 When an attempt to arrest the Fuentes brothers at Club Mayan gets their informant killed because of LaGuerta's bad judgment call, LaGuerta plans to use Manzon as a scapegoat for having a sidearm on her during the botched sting operation, but Debra fiercely defends her by asking LaGuerta to "stick together" rather than pinning the blame on someone else.However, Manzon backs LaGuerta's version of the story, blaming the incident on Debra alone and thus betraying Debra's trust.Manzon is rewarded with a sudden transfer to the homicide division – leaving Debra, the enraged scapegoat, working in the dreary file room.