A cynical, washed-out police Sergeant leaving the force is faced with a dilemma when his rookie partner is killed and he has to tell the rookie's abusive father about his son's demise. Unfortunately, the sickly old man mistakes the Sergeant for his own son and the veteran cop is stuck between a rock and a hard place - Continue the mistaken identity ruse and dupe the father, or break his silence and the elderly man's heart in the process.