Georgie's thesis about the Reed siblings infuriates Alex and Charley---especially after Georgie gets an offer from a publisher. And Bea's life-threatening illness threatens to make a permanent rift among the sisters.

Georgie's thesis about the Reed siblings infuriates Alex and Charley---especially after Georgie gets an offer from a publisher. And Bea's life-threatening illness threatens to make a permanent rift among the sisters.

Charley and Wes annouce their engagement, and fight for custody of Jesse; Alex wants to spend her vacation rebuilding the homes of flood victims.

Charley's efforts to adopt Jesse are hampered by a social worker who feels that a black family should raise him; Alex tries to help a homeless former schoolmate.

Alex battles to keep her show on the air, and feels betrayed when Norma finds a new job; a patient becomes obsessed with Georgie.

Big Al questions his decision to hide his Jewishness; Charley quakes at the thought of meeting Wes's parents; and Georgie has a feeling she may be pregnant.

Sorenson resigns to spare himself embarrassment, but Teddy takes it upon herself to investigate; Cat gets promoted over Billy; Alex gets a chance to work in New York.

Wes and Charley's romance makes the cover of a magazine---and stirs controversy; Sorenson is sued.

The family keeps vigil with Georgie as she awaits news of Trevor's downed plane; Teddy and Sorenson's "dream house" turns out a nightmare.

Trevor returns to say goodbye to Georgie before he's sent overseas; Alex fumes when she's denied admission to Pug's cigar club; Cat's assigned to be Billy's partner.

Alex drags her mother and siblings to Springfield where she's giving a speech, but they find themselves stuck in a blizzard.

The Reed siblings rush to the hospital to be with Alex during Big Al's transplant; and while they wait, Teddy meets Sorenson's old girlfriend. Also: Charley treats an injured classmate of Jesse's; and Georgie runs into Brian.

The "Reed curse" plagues Teddy as the wedding approaches, with Big Al trying to find a donor and Charley afraid to be more intimate with Wes.

Reed helps Chardonnay fulfill a last wish; Charley encourages Wes to date Jesse's teacher, but soon regrets it.

Alex clashes with an ultra-conservative columnist; Sorenson proposes to Teddy, who soon has misgivings about the union.

Big Al is visited by a friend; police officer Cat is determined to find the carjacker who shot her mother; Georgie considers moving in with Brian.

Reed is sentenced to community service in an AIDS hospice; Teddy uses flattery to soothe Sorenson's ego; Big Al entrusts a secret to Georgie.

Cat learns about Reed's activities---and is pressured by Billy to offer evidence against her cousin. Meanwhile, Charley and Alex try to get Reed to quit on her own; and Georgie's offended by the lyrics of John's first songwriting success.

Teddy suspects Sorenson is seeing another woman; Charley's colleague objects to her raising Jesse; Alex's efforts to solicit a charity donation are misconstrued by one of Reed's customers.

As Thanksgiving nears, Georgie tightens her belt on spending---until Beatrice comes up with a solution that helps Georgie, as well as Charley and Jesse; Sorenson's daughter craves his approval; Big Al begins to wonder about Reed's appetite for material goods.

Teddy's efforts to revive her career are thwarted by rival Kiri; Beatrice disapproves of Georgie's relationship with Brian; Alex is haunted by the ghost of a famous author.

Alex tries to cope with menopause; Georgie helps a former mental patient; Cat struggles to complete her courses at the police academy; Reed's new "profession" takes off.

Charley befriends the son of a deceased patient; Teddy must go before a board to prove that she's fit enough to keep designing; Alex announces that she's pregnant.

Norma gives birth, and gets an unwelcome letter from her mother; Georgie's forced to find living accommodations; Teddy finds herself put off by Sorenson---until he asks her out.

Teddy, suffering from memory loss, leaves home when she thinks the family doesn't want her around. Meanwhile, a photo jars Alex's memories of an incident from her teens that she'd like to forget.

Alex has a surprise reunion with her college boyfriend; Georgie gets an unexpected visit from Trevor (Ryan Francis); and Cat gets an uninvited houseguest---Reed.

When Teddy lapses into a coma, Alex seeks a renowned doctor (Stephen Collins) to perform surgery that may save her sister's life. Meanwhile, Cat follows the investigation into her mother's case.

Georgie goes back to school and is humiliated by a classmate; Teddy purchases pistols after she and Cat are carjacked; and Reed returns to Winnetka, claiming that her husband abducted their child.