Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family

The series starts with Chance being six years old and Danny is taking a family picture. Danny gives Chance a gun for the picture and Chance accidentally shoots Danny. Danny is ecstatic. Fast forward five years. The Arnos are at church, not that they are religious; it's just a great place to meet mobsters. Barbara (mom) chats up the wives. Celeste (16) charms the sons. Ruby (14) charms the grandpas. Chance (11) is Danny's regular number two-watching dad's back while Danny chats up the men. One drawback is that Celeste is always falling in love and sometimes forgets to take off her wire. And Chance has problems in school. Go back several years when Danny is on a case with his first partner (Carl Shenkel: David Jolliffe). His family thought Carl was desk cop-not rubbing elbows with mobsters. Carl gets killed and so does his family. Maybe if they had known the truth, they would still be alive. Danny vows that he will train his family as well as he is trained. Besides grinding them on their observation skills, even 11 year old Chance knows how to drive. The Arnos go undercover to bring down vicious mobster/union enforcer Freddie Jacon (Geoffrey Rivas), who firebombs building contractors who refuse to work with him. They are called in when another Agent isn't getting the desired results.

The Arnos go undercover to bring down Steven Kesseling (David Brisbin), a crooked stockbroker who is stealing from his clients and selling worthless stock at inflated prices. Celeste's involvement with Kesseling's son (Seth: Jared Rushton) winds up putting her in great danger, while Chance fears his father may have gone too far undercover as he watches Danny fall under the spell of a beautiful female suspect. (Karen Lamond: Nancy Bell). Is Dad just doing his job - or has he crossed the line? Chance wants to know who the girl in the white dress on the bike is (Jessica Kessling: Katie Thomas). Flashbacks to when Danny and Barbara were dating. Part of Barbara's job is flirting with the boss, but things are awkward when she shows up at the bar where Danny is playing with Steven Kesseling. Barbara and Danny have an argument over his seeing Karen and her seeing Steven.

A routine surveillance assignment winds up putting the Arno's lives in danger when Chance and Ruby witness a gangland murder while working undercover as baby-sitters at a crooked councilman's house. Danny is thinking about moving the family to Minneapolis (a career maker) but the family does not want to move. Among other things: Celeste is taking dance lessons, Chance is the top seller of chocolate bars for school and Ruby is making a fortune doing babysitting. And they are all tired of moving and starting over. Chance finds out that his music teacher is stealing from the candy money for new uniforms. Danny must risk his life to prevent the killers, led by Russian mobster Novatny (Alex Veadov), from hunting down his entire family. With the death of the councilman, the babies are left with Chance and Ruby which they bring home with them. The councilman's widow (Mrs. Krost: Kellie Waymire) goes running to Novatyny. Agent Brooks wants Danny and family on a plane out of there-and Celeste refuses to leave. Danny wants to take the shooter (Chernokov: Endre Hules) down.

While working to implicate a wealthy accountant in the murder of his partner, the Arnos cross paths with Spiros Damalis / Floyd Goldman (Shaun Toub), a crooked New Jersey club owner they investigated eight years earlier for the murder of a cocktail waitress. Is Damalis connected to the current crime? Will he blow the Arnos cover? And does he still hold a dangerous torch for Barbara? The current case is about crooked CPAs' working for casinos and one of them is missing-presumably dead. Part of the cover is Chance being on the same little league team as one of the partners' son (Josh Evans: Kyle Sullivan) and Spiros' son (Kevin: Nico Zeola). Ends up that Spiros didn't kill the waitress and he didn't kill Evans' partner.

