Outside, Matt is following Jo up to her apartment asking her again if she's really OK with having a possible felon for a roommate. Jo reassures Matt she knows he's innocent and confesses she doesn't want to be alone right now anyway. As they enter her apartment, they see Jake down below who first makes a snide comment about Matt being arrested before inviting the 2 of them to a party he's having at Shooters. Note to Jake: when inviting someone to do something with you, don't start off by offending them or making an ass out of yourself. Jo asks what they're celebrating to which a cocky Jake replies, "you're a smart chick - you figure it out". Minus another 2 boner points.

Jane is in her kitchen calling Alison for breakfast and from the way she's calling her you'd think Alison was in the next county. There's a knock at the door and it's Billy who, for no apparent reason, has decided to stop by on his way to work to check on Alison. Alison emerges from the bedroom sporting those oh-so-chic sunglasses and tells Billy again to leave her alone. "I'd rather live my life in the dark than a life seeing you with Brooke", she proclaims so Billy leaves. Jane is impressed at Alison's "speech" and the fact that she's "playing her pity card". She continues on about how it's time for them to stop being victims and start getting what they want. Alison's tells Jane she'd like to get her old job back and Jane fully supports her. "From now on we look after #1... Thelma and Louise forever!", Jane oozes. Alison adds, "just no driving off cliffs".

Peter is back to visit Kimberly who is now sitting on the floor huddled in a corner of her room. She still insists she didn't do it and, therefore, refuses to admit any guilt. Peter explains that she will soon be indicted and everyone in her life, including Peter, will be called to testify against her after which time she will be sent to prison or, worse yet, sentenced to death (The CHAIR! The CHAIR!). Given all the cards stacked against her, he urges her to plead insanity. "Do it for me... do it for us", he begs. He holds her as she cries but she tells him she just can't do it so Peter tells her flatly, "then I can't help you".

Brooke comes traipsing along to the driving range and walks right behind a golfer in full swing who, from where I was sitting, could have easily taken off half her face for as close as she was to him. The writers must want to keep her around for awhile longer. Hayley is there finishing up a lesson and Brooke immediately asks him, "how much do you think mother left me?" What?? No "hello"? No hug? No kiss? No incestual banter with your father?? Hayley thinks Brooke is getting a little to anxious about her inheritance but Brooke reminds him that she's entitled to it now that she's satisfied the last condition of her mother's will by getting married. Hayley tells her he's already set up a meeting with their lawyer so Brooke takes it a step further and asks her beloved Daddy for an advance on next month's allowance. Hayley laughs at her and tells her she's Billy's responsibility now and to go ask him and you can almost hear him thinking "Eat my dust!" as he goes speeding away in his electric golf cart.

Jane leads Alison into D&D when they are stopped by Billy and Brooke. Brooke yells (she's blind, not deaf you idiot) "ALISON - IT'S BROOKE" as if she wouldn't know that annoying whiny voice by now. She asks Alison if she has an appointment so Alison reponds by pushing Brooke out of her way and continuing on to Amanda's office. Once there, Jane leads her in and Alison very seriously informs Amanda, "I want my old job back and if you won't give it back I'm prepared to sue you for discrimination against the visually challenged!" Visually challenged? You're not visually challenged Alison - you're BLIND! Amanda agrees to rehire Alison without a fight and explains how she's changed as a result of the bombing or some equally unbelievable nonsense like that. Alison is in shock and agrees to start work the following afternoon.

In the hospital cafeteria, Dr. Hobbes informs Peter he'll allow him to supervise Kimberly's recovery as long as it doesn't interfere with his other duties. Michael is also there and asks why Peter is wasting his time treating a lunatic. "You're a surgeon. What are you going to do for her - cut out the bad part of her brain? There'd be nothing left." This prompts Peter to ask if Michael was just using Kimberly to which Michael replies, "takes one to know one" which makes it obvious the writers have been watching way too much "Beavis and Butt-Head". Matt enters then with his leave of absence papers for Dr. Hobbes but, seeing Paul across the room, makes a detour to approach the homicidal doctor. The 2 exchange a few hostile remarks before Matt punches Paul in the jaw. He must be making up for lost time what with 3 full seasons of sitting around doing nothing but hugging and baking cookies. Michael jumps in and pulls Matt away as Matt mutters, "I'll kill him" which I'm guessing isn't going to do his defense much good.

