yeah, he'd asked corrine out for dinner in a previous episode, looks like she took him up in on it
ok, here's what happened: they were chasing a russian who had hired an arsonist. The assistant chief and anotehyr cop stepped in, because they didn't want Rawlings and Mackie tied to the bust since they were about to get alot of bad publicity for the church sting, so vic was pissed he got kicked off the case. HE took the Asst. Chief aside and said WTF. Asst. Explain to him, and said "if I were you, I would make sure everything goes exactly right for your captain, because she's the only one giving you a chance right now"
so, meanwhile, vic is helping Shane out with some cigarette smuggling ring. They have a mexican on the inside wearing a wire. Vic knows he needed to find the Russian and arsonist, but is mixed up in this and can't go touch it. So he covertly goes to the mexicans boss, and gives up the inside man on shane's bust (essentially screwing shane over, but shane wants to kill vic, so **** him) in exchange for the mexican finding out where the russia is hiding
vic finds the russian, ties the bag over his head and cuffs him, makes him tell him where the arsonist is, brings him back and does the same thing to him. then he makes an anonymous phone call to the asst. chief's cop who's running the case, who finds the guys al prepped for him to take him in. Vic guarenteed his captain looked good, but didn't let himself be seen involved in a case he was told to stay out of
clear?