Sat, Jan 26, 2002
M. E. ponders becoming involved in a class action lawsuit that has been filed against a comedy club. Rene confirms her commitment to Turk by proposing to him. Rene helps a young teen with divorced parents. Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated. Theresa learns disturbing facts about her ancestors when M. E. does a family tree for a school project.
Sat, Feb 16, 2002
Young Rene and M.E. have a party in the basement of Rene's house, and some of the boys get out of control in response to Rene's gift from her brother Elston, a dress with cutout windows that when Sara saw it earlier she forbids Rene from wearing it to the party. Present time, Turk's sister Rita Gail comes to town and takes control of everything around her, including a Terhune Family Wedding Ring. Present time M.E. is writing a story about the Business Fair in Birmingham that turns ugly when male participants grope two women exhibitors. Rene represents the two dressmakers that were groped by drunken men at the business fair. The police don't press charges, so Rene sues the city. Kelly tells M.E. that Ajoni lost his job, and M.E. encourages Kelly to ask Ajoni to ask Colliar for a job. Present, Turk proposes to Rene at dinner with Sara and Rita Gail there too, and presents a Ring that is not Rene's style. When Ajoni loses his temper at dinner with M.E. and Colliar he tells them he wasn't fired, that he quit his job because it has no future and he found out the University had saved a spot for him. He and Kelly walk out from the dinner. In the Past, Rene's parents, Sara and James find out that Rene wore the dress with that her brother Elston sent her from Canada where it is what the hip people are wearing, and blame her for the boy's reactions at the party by saying "boy's will be boys".
Sat, Mar 2, 2002
Present : Rene represents a man who was fired from a conservative company for refusing to cut their dreadlocks while M.E. vies with a well known wedding planner . Past - M.E. wants to get busboy job at a restaurant but disappointed when the owner offers the job to Colliar while Rene plans on attending Student Council meeting .