Nick's Aunt LIz and her son, Jeremy, come to ask for assistance as she negotiates a deal to sell her business, since she has been diagnosed with cancer. Nick learns his cousin's secret, and encourages him to admit his problem to Liz. Nick shares some words of wisdom with the teen, since Nick watched his mother fight cancer when he was about Jeremy's age. At LS/Pittsburgh, James Mooney has a new client from Thailand, who is supposedly looking for her uncle living in America.

A mother seeks Nick's help to block her 17-year-old son's request for emancipation. Turns out, while he can't take her case, she has information that can help in a Fallin & Associates union contract negotiation. We meet James' nephew, sister and grandmother when the teenager goes to his mother's aid and events turn tragic. And a former girlfriend of Nick's shows up to see how he's doing, and whether he has room for her in his life.