The following morning Peter knocks on the door to Sydney's apartment looking for Amanda. Sydney answers and tells him, "for you, I'm not sure - I could ask". Amanda tells Syd to take a hike so she and Peter can talk privately. Once alone, Peter explains he's been assigned to Kimberly's case which surprises Amanda so he continues with some sappy nonsense about how his career isn't the only thing that matters - "people matter too". Isn't that the name of some kid's show on PBS? He begs Amanda not to file stalking charges but she refuses to oblige him and says "no".

Matt is just full of all sorts of surprises these days (along with more emotions and more SCENES!) Now he's in Alycia's office getting grief from her about his cafeteria outburst so he responds, "I didn't know it could get any worse" with such sarcasm and deadpan that for a minute you'd swear he was Jake. Alycia is immune to his antics and informs him that Paul has been in for questioning twice. This means he may be cutting some kind of deal where they grant him immunity for his testimony against Matt in this fabricated lover conspiracy theory, thus sending Matt up the river for a very, very long time.

Brooke approaches Amanda regarding the rumor going around about Alison returning to work. Amanda confirms her suspicions and defends her decision by explaining that what they did to Alison was "down and dirty". She also believes Alison needs to focus on something other than her handicap and Brooke is all for it. "Send her to a school for the blind where she can learn how to crochet!", she cries. Amanda tells Brooke that she and Alison will be sharing responsibilities although Alison will maintain seniority. This does not make Miss Pouty Face happy. Then again, nothing ever does.

Peter, Michael and a real estate agent are looking at a possible office for their new private practice and they both seem very pleased with it. So pleased, in fact, it causes Michael to say, "You might like this place so much you'll stop wasting time on nutburgers like my soon-to-be ex-wife". This comment prompts Peter to urge Michael to hold off on his divorce as he doesn't want Kimberly to undergo any additional stress right now. Michael hesitates until Peter threatens, "there's no partnership without me" which is kind of ironic because there's no partnership without Michael, either you bonehead. Michael agrees to hold off on his divorce.

And speaking of Kimberly, she's in an office with the court appointed psychiatrist who is showing her the standard Rorshach inkblot tests in an attempt to see if Kimberly - a woman who hears voices, hallucinates, and blows up buildings - is insane. Seems redundant to me. Kimberly is being uncooperative and tells him she just wants someone to talk to, but when the doctor persists with his inkblots, she tells him, "I see a depressed, middle-aged, Freudian with unexpressed homosexual leanings". Well it was funny to me anyway. The doctor is unamused, however, so Kimberly begs him to let her have a pencil and paper so she can draw something and let him analyze it, seeing as how she's so "unique" and all. The doctor finally concedes and hands her a freshly sharpened pencil which Kimberly promptly stabs into the back of his hand before running out the door. Conveniently, Peter is in the hallway and chases after her, so she runs to the rooftop where she threatens to jump because nobody loves her. Seriously, Kimmy - can you blame them? Peter tells her, "I care about you" and when pressed for the L-word, lies, "I love you" causing Kimberly to collapse in his arms.

Amanda, Alison, Billy and Brooke are having some boring meeting when Alison mentions she needs to go to the restroom and needs assistance getting there. Amanda asks Brooke to take her but she sniffles, "I can't" and runs out of the room, so I guess Alison's bladder will have to wait. Amanda goes out after her and demands Brooke go in and apologize to Alison or she'll lose her job. But Brooke has bigger and better plans and quits, telling Amanda she doesn't need this job because she's "coming into a great deal of money".

Then presto-chango - there's Brooke at her father's house with their lawyer when Billy walks in, much to the surprise of Brooke. Seems Hayley invited ol' "Bill" which distresses Brooke since she obviously wants to keep her inheritance a secret from him. The four sit down and the lawyer explains that Brooke's mother wanted her to receive her inheritance in equal payments over the course of 10 years with the first payment of $10,000 coming to her after her wedding. Billy demands to know why Brooke didn't tell him about this but she's too busy whining about how she can't possibly live on such a small amount of money - sheesh, we should all have such problems. Once again we see Billy storm out of the Hayley mansion and once again we see Brooke and Hayley argue as she goes to chase after him and once again I'm heading for the medicine cabinet desperately seeking something to put ME out of my misery.

