Nick defends, without actual sympathy, confused Ronnie Wagner (13), who killed and later raped his adoptive mother and risks being tried as an adult, which may mean execution. Laurie Solt admits she ignored psychiatric therapy recommendations to speed up the adoption. A fender bender with Kim, who convinces him to let her brother Charlie McPherson repair the damage rather than inform the insurance company, leads to Nick becoming her lover before discovering she's a uniformed cop. Jake and James recruit private clients for the new firm, but Nick has doubts whether those aren't rather distractions for scoring the major corporate clients he's after.
—anonymous