Lynn is chosen by friends to be the arbitrator in a case involving their 8-year-old son who is dying from AIDS---the father wants him to take further medication, while the mother doesn't want to put him through any more suffering. Meanwhile, Danni's father hits a pedestrian and flees the scene; and Rex makes a commercial.

A friend of Rex's tries to regain custody of his 7-year-old daughter after he's released from prison for killing the child's mother; Viveca becomes Rex's associate and defends a famous college quarterback accused of illegally parking in a handicapped parking space.