Danny is assigned to investigate Edgar "Eddie Breeze" Bryzinski, who is running a bookmaking ring from the back room of his local ice cream parlor. Breeze is part of a larger criminal organization, the head of which the FBI wants to nail for several murders. Hoping to implicate Breeze, Danny makes a number of big bets guaranteed to lose, but Breeze keeps covering his losses. Chance is placed on the inside as a counterman at the ice cream parlor. Part of the problem is that Danny does not know who the enforcer is. Finally, Danny lets his family convince him to seek the assistance of a seasoned bookie from his past: his imprisoned brother, Frank. Frank tells Danny that Breeze isn't on him because Breeze isn't making any bets for Danny-Breeze is keeping the money. Barbara also attempts to make some bad bets, but no one is able to make any headway in the investigation. Frank wants to deal with Danny before he helps him. Danny says he cannot help. Then Frank threatens to tell Breeze that Danny and Chance are FBI. Agent Brooks makes deal. Danny brings Frank home for a few days. Frank finally leads Danny to Breeze, but when Danny goes to see him, he finds Breeze dead. Frank escapes, steals one of Danny's guns and the car. Frank wants revenge on Gillaway (the head honcho). [Gillaway sent an enforcer to get Frank, Frank killed the enforcer in self-defense but no one believed him and so he went to jail for murder.] Danny convinces Frank to testify against Gillaway.

Danny is looking for the "coyote", part of a smuggling ring. When three young Mexican girls trying to get into the U.S. are found dead in the trunk of a car from carbon monoxide poisoning, the FBI suspects fashion designer and possible sweatshop owner Gabrielle Vega is to blame, and Danny is assigned to the case. Danny poses as a buyer from an East Coast department store interested in Vega's new clothing line while Ruby enters Vega's beauty pageant/fashion show. Barbara hams it up as a "stage mom", while Chance poses as a "youth-in-media photographer" and snaps pictures of potential suspects - especially the pretty ones. Ruby is upset because Gabrielle really wanted Celeste in the contest, not her (and Danny told her to "just do her best" because he figures there is no way she can win). Now Ruby wants to win. Danny and Agent Brooks go to Mexico to get some workers and end up being robbed and striped. They make it to Tijuana and call Barb. Ruby is told that she's not the right type, so she goes home and does a "make-over" to be what they want.

While investigating a dangerous heroin dealer named Gina (Tressa Pope), Agent Brooks is shot by an unknown assailant and dies in Danny's arms. Unwilling to blow his cover--and convinced the shooting is related to the drug bust--Danny strikes out on his own to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Barbara, Celeste and Ruby host a birthday party for Chance and four of his friends, and havoc soon ensues in the Arno house as the party guests discover incriminating family secrets that threaten their cover. When the lies about Danny being IRS don't work, Chance tells them the truth; but the kids think that is even more stupid. When Danny tells Dolores about Brooks, she told him that Brooks had proposed to her.

Danny has been telling "The Fever Flip" story to his kids for years, but Barbara hates the story and wishes Danny would stop talking about it. It's all about a case he and a "talented female partner" worked on before the kids were born. Cary Fever had been a pornographer who brought under-aged girls across state lines to be in his pictures. But when they brought him down, Danny and his partner went too far while busting Fever - they wound up ruining Fever's whole life. Now Fever has tracked Danny down, and he's seeking revenge. Fever starts toying with Danny, but his real target is actually Danny's old female partner. And now Barbara's seemingly irrational fears about the story have become justifiable: Barbara was Danny's talented female partner. In order to flush "Carla" (aka Barbara) out, Chance is kidnapped. Cary is shot before he can tell Barbara where Chance is.

A rare albino turtle has been stolen, Celeste has found a new "cause," and Danny's not happy about any of it. After attending a meeting of animal rights activists, Celeste decides to help the group rescue some kittens from a local medical research facility. This means breaking and entering, and Danny is furious that she will be breaking the law, even if it is for a noble reason. The situation goes from bad to worse when Danny discovers that the activists' ringleader, Peter Logan (Benjamin Shelfer), is under Federal investigation for animal smuggling. That investigation takes a strange turn when Peter is mysteriously killed--while Celeste is talking to him on the phone. Now Celeste is a suspect in the police's murder investigation, and it's up to Danny, Barbara, and the kids to find a turtle ... and a killer. During a vigil at the murder site, Celeste blurts out that she was on the phone with Peter when he was killed-and she may have just told the killer. During a stakeout, Celeste is kidnapped by the killer.

