 Everyone is too busy to notice Claudia s 12th birthday when Bailey leaves town to make an urgent trip to Los Angeles to find Jill and help her. But during the road trip back, Bailey soon learns that Jill s drinking and drug taking is something not easily to be considered curable. Meanwhile, business picks up for Charlie for his furniture business when his business partner, Gwen, urges him to produce a new line of tables in a week. Also, Julia commits herself to an unrealistic 24-hour song writing deadline with her coffee shop pal Danny, who is revealed to be HIV-positive.