Shore and Chase represent a beautiful young woman accused of murdering her aged husband. Tara serves as Shirley's second chair against her ex-boyfriend.
Alan begins the murder trial and of Kelly Nolan, which turns into a media circus. Malcolm enlists Tara's aid to get a judge to issue a court order that allows his client to perform his uncle's trademark song.
Alan and Denny go to Canada for a case to save the Pacific Salmon. Back in Boston, the rest of the firm must help Catherine fight the murder charge after she kills Bernard.
Denny, Shirley and Paul defend a Congressman being sued for breeaking his campaign promises. Alan defends Catherine in her murder trial.
Denise sues a negligent auto manufacturer, but her case is complicated by the fact that the woman who was killed in the accident was terminally ill.
A Wiccan group and a Christian group unite to sue a school in order to cancel a Halloween pageant.
Denny goes to extremes to get out of doing pro bono work for a man who raped and killed a 13-year-old girl.
Alan turns to his new secretary for help with his newly returned night terrors. Alan makes a deal to be examined if Denny will be checked out for Alzheimer's and Mad Cow Disease. Shirley frets over a vehicular manslaughter case. Denise takes on clients sueing a plastic surgeon who injected their lips with fat from his own ass.
Denise seeks Brad's assistance in finding a little boy that she is fond of, kidnapped from a department store, after the ineffectiveness of bureaucracy forces her to assume the role of an agent and take some questionable action. Meanwhile, Denny fires the trigger on a paintball gun at a homeless man, which has the rest of the firm partners worried about his casual attitude towards guns.
Brad Chase pushes for an immediate trial after he is arrested for impersonating a federal agent and for assault.
Paul enlists Denise's help in taking on the case of a cancer patient who managed to avoid become the placebo case in a drug trial study by throwing his considerable money around. Meanwhile, Denny becomes smitten with a woman he meets at a charity function, while Alan looks into getting a partner title for hands.
Alan is alone in his decision to defend Jerry Espenson and Daniel Post becomes closer with Denise when he acts as second chair in her harassment case.
Alan represents a young girl whose father murdered her mother after tapping into her info on an HMO profile. Catherine returns and is now involved in a string of convenience store holdups. Meanwhile, Brad makes up a plan, fearing that the law firm might suffer at the hands of Denny's bride-to-be.
Denise doesn't want to go to the funeral Daniel's throwing himself.
Alan defends a nine-year-old girl who is denied admission to a private school because she can't smile due to nerve damage.
Shirley's ex-husband asks her to be in his pending nuptials while he's trying to get her back.
Denny Crane is caught cheating on his bride at the wedding reception. His bride, Bev, demands an annulment and fifty percent of her husbands worth. Crane's colleagues race to rescue him, but Bev has hired an army of divorce lawyers to represent her. Alan Shore defends a woman who was fired from her job for not following the company's no-smoking policy.
Denny's marriage falls apart. Paul asks Brad to find out if his daughter's still using drugs. Nude photos of Shirley are up for auction.
Alan's secretary gets arrested for tax evasion.
A divorce case has Shirley working with her ex-husband.
Alan starts sporadically speaking gibberish.
Alan takes it upon himself to assist Jerry in the courtroom during Jerry's first real murder trial, but finds that Jerry's erratic behavior in court could cost them a win. Meanwhile, Ivan finds a language snafu creating discomfort in his new relationship, while Shirley is aghast when she finds out Missy has no idea that she and Ivan are no longer married.
A verbal debate during a therapy session leads to Denny Crane shooting Dr. Sidney Fields his therapist. Cranes partners discuss weather or not it is time to oust him from the firm and Alan Shore defends Crane in court.
After being relased from a mental institution, Edwin Poole returns to his law firm. Denny Crane has to represent Alan Shore after Shore gets arrested for advising a client to flee the country. Bruce Chase is interested in starting a relationship with Denise Bauer.
Marlene Stanger, also known as "The Squid," joins the firm, making Denise Bauer feel competitive. It is "father versus son" when Denny Crane is pitted against Donny Crane in court. Rachel, Paul Lewiston's daughter, returns from rehab. Brad Chase hopes they can pursue a relationship.
Denny and Alan travel to Los Angeles and wind up taking on a case of a Hollywood celebrity who shot a photographer. They spend time with Barry Goal, a powerful attorney who is a lot like Denny.
Alan takes on the attempted murder trial of a beautiful celebrity who shot a photographer. Denise, feeling threatened by Marlene, uses back-stabbing techniques to further her chances of making partner. Brad's niece re-hires him after his sister fires him.