Shirley's friend Andrea comes to the firm wanting to sue to keep a nuclear power plant out of her town; she also upends things with Denny and Alan. Carl is jealous and ends his relationship with Shirley after he sees her in a restaurant with an old flame. Katie confronts Jerry about multiple threats Leigh has made against her.

Alan represents a man whose daughter was murdered after she was ambushed on a tabloid television program; opposing counsel is Alan's nemesis, Melvin Palmer. Shirley defends an old boyfriend who is arrested for killing seals in the harbor in order to eat.