Hildy Brooks

Lori helps her former informant who was shot while robbing a convenience store and who does not want the bullet removed because it could incriminate him. Things become more complex for Lori when she learns that the bullet is jeopardizing his life.

Alan and Denise take on the case of a young girl whose father killed her mother after finding the mother's whereabouts through her HMO's website. Catherine Piper comes back into Alan's life - by robbing convenience stores. Beverly Bridge, Denny's fiance, flexes her muscle around the firm -- meanwhile, Brad attempts to manage the situation for Shirley and Paul. Daniel goes in for chemotherapy, and attempts to shut out Denise.

The firm stands to lose millions of dollars when GreenPeople threatens to sue for all the money they ever spent at Crane, Poole & Schmidt, alleging Denny misrepresented the firm as being environmentally friendly. Alan helps Clarence take on the bank that

Rush and the team reopen the 1967 case of a murdered brush salesman when his remains are found at the bottom of a duck pond. They learn the salesman had a hidden past and that some people in his territory were afraid he would reveal secrets he knew about them.

Julia visits Sean and Christian in Los Angeles to share life-changing news - and rejects romantic advances from both men. A great love from Matt's past, someone who has caused immeasurable family chaos, turns up as Matt prepares to marry Ramona (recurring guest star MELONIE DIAZ - Hamlet 2, Raising Victor Vargas). Liz reveals that she's happily pregnant.