 Valerie hires Matt for help in representation when her revenge-seeking mother presses murder charges against her for the late Mr. Malone s "suicide". But Kelly becomes angry about another one of Matt s clients who turns out to be the abusive husband from the spouse-abuse victim, Leah (from the  Elephant s Father  episode). Meanwhile, Sophie begins to market herself for acting work... in the porno industry. Brandon returns from his stay in Washington D.C. and reveals that he accepted a job offer there at a prestigious newspaper company while Kelly reveals to him about her own personal change in opening her new boutique store, called  Buy This . Also, Noah takes a lonely Valerie on a tour of bad memories between both of them over the suicide of their unscrupulous, white-collared, criminal fathers.