 After Sydney gets arrested for the attempted murder of Michael, Jane calls on their father who hires a lawyer for Sydney s defense. But Sydney soon learns that they want her to plead guilty to accept a plea bargain and nobody, not even the skeptical Jane or Mr. Andrews, believes her true claims that it was Kimberly who tried to kill Michael and framed her. Jane eventually asks their father to have Sydney committed to an insane asylum after mistakenly thinking that Sydney is murderously crazy and out of control. Meanwhile, Kimberly brings the amnesiac Michael home at their beach house to care for him. Alison goes to court against her father in his home town, and even names her mother in the lawsuit after learning that she knew about Mr. Parker s sexual abusing their daughters, but kept quiet out of denial. But when Meredith refuses to help Alison after seeing that Mr. Parker is a well-known and respected person in the community, their suit fails. Back in Los Angeles, Amanda takes advantage of Alison s absence to manipulate Billy for professional gain when she asks his help to get inside tips to get an ad account from the magazine company where he works, which results in his dismissal from the agency. Also, Brittany continues hanging out with Jake on his boat at the marina while he tries to keep distant to her, unaware that she has a hidden agenda.