 After Alison wins the advertising contest, she s appointed as president of D&D, ousting Amanda. But unable to keep up with the frantic work schedule, Alison immediately adopts Amanda s ruthless and aggressive attitude which surprises even Billy when Alison seduces him and then discards him the morning after. Meanwhile, Michael decides to sue the city for $250,000 in matters of his road accident from Kimberly, so he sends her to another town and invites a very sickly and vulnerable Amanda over at the beach house to care for her and even has her pose as his wife to a visiting insurance agent. Jake and Jo travel to his home town in Washington state for his mother s funeral where they meet his older half-brother Jess, an auto mechanic who s still angry and bitter at Jake ever since he ran away from home at age 15 without saying a word, leaving Jess to care for their drunkard mother.