Tool Time continues to be a "jewel" despite the continued excess presence of the Binford name. Things rapidly turn sad when Al decides to take his mother out to dinner to tell her he's going to get married... and she has a heart attack and dies.
Tool Time's new producer, Morgan, stages a Jerry Springer style fight on the show. When he refuses to stop degrading the show, Tim quits. Jill's psychology professor offers her a great job - in Indiana.
A female college sophomore claims she was raped on her way home from a fraternity Halloween party; however, she also claims to be engaged to a fellow student who denies such a relationship. Detectives have only party-goers' costumes to go by, but manage to track down a suspect. When the case goes to court ADA Robinette's tactics backfire in the favor of the defendants.