Look - Richard is slumped over dead on his sofa. Oh no, wait - the knocking at the door revived him - it's a miracle! Jane enters wearing an aluminum foil outfit she, no doubt, designed with an icy attitude to match. Richard immediately apologizes for being "way out of line the other day". Excuse me?! Your wife just died and Jane was rushing you back to work and you think YOUR behavior was bad? I had no idea she was that good in bed. Richard continues with this sappy story about his relationship with Mackenzie, how they met, how they trusted each other, blah blah blah, "until", he states, "I fell in love with you". He feels guilty for not being honest about this fact because if he had she wouldn't have come to the building and wouldn't have had the heart attack and wouldn't be dead and someone else would have had to fill her slot for "dead body #2". Jane comforts him and apologizes for being the insensitive ice princess she morphed into over the summer break.

Woohoo it's a partay!! Everyone is at Shooters because, well, to be honest, there's no place else to go especially now that the building is half gone. In one corner we have Matt telling Jo how he wants to confront Paul and force him to confess which elicits an emphatic "NO!" from Jo. At the bar Jake is getting drunk and flirting with Amanda when he shouts out, "a toast - to the survivors!" At the other end of the bar Jane tells Brooke that she can get her a great discount on Mackenzie Hart designs. Whoosh! - that one came out of left field! Sydney is heading out when Jake stops her and offers her a drink. When she turns him down, he tells her to either have a drink or she'll have no job. Still she refuses so he laughs loudly, "OK, you're fired!" Sydney responds with the old standby, "Too late - I quit!" and marches out, head held high, just looking for the next piss-poor-paying job with a high humiliation factor she can find. You go, girl! Jake then turns his attention to Jo and invites her to dance since "their song" is playing. Jo isn't all that into having a drunken oaf slobbering all over her but Jake refuses to let go of her. So who will come to her aid? That's right - Super Matt! Not only does Matt pull Jake off Jo, he punches him in the face - twice! Again Michael interferes and holds Matt back while Jake goes into his office. Jo quietly follows him and finds Jake sitting there, head in his hands, crying, "I killed my brother" so Jo consoles him because, after all, what else is she really good for anyway?

Some of the most beautiful women in LA have come to Michael and Peter's new office for what appears to be a beauty pageant instead of the receptionist interviewing it actually is. Peter, however, spoils Michael's fun when he enters and announces that the position has been filled. He explains to Michael that they can't have a beautiful receptionist because they'd be competing all the time for her affections. The solution? "Call the agency and find someone neither of us could possibly be attracted to", Peter tells Michael when who should pop in for an unexpected visit but none other than Sydney herself. Bingo - problem solved. Sydney graciously accepts Michael's offer to fill the position.

Brooke is back at D&D groveling to Amanda for a job - any job - because she "needs a career to feel fulfilled". Shyeah - and monkeys might fly out of my butt. Amanda agrees to let Brooke come back but not as an executive - as Alison's assistant. Brooke eagerly takes the job.

Peter and Dr. Pencilhand are meeting with Dr. Hobbes to decide if Kimberly is, indeed, insane or not. The psychiatrist is positive that Kimberly is competent and knew what she was doing when she blew up the building, but Peter is still not supporting this theory. Pencilhand insists Peter is in love with Kimberly, which Peter emphatically denies before suggesting another session with a better psychiatrist. Since Kimberly is a hospital doctor and staff member, Dr. Hobbes agrees.

Flashback to Season 2: See Jake. See Jake knock on Jo's door. See Jake tell Jo, "I'm sorry about last night" and then tell her "I need you". See Jo tell Jake, "I need you, too". See Jake and Jo hug. See me again rush to the medicine cabinet in search of a large bottle of Advil.

Billy is in Jane's apartment dropping off some Chinese food when he hears Alison fall in the bathroom. He rushes in to help her and, seeing her naked, fumbles with the towel before stumbling out, passing Jane along the way. When Alison explains with an evil grin what just happened she and Jane share some wicked laughter. Must be that Thelma & Louise thing.

Brooke stops by Hayley's for a late night visit and asks him to forgive her... AGAIN... and I'm willing to bet pretty soon she's going to run out of these. She tells him how she's back at D&D and "trying to be mature about it" because she feels sorry for Alison what with being blind and in love with Billy and all. Having spread enough guilt on her Daddy, Brooke then asks Hayley to "float her a loan" because she just has to get away from D&D and Alison. Hayley agrees and writes her a check for 100,000 dollars which Brooke plans to put into a separate checking account at a separate bank. So much for honesty and trust. There's a catch, however - Hayley won't give her the check until she files for divorce. How long is this girl's contract, anyway?

--written by Stacie