When aging Mafia kingpin Joe Collado retreats to a luxury resort-style hospital, the FBI suspects he's only pretending to be crazy in order to escape an indictment. To find out for sure, Danny checks in as a patient, and the family tags along to help him check out the mobster. Their biggest obstacle: the mobster's brother Anton, a murderer with too much too loose if the ruse fails. He's put up a strong wall of defense so far, but even he has a soft spot - Vicky, a beautiful nurse from the hospital who he's been dating. Chance is immediately smitten with her as well. While Celeste flirts with Danny's doctor (Dr. Emerson: Chris Jacobs) and Ruby helps set up surveillance equipment, Barbara discovers that one of the other residents at the hospital is a crook (Mickey "Eggman" Sparks: Paul Hayes) she and Danny put in jail 15 years ago. Vicky sees an article about a building fire and it arouses her suspicions. She is so upset, she tells Anton to leave. Unsure if this other criminal is involved as well, Danny sends Chance to check him out, but instead, Chance discovers his favorite nurse could be the key to bringing down a killer.

Chance watches his house blow up and it is assumed that his entire family is dead. The local police investigate, but is blocked by the FBI. They know his family was FBI, so he tells them about the latest case. However, Lt. Lisa Ramone and Sergeant Bonner have a problem believing it. Flashback: Danny goes undercover as a small-time gun dealer to infiltrate a local mob crew, but just when he's making headway with one of the crew boys, his contact turns up belly-up in the ocean. Was he whacked by his own crew? Danny slowly establishes contact with the remaining mobsters and gets them interested in a phony bazooka heist, hoping to gain their trust and uncover the murderer. Meanwhile, the Arno family becomes completely "Italianized" as the Andreotti's, and even get access to an undercover home to entertain mob boss Charlie "Diggs" Digliero. The next door neighbors are a bit too friendly and are visiting when Danny arrives home with a bazooka. The bazooka plan arouses Charlie's suspicion, and when Chance accidentally blows their cover on the docks, the undercover cover house meets with an explosive end-right before Chance's eyes. Is Chance the only Arno left? Close to the end of the story, the Sgt. and Lt. get a bit suspicious about the family not being tipped off. CPS shows up and needs Chance ASAP. The police captain knows what is going on and covers for them. The family is on their way to Utah.

The Arnos are settling into their new home in Utah when they receive a visit from an FBI accountant. Danny is shocked when he is told that he's being investigated for "misappropriation of funds (a lousy $400.00)." In an even more bizarre twist, Danny's brother Frank suddenly shows up at the house after having been released from prison early. Danny meets with Agent Aubrey Lang, the head of the Utah FBI, and soon becomes convinced that Lang is out to get him. Lang froze all of the Arno's accounts-personal and business. Later, at his hearing, Danny finds out that Lang made a deal with Frank to get incriminating evidence on Danny's past. Barbara does some searching and finds out that Lang's son was killed and may blame Danny for it. Hoping to redeem himself to Danny, Frank follows a hunch, and discovers it may not be Lang who's out to get Danny after all.

Danny and Chance leave town for a few days to work on a case at a nearby Indian reservation, where Danny thinks he'll be able to show Chance how to gamble. But the case isn't as child-friendly as Danny had anticipated: it seems that Clifford Harris (Richard Gilbert-Hill), a teacher at the local high school, may be molesting one of his students (Benny Yazzie: Shane Dillon). Meanwhile, Celeste is having school trouble of her own--she doesn't know how to make new friends because of the way the Arnos have to live. She finally meets a girl in her class, Robin (Jodi Lea Webster), who she seems to have a lot in common with. Danny does not like that Chance knows more about child molestation than he realized. And the fact that Chance is 12-years old and starting to notice girls. Ruby realizes there's trouble when she discovers that Robin's mother (Christy Ann Harnick: Maggie Baird) is on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list. Danny does not want Chance involved in his case. Celeste brings Robin home and Robin does some snooping and finds out the truth about her mom. Chance discovers that Benny is in love. Celeste is furious that Ruby was investigating her friends mother (and upsetting her only friend in town). Danny wants to have the birds and the bees conversation with Chance, but he already had it with Celeste. Barbara talks with Christy and Celeste looks for Robin. Danny is successful with blackmailing Harris, but Danny and Chance dont believe he is guilty. Both Barbara and Celeste tell Christy and Robin the truth about them being FBI. When Robin and Celeste get home, the police are all over the house and arrest her. Robin feels even more betrayed by Celeste. Barbara tries to explain, but Celeste runs away. At the police station, Christy tells Robin the truth. It turns out that Benny is in lovewith Mrs. Harris.

