Wood and Ava are spending a lot of time with Gil and Madeline Hall, but the Halls' increasingly frequent sexual banter is making Wood and Ava nervous enough to reevaluate the friendship.
Wood's visiting high school friends tell incriminating stories about him to Ava and Evan. And Wood's former fiancée Rebecca Kincaid is back in town and still carrying a torch for him.
In a flashback, the Newton family helps Ava runs for district attorney against an obnoxious opponent, and Harlan is convinced that a win for Ava would have negative effects on her marriage to Wood.
John Madden is sought to emcee an annual sports banquet, while Wood comes to regret asking Herman to film a documentary on the Newton family life for the Newtons' unborn baby to see.