Feeling like the life as she has known it in West Covina is totally destroyed, Rebecca, invited by her mother on Paula's plea of which Rebecca is unaware, retreats to Scarsdale with no outward plan for her future. As such, Naomi decides to take control of her daughter's life, which means working toward getting Rebecca's old New York life back for her, however unhappy and messed up Rebecca was in that life. When Naomi secretly learns Rebecca's true intention, Naomi has to come up with a Plan B. Meanwhile, Nathaniel has no choice but to hire someone to fill the vacancy left by Rebecca's absence, that lawyer being Cornelia Wigfield. Those in the office that felt they had some affinity with Rebecca transfer those feelings to Cornelia regardless of how alike or more unalike Cornelia is to Rebecca. The one person who tries to resist the urge to see Cornelia as a trigger to feelings of Rebecca is Nathaniel himself. One other person who is not party to these office goings-on is Paula, who, in her depression about Rebecca, is taking sick time. Scott, who understands Paula's feelings, hopes that he and the boys can help in getting Paula out of her funk in Paula's outward statement of wanting to spend more time with her family, however unnatural that Proctor together time is for all four of them.
—Huggo