On the trail of known arsonist and murderer Weist/Anthony Rossi (arsonist: Cameron Watson), Danny and Barbara stage a divorce-without confirming for the kids that it's all for show. (The family golden rule is "no secrets". You can't back some one up if you don't know the plan. The problem is Chance know they are not being told the whole truth). The school counselor (Mr. Fabian: Paul Kierman) tries to reach out to Chance. The plan: to catch Weist in the act of offering his known hit man services to Danny. The murder-for-hire offer comes as anticipated, but Danny is unsuccessful at getting the offer on tape. Now the only way to get a conviction that will stick is to catch Weist in the act of killing Barbara. The danger becomes worse when Weist insists on including an unpredictable, trigger-happy partner (Phil Romy: Kris Kamm) in the plan. The case takes an emotional toll on their life together. Chance wants to know if Danny and Barbara are getting a divorce-for real. Romy soon begins to suspect a set up and winds up being a threat to the entire Arno family. Danny calls off the hit, but Romy and Weist don't care.

Danny goes undercover as an assassin, and is hired to whack two guys by Michael Pappas aka Billy Dvorak, a middleman for a number of higher-up criminals. Danny and Chance stage the "hits" and take the intended victims, Barrett Connelly and Gil Fedder, to an FBI safe house (on an old military reservation). Both claim no knowledge of anyone who would want them whacked, and deny having previously met one other. Barbara and kids also go to the facility for a "vacation". Barbara makes a mistake by inviting Barrett to lunch. She finds a severed body part in the freezer. Her reaction triggers suspicion in Barrett and he does some snooping in their quarters. He discovers that they are FBI. While making a run for it, Barrett kidnaps Celeste. But it is soon revealed that Barrett and Gil do know each other - and Pappas. The case turns out to be much bigger than originally realized: the three are responsible for the largest Brinks truck robbery ever, and have been trying to knock one another off ever since.

Just two days before his execution, the last confession of condemned killer Henry Carter Crowe (Gregg Henry) has suddenly become very important. Someone has kidnapped the son of Adam Kondos (Phil Reisen), the District Attorney who successfully prosecuted Crowe for murdering a family. Now the kidnapper is threatening to kill the young boy if Crowe doesn't receive a stay of execution. The Feds enlist Danny to impersonate a death row priest, in order to try to get Crowe to end his life by doing the right thing and reveal the kidnapper's location. Can Danny get the information he needs in time to prevent a second life from ending? The kids watch the TV as the drama unfolds and discuss the "merits" of executions. The kidnapper puts a photo of the boy on a news van outside the prison-meaning the kidnapper isn't too far away from the prison. Barbara goes undercover a news reporter to see if she can get any information on the kidnapper. Henry figures out that Danny is not a real priest. They are not getting anywhere and the governor will not stay the execution. As the time ticks away, Danny desperately tries to get Henry to talk.

