2x1 - Hello/Goodbye

September 17, 1996

When Gayle (Catherine Kellner) is badly wounded in the line of duty, the El Camino police force begins a desperate search for the perpetrator. New cast members are introduced including, Blair Underwood as Officer Mike Rhoades, Lisa Vidal as Officer Jessica Helgado, and Lindsey Frost as Sergeant Helen Sullivan. Beth (Lesle Boone) experiences a series of false labor pains causing her husband Terry (Mathew Beck) to panic. When she is finally ready to deliver, Terry is not around and it is a nervous Russel (Louis Mustillo) who must take over. Gayle dies as Beth gives birth to a healthy 7 pound, 6 ounce baby boy.

2x2 - Nobody Walks in El Camino

September 19, 1996

Jim Marsh (David Keith) finds his car has been vandalized by Julia's murderer, her husband, who insanely blames Jim for breaking up his marriage and forcing him to kill his wife. Terry (Matthew Beck) has become a new father and must deal with Russell's (Louis Mustillo) paternal feelings as well as his own. Jessie (Lisa Vidal) and Mike (Blair Underwood) feel their talents are being wasted when they are assigned to bus patrol. A nasty mob attacks the bus, changing their minds.

2x3 - Welcome to America

September 26, 1996

Jim Marsh (David Keith) and Randy Willitz (Cole Hauser) pursue a truck full of illegal immigrants until it crashes. A bystander videotapes the incident, as Marsh uses force to contain and arrest the driver. The driver accuses Jim of using excessive force. A passenger of the truck later dies of wounds the driver inflicted on him. Mike and Jessie respond to a two-car collision. Mike is harassed by the gathering crowd for not protecting ""his own,"" after he cites a black man for reckless driving. A member of the Algerian women's Olympic track team steals a diamond bracelet from a jewelry store because she wants to be put in jail in America so she won't have to return home where she fears persecution.

2x4 - Who'll Stop the Bombs

October 3, 1996

A bomb explodes in a sleazy motel. Hours later, a second bomb explodes in the back of a station wagon. Jessica (Lisa Vidal) gets a soda from the ECPD vending machine, and discovers it's attached to a bomb inside the machine. Willitz consoles her, as a bomb expert diffuses the situation. Meanwhile, Len, who is having marital problems, thinks he is falling in love with Lynette, his deceased partner's widow. He goes to her to confess his feelings. Leslie finally meets the daughter she gave up for adoption, ten years before. Terry and Russel respond to a call about a possible truck bomb only to discover a stash of marijuana buried under a load of manure. The bomber turns out to be the owner of the station wagon that blew up. Jim Marsh, Randy Willitz and Mike chase him into a drainage channel. The bomber has dynamite strapped to his chest and threatens to blow Marsh and himself up. Marsh convinces the man that his children need him.

2x5 - The Godfather

October 10, 1996

Mike Rhodes (Blair Underwood) arrests a 15-year-old juvenile and takes him under his wing. Later the teen is beaten-up by his step-father. He finds his step-fathers gun and threatens to shoot the man. The kid is coaxed into dropping the gun by Rhodes and the abuser is arrested. When Len's son, Joel is missing, the El Camino police force come together for the search and Sue (Elizabeth Harmon-Haid) blames Len's affair with Lynette for their distraught son's disappearance. Len goes undercover and gets the convicted child molester who took his son, to lead him to where the attacker took him. Joel is scared but unharmed. Meanwhile, Russell is concerned about his baptism duties as the christening date for Terry's son approaches. Leslie finally tells her peers about her long lost daughter.

2x6 - Masquerade

October 17, 1996

Halloween is a cop's nightmare. Halloween day begins with a station wagon crashing into a prison bus, allowing four convicts to escape. Halloween night is even more tense. Lenny Gayer (Matt Craven) is crushed when his wife decides that she doesn't want him to spend Halloween with her and the kids. Randy Willitz (Cole Hauser) must face the fact that his father is an alcoholic after he's arrested for DUI. Leslie (Aunjanue Ellis) is torn between Trick-or-Treating with her daughter Anita, and being a good cop. Russell (Louis Mustillo) spends his day trying to scare Sergeant Sullivan (Lindsay Frost).

2x7 - Shake, Rattle & Roll

October 31, 1996

El Camino is shaken by a 6.2 earthquake. Jessie (Lisa Vidal) and Mike Rhodes (Blair Underwood) are called to a collapsed tunnel, where they attempt to save the life of a young woman in labor. The woman is trapped inside an ambulance and bleeding. Mike breaks one of the ambulances small windows, and Jessie squeezes through. The woman later bleeds to death, but Jessie must continue to deliver the baby. The boy baby is born healthy. Just when Terry (Matthew Beck) and his family think they made it through the earthquake unharmed, they learn their home has been destroyed.

2x8 - Change Partners

November 7, 1996

Lenny (Matt Craven) is jealous of Mike's (Blair Underwood) interest in Lynette. Jim Marsh (David Keith) discovers that Sargeant Sullivan (Lindsay Frost) has temporarily made herself his partner. Russell (Louis Mustillo) and Terry (Matthew Beck) stop a medical student for an illegal left-hand turn, and discover he's carrying a cadaver in his trunk to sell to a man that re-sells them to off-shore medical schools. The department tries to apprehend a group of professional robbers who have been assaulting armored truck drivers and stealing the money.

2x9 - Bullet the Blue Sky

November 21, 1996

2x10 - Warrant Peace

December 5, 1996

2x11 - Christmas Blues

December 12, 1996

2x12 - My Brother's Keeper

January 9, 1997

2x13 - No Money Down

January 16, 1997

2x14 - Knock, Knock

January 30, 1997

2x15 - Black and Blue

February 6, 1997

2x16 - Hot Wire

February 13, 1997

2x17 - Excessive Force

February 27, 1997

2x18 - Show Me the Money

March 13, 1997

2x19 - Remote Control

April 3, 1997

2x20 - Camino High

April 24, 1997

2x21 - Starting Over

May 1, 1997