Tara tricks opposing counsel in an age discrimination case to give up privileged information. Alan and Denny are on opposite sides when they discover their client has been secretly testing a potentially fatal drug on unsuspecting patients.

Shirley Schmidt returns to Boston to clean up the litigation department, much to Denny's dislike. Lori and Paul sue the US Government for failure to rescue the people of Sudan. Alan defends Bernard Ferrion, a man who killed his mother with a skillet.