The Arnos travel to Las Vegas when Danny is assigned to go to a fading, off-the-strip casino to protect Ed Linson the Oasis casino's owner and a former mobster who's been cooperating with the FBI. The casino is the perfect place for Danny to revive his lounge act, but when mobster Lon Colomby and his mother arrive for a "vacation," playtime is quickly over. Linson thinks Colomby is there to kill him. Lon hits on Barbara. Lon meets Danny and says Danny has lost his touch-as if he had seen his act before. Mary wants to go home-she isn't having fun. And she will never be proud of Lon no matter what he does. Chance becomes friends with Lon's son who is about his age. The case takes a personal turn, as Danny begins to suspect that Colomby may be the man behind the murders of his very first partner and his family. Danny is so concerned about their safety that he sends Barbara and the kids go home. Complicating matters further, another undercover agent, Ellen Lederer, is also at the casino working on the case, but her interest in Columby may be more than professional. Can she be trusted? Barbara gets suspicious and returns to the casino. Colomby fully intends to buy Ed Linson out--using whatever means necessary. In the heat of the moment, Connie reveals to Lon that Linson ratted out Colomby father to the FBI and caused him to go to jail. Lon killed Ed Linson and his family.

The Arnos are still in Las Vegas, where Danny's assignment--to protect Ed Linson, a casino owner and former mobster who's been cooperating with the FBI--has taken a turn for the worse. Without telling Danny, Linson has sold his casino to known mobster Lon Columby (Paul Hipp), and has now mysteriously gone missing. What's the real story behind the sale? Mary vows to do something about her being dirty. The sale means Columby is now the boss at the nightclub where Danny's been resurrecting his lounge act. One of Columby's first moves is to fire Danny.

Now Columby is bringing in his old Mob cronies (Mike Dulgarifat one: Billy Gardell, Stevie Christmasshort one: John Mariano, Jimmy Caccone: David Lee Smith) to help him create his vision of a new (and Mafia-controlled) Las Vegas Lon wants to build a new casino / mall about 15 miles out of Vegas. Danny appeals to Ellen Lederer (Jodi Russell), another FBI agent who's been working the casino, for help, but her personal relationship with Columby may get in the way of bringing him to justice.

Barbara and the kids return to Vegas as the rule is never leave your partner without back-up. Barbara goes to look for Danny and runs into Mary Columby. The best hope for stopping Lon might just be his mother. Mary already knew Danny was a fed. Mary refuses to testify against Lonshe doesnt want to spend the rest of her life in witness protection. However, she offers a solution. If the cronies Lon brought in think Lon is scamming them, they will turn on Lon. They are legit and dont want to get into anything illegal. There doesnt need to be a true scam, just create an atmosphere of distrust. While investigating the scam, Lon, the three cronies, and Mary find Danny and Barbara murdered in their bed. Mary implies that Lon is the murderer.

The three crones are interviewed by the gaming commission and questioned about their relationships with Lon and his involvement of Dannys first partners death, Linsons disappearance and where Danny is. Lon figures they sold him out takes them out to the desert and tries to kill them when Danny shows up. Two out of three of them are shot. Lon, shot and bleeding, returns to Mary claiming not to know why they sold him out and how Danny is involved. Mary explains about Lon killing Dannys old partner. Mary ends up killing Lon.

Celeste's volunteer work at a local hospital turns out to be an entry point into a scary, slightly surreal murder mystery when two nurses vanish under mysterious circumstances. Danny talks to the chief of staff (Dr. Arthur Levitt: George Wyner) about staff giving Celeste inappropriate attention (without realizing he is giving her inappropriate attention) and wants him to keep an eye on Celeste. Barbara runs into an old high school friend (Dr. Harold Jim Bentley: Gildart Jackson) which makes Danny jealous. Celeste is creeped out with Dr. Levitt watching her. Danny discovers that Dr. Bentley was arrested (and acquitted) in his wifes murder. Danny goes berserk when he tells Barbara. Dr. Levitt knows about Dr. Bentleys pastin fact, he testified at the trial. Barbara discovers that Bentley is a drug addictboth he and his wife were. After a three-day bender, Bentley wakes up to find his wife deadwith her heart missing. After enlisting her parents' help, Celeste's fears about the nurses' whereabouts turn out to be well-founded when Danny locates their bodies. But who killed them--and why? The police swarm the hospital and both Levitt and Bentley wonder what each other has done. Tara Mathers (Jenna Leigh Green) notices someone spying on them in the volunteers lounge and goes searching. Tara stabs Dr. Levitt in self-defense. Later he diesof a very precise stab wound. Bentley turns out to be quite insane and attacks Barbara.

