A wealthy client is brutally murdered and the wife is implicated. Her only defense when caught red-handed is that she has no recollection of what had taken place. Billy, anxious to take on bigger cases, is the lone voice advocating for the firm taking the criminal case, but Fish and Cage ultimately decide it should be farmed out. Georgia, meanwhile, takes on a case about a heterosexual waiter suing for discrimination and wrongful dismissal when he's fired from his job for not being gay. Renee seduces a fellow attorney. (Crossover event - The Practice - 2x26 - Axe Murderer (2))

Jimmy Berluti and Ellenor Frutt cross over from THE PRACTICE to try to get Kevin's job back, after he was fired for keeping the student teacher affair of Milton and Lisa a secret. Scott Guber and Steven Harper fight each other over personal issues. Marla starts a petition to support Kevin. Lauren is mad at Harry when she finds out about his past. (Crossover event - The Practice - 5x14 - The Day After (1))

Ellenor is diagnosed with a disease that complicates pregnancy. She appoints Jimmy as her baby's guardian and makes Dr. Gideon promise that he will put the baby's life ahead of her own. Legally, this is unethical, and poses problems in the surgery to also remove her rupturing appendix. Her health declines (several seizures), and it doesn't seem that she or the baby will survive. Worse still, due to Ellenor's condition, she will die if they deliver the baby. Pulling at straws, Dr. Gideon prescribes heparin (an act of hope rather than medical evidence). After a long night, Ellenor recovers, and Gideon attributes it to "dumb luck", but is glad never the less. Throughout the episode we learn that Ellenor and Gideon's wife were best friends, and he offers advice on how to be a single "mom." (Crossover event - The Practice - 5x16 - Gideon's Crossover (1))