Rene is representing the parents of a child who has died of AIDS. M.E. tries bringing her friends and Rene's friends together. Past: Rene decides she wants to be a lawyer after watching her father in court. M.E. feels threatened by Rene's new black friend.
"A former sorority sister (Dinah Shore) asks Jessica's (Angela Lansbury) help in clearing the name of a respected college professor (E.G. Marshall) who has confessed to murder."
"Jessica (Angela Lansbury) encounters murder when car trouble strands her and a fellow writer (Mike Connors) at a run-down truck stop owned by a disillusioned woman (Elizabeth Ashley)."
Mary continues to help her witness, Natasha, the mild-mannered accountant from the pilot, adjust to her new life, which becomes more complicated when she discovers her boyfriend is also in WITSEC.
Rush reopens the murder case of a 16-year-old girl after a prison inmate, bargaining for a reduced sentence, relates a conversation he overheard 22 years ago, intimating that the wrong man is currently serving time for the murder.