- A young woman from a traditional Indian family is hooked on meth and pregnant out of wedlock. Her mother seeks William's help, but the father is opposed to outside intervention in this private family matter. As the young woman's wedding to a close family friend nears, William must keep her from succumbing to her addictions--both to drugs and to the ex-boyfriend who got her hooked in the first place.
- William starts the episode by telling us a prayer addicts learn during recovery. We see a mother in traditional Indian attire speaking with her daughter on her wedding day. William shows up with a birthday present for Ben and finds out his son has lost his job after only three weeks. William tells Melissa and Lulu he's going to a wedding and begins leafing through an old wedding album. We cut back to the bride and see that not only is she firing up some crystal meth just before the ceremony but that she is noticeably pregnant.
24 Hours Earlier: The mother, Anjali Patel, confronts William outside the convenience store her husband owns. She has heard he can help her daughter, Usha. Usha is seven months pregnant and about to marry a man that is not the father. Anjali has heard if Usha gets traditional help she could lose the baby and go to jail.
Present: Sitting at the wedding with Akani, William watches the stoned Usha and flashes back to his own drugged-up wedding. Usha keels over during the ceremony and William grabs her and takes her to the shop. As they detox Usha she cries out over and over again for someone named Zander. We flash to her doing drugs in the projection room with Zander while a Bollywood movie plays. Usha's father shows up demanding that William hand her over. He doesn't seem to believe that she is an addict, but William convinces him that his care is preferable to jail. Akani is worried it is dangerous keeping a pregnant woman at the garage.
A still-stoned Usha wakes up and tells William about Zander. She can't leave until the drugs are out of her system. Ben, who is hanging around the garage, is clearly into Akani. William visits Zander, who has been put in the hospital by Usha's fiancé. He promises William he'll be clean when the baby comes. A now-sober Usha explains she is not in love with her fiancé, that he was the best friend of her deceased brother.
William & Co. prepare Usha's home for her return. Her father is still indignant about the process, which will involve William's people living there. William works on setting up a surprise birth party for Ben, who is still infatuated with Akani. William brings Usha home to her parents. She tells them "I'm ready to be part of this family." Usha tells her father she doesn't want to get married. He is aware of her feelings for Zander and doesn't think any man besides her fiance will provide for her. She blows up at him, saying he never loved her and her brother lucked out by crashing his motorcycle into a tree. Usha tells William she wants to leave and be with Zander. He says she's not yet sober.
William meets Zander as he's discharged from the hospital. The plan is for Zander to detox at the garage before going to a rehab facility. William goes home and tells Ben his feelings for Akani are not a big deal. Melissa doesn't like the idea of Ben working with him and they discuss that she has changed the locks on him. Usha goes through a window and runs away from home. That evening William and Usha's father talk to a dealer. He tells them she has been scoring drugs in the last hour. William tells her father Usha has "inherited your anger." Back at Usha's home Arnie tells William that Zander left the shop, beating up Akani on his way out. The black-and-blue Akani makes the case to William that turning in Usha might be the best thing for everyone involved. William finds Usha at the Zander's theater, having gone into labor. He calls for an ambulance.
William visits Usha in the hospital. Her undersized baby has survived but William doesn't know when she will get to see it. She asks if Zander has come to see the baby and William tells her "Zander's gone. He's gone for know." She apologizes and we see that she is handcuffed to the bed. Ben takes Akani aside and admits taking Usha in was a mistake. William stares at the premature child and flashes to his wedding again. Usha's father confronts William at the grocery store: "You don't know what it's like to lose what I've lost," he says. Despite being a father of two, William tells him, Usha's child is the first he's ever seen born. No one shows up for Ben's birthday party and Lula tells William that his friends are changing. William tells Melissa he wants Ben to work with him, adding that "I'm not going to stop showing up."
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