- As Peter (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared (Breckin Meyer) fight a friend's eviction from his late grandmother's retirement community, Anita (Toni Trucks) and Karp (Reed Diamond) square off over strategy in a lawsuit against an airline whose flight cancellation cost a scientist a million-dollar prize.—Anonymous
- We open with the guys visiting a buddy of theirs named Danny. Danny's in his mid-30s, but lives in a retirement community. He moved in with his grandmother years earlier. She has passed but he's now living with her boyfriend, Falcon. The community wants to kick Danny out because he's too young, but he likes it there. The guys agree to represent him.
Franklin and Swatello end up together in an elevator. He references Bash's mother. She's still cold towards him, and he points out that she broke up with him.
At the next firm meeting Infeld presents the case of a Professor Boyd. She was a strong candidate to win a Pulitzer-type award but GoWest airlines cancelled her flight to Sweden at the last minute, citing "act of God." She want to sue them for the value of the prize, $1.2 million. Both Haskins and Swatello want the case, but Karp comes in later, seemingly wanting Swatello to be his "sidekick."
The guys present Danny's case to the retirement community's board. They argue the facility's stated policy that age is "just a number." It goes to a vote and Danny losses unanimously. Even his friend, Pindar's former lover Nannette, votes against Danny.
Swatello goes to Infeld, upset that Haskins seemed to get more consideration for the case than she did. Infeld says he has other plans for her, saying he'd like her to chair the firm's Young Leadership Committee.
Nannette tells the guys she had to vote against Danny because committee chair Weston has leverage on her. He knows she had a prostitution arrest and Nannette can't afford the information come out.
Boyd tells Karp and Haskins that GoWest cancelled their flight at the last minute, preventing her from getting to Sweden. There were no weather issues that day and every competing airline few to Sweden on time. Karp is concerned that the "act of God" gives GoWest lots of leeway.
In an attempt to provide Danny a relative in the community, they move for Falcon to adopt him. Children's services objects, but the guys make the case to the judge that Danny has "chronic emotional immaturity." It is enough to earn them a hearing the following day.
Haskins shows Infeld that Boyd purchased her ticket two months prior to GoWest changing its policy so that "act of God" included mechanical problems. Karp thinks she agreed to the policy once she checked in that day. Haskins has personal history with GoWest and believes they have a history of treating customers poorly. Infeld thinks the firm so continue with the case and force GoWest to prove the "act of God" language.
Weston appears at the adoption hearing. Unfortunately Falcon does not show up. Danny gets a text that Falcon was arrested on drunken disorderly charges the night before. The judge gives them a few hours to track down Falcon.
The guys and Danny bail out the still-drunk Falcon. They have an idea and head to the nearest bar.
Swatello's Young Leadership Committee ends up just being her and Haskins.
Haskins performs well at the motion to dismiss hearing and their case is held over for trial.
The guys bring an even drunker Falcon into court. On the way they pass Haskins, who says she's a fan of Karp.
In court the representative from children's services shows video image of Falcon acting like a foot before his arrest. The guys acting him to attempt one of his parlor tricks where he lights his chest hair on fire. Danny runs off and gets a extinguisher, then yells that he'd like Falcon to "grow up." The guys' plan was that they'd now like Danny to be the father in the adoption. It works.
Haskins comes into the office and catches the end of Karp meeting with GoWest's counsel. He's advised Boyd to accept a settlement of $10,000 and 50,000 airline miles. Haskins hates the idea because this won't be enough to help fund Boyd's research going forward. She upset that Karp isn't fighting for his client.
In court Karp changes his mind last minute and asks the judge for more time. In chambers he makes the point they have been unable to locate God in order to prove who was behind the mechanical failure. GoWest's attorney admits the head of Risk Department Ted Davis suggested the policy change. They recess until Ted can be located.
Weston still wants to evict Falcon and Danny, using a positive drug test. Mundy locates the follow-up test and confirms that, despite Falcon's insistence he hasn't taken drugs in years, they were in his blood.
After consulting a drug screening company the guys discover that it was Falcon's heart medication that created a false positive. In fact many of the prescription drugs taken by residents of the community create such false positives. But instead of letting Danny and Falcon stay, Weston moves to kick out the 20 other residents who proved their point about false positives.
On the stand Karp asks Ted how he arrived at the language in GoWest's new policy. Karp seems to prove that what happened to Boyd's plane was, in effect, and "act of Ted."
Franklin and Bash propose changing the bylaws so that testing positive isn't enough to get a person kicked out. It requires four of the fives board members. Nannette stands up and admits to her arrest, then votes to change the bylaws. Three other members follow suit. Danny and Falcon can stay.
Boyd and the firm celebrate their win over GoWest. Karp and Haskins seem to be hitting it off.
Haskins goes to Swatello about her feelings for Karp. Swatello advises her against acting on them, which leads to Haskins wondering if perhaps Swatello doesn't let anyone get close. They go for a drink.
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