Abby finds herself torn between her a lucrative offer from her former firm, and her new life at Svensson and Svensson; Lucy fights for status as Harmony's parent and asks Abby to represent her.
After Nina discovers she is not her father's biological daughter, Abigail traces a history of malpractice at the fertility clinic where Nina was conceived; Harry weighs an exciting new relationship against the prospect of losing his kids.
Abby can't help but intervene when she discovers Jerri's daughter won't let Jerri meet her grandchild, but Abby's meddling reopens old wounds from Jerri's past.
The firm represents Charisma Singhal, a young superstar whose reckless behavior has led her older brother to push for a conservator-ship, a la Britney Spears.
The parallels to their own lives are unmistakable when both Abby and Daniel represent clients who want something a court can't order: their parents' respect.
The firm represents Phaedra, a recent widow, in an estate dispute. Her late husband's daughter, wants her out of the will because they met while her mother was still alive and Phaedra was his escort.
Separated from her kids, Abby throws herself into helping Jessie, a woman who claims that her ex-husband is harassing her; Abby and Daniel suspect she is doing it to herself.
Abigail and Daniel represent a soon-to-be-starving-again artist who was once the third member of a polyamorous relationship; Daniel regrets dumping Danielle; after Abby gets abusive texts due to the case with the artist, Frank and the kids stay with her at her mother's place.
Still reeling from finding out about Frank's continued affair, Abby seeks justice for a debt-ridden widow whose husband might have faked his own death.