates whether to ask Dr. Blythe out on a date and Felton and Lewis investigate the case of a mysterious candle lit every night next to the board. Meanwhile a baby is found in a cage and the team has to take care of it.
Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher
Director(s): Michael Lehmann
Writer(s): Paul Attanasio, Frank Pugliese, Tom Fontana