 New associate, Patrick Flannigan, throws his weight around the firm, charming everyone with his friendliness and even helps get Brackman and Sheila s son, Alexander, into an exclusive prep school. But he shows his true hidden and unwholesome colors when he crosses Becker while assisting him in a civil case of a woman suing her ex-husband for allegedly molesting their daughter when Flannigan persuades Becker s client not to testify and blackmails the opposing counsel for a large settlement, which incurs the wrath of Mullaney on Becker after the devious Flannigan places the blame on Becker. Meanwhile, Rollins s case puts him between a young model and her over-protective father, who is suing her for beach of contract.