Danny is assigned to bring down Pic Rocker (Glenn Morshower), a notoriously sleazy boxing promoter known to do anything to win a fight-even commit murder. When the Feds learn that one of Rocker's boxers (El Nino Sanchez : Ray Montoya ) is willing to blow the whistle on him, Danny (posing as a fight manager) and Chance go to the boxer's fight to make contact and are forced to come up with a new plan when the boxer mysteriously drops dead. Determined to get his man, Danny decides to approach Buddha Jacks Jackson (Johnny Yaya McClain), a disillusioned ex-boxer formerly represented by Rocker who retired three years earlier after killing an opponent (McClelland) in the ring (but was that killing fixed ?). The Arnos' influence has a healing effect on Buddha, and he finally agrees to help by announcing his return to the ring and fixing his fight with Rocker in advanceon the condition that Rocker gets nailed for murder and nothing less. Chance is upset with Danny because Danny wont tell Buddha the truththat he is no longer going after Rocker for murder, just fixing fights. When he does, Buddha thinks Chance is a traitor. The rest of the family backs Chance in thinking that Danny messed up. Buddha changes camps and goes back to Rocker. But now that the fix is in, is Buddha really working for the Feds--or for himself? Rocker wants Williams to throw the fight, but he doesnt want to. Rocker threatens Williams. That is enough to arrest Rocker (for fixing fights), but Danny wants to hold off. Danny tells Buddha that Williams is supposed to take a dive in the third round. In round three, Buddha doesnt hit back and Williams cant take a dive. Leon Moore, Rockers backer , who also has connections to the mob (Dennis Kostecki), is not a happy man. Danny wants Rocker to admit that he drugged McClelland and Sanchez thus rendering them incapable of defending themselves in a fight; consequently killing them. Rocker can talk to Danny or Moore. Jaret Williams: Sherman Augustus, FBI Agent Ellen: Jodi Russell, Al Bernstein (self), Truck: Stan Ellsworth, Chullo: Chato Alger, Detective: William Osborn, Referee: Pete Suazo, Reporter: James Jamison

Following the fiery end of the Arno house and getting everyone they know in San Diego to believe that the entire family (except Chance) is dead, the Arnos set up shop in Salt Lake City, Utah. Danny is assigned to go undercover as a policeman in order to check out a suspected dirty cop, Mario Honey Man Holiday (Ted Marcoux). Part of the undercover job is moving into a house that is feasible on a cops salary. Meanwhile, Lt. Lisa Ramone (Kay Lenz) of the San Diego Police Department has lost her credibility and her job due to her obsession with finding out the truth about what really happened to the Arno family. Danny works on bonding with Holidayincluding dinners with the Holidays. Mario has the exact opposite philosophy in keeping his family safetell them absolutely nothing about his job.

With the help of a private detective (Det. Mackowitz: Timothy Busfield), she learns that the Arnos may be in Salt Lake City, and she immediately heads out in hot pursuit. Her investigation soon threatens to blow Danny's cover and puts the entire Arno family in danger. Can Danny solve his case and keep Ramone from forcing his family to move again? Ramone confronts Holiday thinking he is Danny. That gets Holiday to thinking. Ramone shows up at the house and confronts Chance and Barbara. Then Holiday shows up at the house and whisks Danny away on a bust. The bust with Holiday is legit but on the way home, Holiday confronts Danny about who he really is. Ramone lets the family know that she let the cat out of the bag and Holiday knows they are FBI. In the end, she ends up saving the familys life.

