Friday January 21, 2005 9:00 PM 1.0 THIRD WATCH THE OTHER "L" WORD

RADIOACTIVE TERRORIST CLEARS THE STATION HOUSE AS EMERGENCY GRIPS CITY'S PROTECTORS -- MYKELTI WILLIAMSON ("BOOMTOWN") GUEST STARS -- The 55th precinct police station is secretly evacuated when a dying Islamic terrorist is detected to have high levels of radiation on his body while Detective Cruz (Tia Texada) and a federal agent (guest star Mykelti Williamson) desperately search for accomplices or a source of the deadly material that could turn New York into a permanent dead zone. Elsewhere: the police learn that one of their top brass is found dead; recuperating Bosco (Jason Wiles) is told that he can leave the hospital; and Carlos (Anthony Ruivivar) re-considers his decision to end his relationship with fellow paramedic Levine (Yvonne Jung). Coby Bell, Cara Buono, Bonnie Dennison, Nia Long, Molly Price and Skipp Sudduth also star.