After Brackman' estranged mother dies, he learns that he has yet another bald half-brother, named Gordon Salt, from another one of late father's mistresses. Gordon, a psychiatrist, tries to help Douglas with his marital problems with Sheila, when really he wants her for himself. Meanwhile, Abby and Rollins learn more about each other as they work late hours to document a potential class action suit. McKenzie tries to help Victor settle a lawsuit brought by a woman against August Redding, a elderly legendary lawyer who's mental facilities are slowly leaving him. Kuzak tries to coax Grace out of her self-imposed retirement by offering a position as co-counsel for Andy Prescott and Thomas Mullaney, two teenage boys accused of a felony murder in connection with a convenience store robbery.

After Kelsey and Markowitz discover the intimate relationship between McKenzie and Rosalind, they spearhead a movement to confront him about his highhanded ways. Meanwhile, Kuzak allows his jealous feelings about Grace to influence his reactions after learning about her involvement in the kidney broker affair. Victor hates himself after he's compelled to defend Lionel Sanders, an alleged sociopath murderer he believes has blatantly lied under oath. Becker takes a difficult divorce case of representing a young woman in her divorce from Leonard Bey, a vain, aging millionaire, while Roxanne and Corrinne plan a surprise 39th birthday party for Becker. Also, Abby remains bitter over being passed over for partner.

Victor asks Grace to have dinner with him and his family, but the evening ends in tragedy when his brother Charlie is put in a coma of as a result of a car accident, in which Victor pushes the hospital to let his brain-damaged, comatose brother taken off life support. Meanwhile, Kuzak and Mullaney are hired by Rikki Davis, a well-known heiress, to defend her against charges that she and her boyfriend murdered her 72-year-old husband for his money. Also, Zoey opposes Brian Byrd, a sleazy attorney who is representing a smug, wealthy executive accused of raping a 16-year-old girl.

Brackman accidentally becomes the victim of a gay-bashing incident and tries to keep the incident a secret despite pleas from a gay former college friend to testify against his attacker. Kelsey is defending a logging company owner being sued, along with an environmental activist, by a maimed sawmill worker after an accident that involved the activist spiking redwood trees. Meanwhile, Mullaney goes out on a limb, with Zoey's help, to defend a woman who wants to plead guilty for possession of drugs in her apartment, knowing her boyfriend left it there. C.J.'s father, a veteran stage and screen actor, arrives in town from England on a drunken bender and sprays salt on family wounds.

C.J. is representing a man suing the Federal government for negligence after a psychotic Federally-protected witness murdered his wife, and C.J. soon learns that she may be in way over her head which could threaten her career and life. Meanwhile, Mullaney's depression over murdering the serial killer John Harvey prompts Zoey to comfort him, but his presence stirs up trouble with Rollins. Also, Bloom sets Arnie to be duped by a rival TV station.

Becker meets with an AIDS-stricken ex-lover, Paige Dietrich, who needs a will drawn before she dies, and Roxanne gets a blood test when she learns of Becker's past connection with Dietrich. Meanwhile, Victor Sifuentes visits Grace with a marriage proposal. DePalma is representing a ex-convict, also dying from AIDS, who is suing the medical board to keep him covered on their insurance. Brackman and Sheila get more intimate and decide to remarry.

Gwen's stalker, a darkly sinister woman who claims to be Alison Morales, Daniel's recently diseased wife, continues to plague Gwen and plays a particularly cruel trick on her by tampering with her medical records. Meanwhile, Markowitz takes the stand for the first time at the pretrial preliminary against his two alleged assailants. Brackman represents a man running an adult strip club downstairs in their building and the city attorney involved is the annoying and obnoxious Dana Romney. Becker believes his show business career is over as Schuller's will is read, but he gets the opposite result when Beatrice Schuller acquires the throne, dismisses Flicker and hires Becker as the studio director. Also, Rollins confides in Paros about his behavior during the Ajamian riot.

Kelsey represents a former elementary school teacher seeking to get his job back after being cleared of sexual molestation charges. Meanwhile, Rollins is representing a baseball player being sued for assault by a relentlessly critical, heckling fan. After breaking up with Morales, Gwen feels the stress of studying for her bar exam and accepts help from her attractive tutor.

Becker urges that the firm employ a security consultant in constructing a "safe room" for the employees, then falls prey to the innovation when he and Denise get locked in it after hours. Meanwhile, Kelsey and Halliday square off against each other while they are representing Karl Bullon, a self-righteous department store employer being sued by an ex-employee for eavesdropping on her who was having an extra-marital affair with a co-worker, where Halliday learns a courtroom lesson while cross-examining a witness. Also, Rollins decides to represent Glassman and seeks out a former Black Panther member as a witness for his and Markowitz's case.

Markowitz reluctantly takes a court case of a libel suit involving an investigative reporter who accused a nuclear physicist of conducting radiation experiments on unwitting subjects in the 1950s. Meanwhile, Kelsey handles a divorce case between a woman and her husband, a Grateful Dead fanatic. Also, Becker gets involved with district attorney Belinda Fox, who is determined to prosecute his client for pandering.