The FBI assigns Danny to find a young woman (Allison Marston) in rural Utah who is missing and feared dead. She was part of a polygamist community, where men take multiple wives and everyone avoids contact with the outside world. To infiltrate the clan, the Arnos pose as a polygamist family, but Celeste is none too happy to be Danny's second wife. Eli Marston (Nathan Stevens), the oldest son in the clan falls in love with Ruby. Ruby also likes him. She thinks she is being followed one night and stumbles, literally, over a dead body by the side of the river. It isn't the girl the Arnos are looking for, but she appears to have been severely beaten. Barbara then discovers a diary that talks about a shed where disobedient girls are taken to be punished. Can the Arnos discover what's going on before there are any more deaths -- and before Ruby is forced into an arranged marriage with Eli? Eli wants to be with Ruby but not by force. Eli knows where Allison is and takes Ruby there.

Chance is now 13 years old. When Celeste and Ruby attend a rave party, a mischievous Chance decides to plant a bug on an unsuspecting Ruby. Ruby is tired of the rave and calls mom to pick her up. Then Danny finds the bug. The microphone picks up a conversation about drugs at the party, and Danny immediately leaves to retrieve their kids. After arriving at the rave, they hunt for Celeste and Ruby, and Barbara decides to check the ladies room. Seconds later, Danny hears two gunshots, and rushes into the bathroom to find Barbara on the floor, critically wounded--and a gunman pointing a gun at him. Now Barbara is in the hospital and Celeste blames Ruby for calling her in the first place. And so does Ruby. Detective Farren talks to Celeste who is not a credible witness as she lied when she said she was not high. Danny is under investigation for wrongful homicide. Celeste tries to help Danny track down Vincent. When talking with the detective, Chance keeps glancing at something hanging out of the detectives pocket. The cops may be the reason behind why any of it happened in the first place. Can Danny clear his name--and will Barbara recover from her injuries? The kids remember some details that when put together gives Danny the entire story. Barbara will recover and Detective Farren is in big trouble.

Chance explains why even though the Arno kids are talented and/or pretty, they try not to call any attention to themselves (even if that means losing a race on purpose). A warning fax is sent to the school. When Miss Collins (Heather Beers) is murdered at the children's school, Danny masquerades as a substitute teacher in order to investigate. The prime suspect is Kent Kessler aka the shooter (Tim Redwine) who got teased too much over the years and had a crush on Ms. Collinsand it doesnt help when a rifle is found in his locker. Barbara is uneasy about the kids going to school and helping Danny. Celeste tries to get close to Kent but he is mean and she storms off. He also makes fun of other students. Danny tells him to stop, and Kent storms out of the classroom and cuts himself (not for the first time) in the boys room. Addie (Lauren Hodges) is filming / interviewing the students and staff about the attackswhat do they think, are they afraid, etc. Another warning fax comes in and the vice principal calls a code red (lock down); Dannys name is at the top of the list. Addie has a secret but she wont tell Danny. Kent gets drunk and tries to hang himself. When a second teacher becomes ill, Evan Pallin, the security guard (Steve Rankin) drives the teacher to the hospital. However, the reporters get to the hospital before anyone from the school does and yet no one called 911. (This rules out the reporters listening to the police scanners so how did they get there so fast??) Celeste finds out that Kent was being taunted by Evan. Addie tells Ruby that she sent the first fax but not the second one (she wanted a sensational story). A newspaper comes out with Danny as the hero for saving the teachers life. Evan is angry because Danny got the credit and not him. Danny confronts Evan about alerting the press so they would show up at the hospital before themhopefully so Evan would get the hero credit. Danny taunts Evan about him being useless and screwing up the first rescue (he poisoned Ms. Collins so he could rescue her and get the hero credit, but failed because he couldn't swim and she drowned). Evan and Danny tussle and fall into the pool. Kent hears Evan yelling for help. He pulls an unconscious Danny out of the pool and gives him CPR. Evan makes it to the side of the pool with the help of a life preserver.

A Cuban soccer player defects to America, but Danny suspects it may be a cover-up to commit terrorist activities on American soil.