Dharma finds Greg's lock box under the bed and becomes extremely curious about it's contents. Kitty takes Larry shopping to find a gift for Abby, the new mother.
Dharma is forced to make cutbacks with the co-op while Greg makes a slam-dunk case personal when he learns that the other side's lawyer used to live with Dharma.
At Edward's birthday party, Dharma enters the soap opera-like drama of the Montgomery clan and detects a conspiracy among some of them to take over the company.
Greg leaves for two weeks for the Army Reserve and Dharma starts putting a pass-through window between the kitchen and living room. She also gets Pete a law case to handle by himself.
Dharma encourages the gang to use a plot of land next to Montgomery Industries for a community garden. She finds a bag of money there that leads to a man falsely accused of a crime.
Greg moves into Pete's place and everyone prepares for Russell and Susan's wedding. Pete has a beautiful Hungarian woman living with him and he's not sure if she's his maid or his girlfriend.
Season five begins in the aftermath of the car crash, with both sets of parents arriving at the hospital and Dharma just out of surgery. Greg has a few minor cuts, but he's mostly feeling guilty because he was driving.
Dharma tries to compete with a childhood friend (Juliettte Lewis) who pays a visit. Feeling guilty over how much her own life has changed, Dharma decides to get back to basics.