After the commercial break, we're forced to listen to that horrendous Bryan Adams love song from "Don Juan" as the camera shows a bed, legs, sheets, and eventually pans up to Richard and Jane naked. Now I know I'm going to be sick. Richard lays back and sighs and explains how he's just feeling a wave of guilt but actually I think he's also feeling a wave of nausea. When Jane questions his apparent doubts, he tells her he has no regrets and continues that he "couldn't have made it through the past few weeks without her". Huh? She buried your dead wife under her maiden name to conceal her death, has eyes on the company she left behind and is sleeping with the boss ta-boot! If this is how Richard deals with grief he's in serious trouble. Richard continues his verbal expression of mush by telling Jane how "different" she is but notes the one thing she shares with Mackenzie (besides a pale, pasty complexion) is their sense of partnership. When he tells Jane that's why he asked Mackenzie to marry him, Jane immediately jumps to the defense and tells him they're not ready to get married because they have to focus on work and when did this become a marriage proposal? She tells him, "there will be plenty of time for romance after the spring line" and bounces off to the shower.

Jo takes a freshly brewed cup of coffee to Jake's and the two sit down to do some talking because, as Jo puts it, "we need to talk more". She explains how they talked for hours the previous evening before she put him to bed and tells him he's her friend and she cares about him. Yawn. Jake leans in for a kiss which Jo reciprocates at first but then pulls away saying, "let's not do this". She notes how "every time there's a crisis we fall back together" so they agree to be "just friends", although neither of them look very pleased about it.

Peter drops in on Kimberly to get his daily dose of psychomania where he informs her he's arranged for a forensic psychologist to evaluate her. He instructs her to act like she's "completely off her rocker" (shouldn't be too much of a stretch there, Doc) so he can get her treated at an exclusive, private sanitarium until they can petition for her sanity. Kimberly tells him she can't do it and that she's been remembering things, namely a "man in her head". Panic-stricken, she tells Peter, "he was very real and could come back" but Peter holds her and coos, "I won't let him".

Matt confronts Paul in the hospital men's room and tells him he received a letter from Paul's dead wife in the mail. In it she warned Matt she thought Paul was plotting something and that she "feared for her life". Paul doesn't appear to be buying this, so Matt tells him he hasn't told anyone else about the letter because he's so in love with Paul and is even willing to do jail time if he knows Paul will wait for him. Paul scoffs, "you're pathetic" and tells Matt to do whatever he wants with the letter as he pushes past him and leaves. Once the door closes, Matt pulls a microcassette tape recorder out of his back pocket to show us all what a great Hardy Boy he would have made.

Sydney is hard at work answering phones at her new job at Mancini-Burns when Peter walks in and informs her the name of the company is "Burns-Mancini". She immediately starts giving him the third degree asking him where he's been so he reminds her that her job is not to ask questions and then asks for his messages. As she hands over the stack of pink message slips, pierced with a pencil, she tells him the forensic psychiatrist called asking for their billing address and then asks, "Does Michael know you're spending company money on that lunatic?" Peter leans in and informs her, "That is none of Michael's business. Because without me, Michael wouldn't have a business. And as far as company money goes, if you'd like to keep receiving some I suggest that you keep your overpaid trap shut". Well! Seems one of us got up on the ugly side of the bed this morning. Peter smirks and walks off while Sydney chomps on her gum continuing to answer the phone, "Mancini-Burns".

Alison is back in Jane's kitchen when she hears the front door open and close. She calls out to her visitor, thinking it's Billy, but is surprised to discover instead it's Brooke. Brooke slowly circles Alison like a vulture about to attack while telling her she's tired of the "poor little blind girl routine" and that Alison will have to find her own way to the D&D client party tomorrow night because she refuses to share Billy the Universal Prom Date. (Available in toy stores everywhere this holiday season). Brooke concludes with, "pardon the pun but I guess we won't be seeing you there" before knocking the prearranged dishes on the kitchen counter to the floor and gleefully walking out.

Matt is in Alycia's office playing his big Junior Joe Detective Eye Spy tape for her but she is not at all impressed with it. She proceeds to destroy the tape as she tells her client it's inadmissable and then chastises him for doing such a stupid thing. Matt angrily conveys his frustration at "putting his fate into the hands of someone with 50 other cases on her docket" and Alycia empathizes but reminds Matt that "letting his temper get the best of him won't help". Exasperated, Matt replies, "My life is at stake and you're telling me not to lose my cool..." and continues in a more heated tone "I've got news for you, Alycia, I ALREADY LOST IT!!! And I'm going to keep losing it because obviously that's the only way anything gets done. And if that means I have to keep confronting Paul until I get a confession out of him on tape, then that is what I am going to do. And no self-promoting, overpriced attorney is going to tell me otherwise!" Preach on, Brother Matt! Fed up, Alycia tells him she'll contact the Public Defender's office and tell them his need for new counsel because she "can't defend someone who is deliberately damaging their case". This gets Matt's attention but it's too late. She finishes by saying, "Good luck Matt, and be careful".

Back at home, the construction crew is still trying to clean a pool that really should be drained while inside Jo's apartment Matt desperately searches for a phone book so he can look for a new attorney. There's a knock at the door and in walks Amanda, there to inform Matt and Jo that Matt's apartment will be ready in 2 weeks. She tells Matt she's sorry about the legal problems he's having and continues, "I want you to know that, while some people may not feel comfortable with your presence here, you have my full support. I mean, the way I see it, even if you did murder that woman it was clearly a crime of passion. I mean, it's not as though you're a serial killer. Anyway, I'm off - see you two!" and off she goes. Jo mumbles, "Good ol' Amanda - what a pal". Just then the phone rings and it's Paul demanding to speak to Matt. He tells Matt to meet him at his house tonight and to bring the letter. Matt hangs up the phone and thinks out loud, "this is my chance".

Kimberly is now sporting some lovely bed restraints while the forensic psychiatrist tries to make her evaluation, despite the fact she's got Peter jabbering a bunch of psychobabble in her ear. As Kimberly lies there muttering to herself, Peter tells the doctor that Kimberly is either schizophrenic or has multiple personality disorder (2 completely different conditions) and that he wants her to be sent to a local private hospital that specializes in helping such cases. The doctor asks to speak with Peter out in the hallway where she tells him she concurs with the first psychiatrist's diagnosis and agrees that Kimberly deliberately set out to cause bodily harm. She concludes, "the only thing I'd attribute to this patient is bad acting - nice try, though" and walks away, leaving a nervous-looking Peter wondering what to try next.

At Mackenzie Hart, Jane has just hired Jo as the new staff photographer. She tells Jo how she's taking over for Mackenzie but "we're keeping her status quiet". When Jo mumbles, "you make it sound like she's dead" Jane informs her, "she is". Jo is shocked and instantly starts questioning Jane's ethics but Jane says it's more about good business and besides, it's only temporary. She invites Jo to join her and Richard for dinner the following evening to celebrate and tells her, "bring a date!"

Jo returns home with Jake in tow carrying a bag of groceries when she finds a note on the dining room table from Matt. It says he's gone to see Paul and begs her not to call the police. Jo immediately calls Matt's lawyer.

Meanwhile, over at Paul's, Matt arrives and starts laying on the love crap real thick but Paul has other ideas. He pulls a gun on Matt and demands he hand over the letter. Matt confesses that there is no letter and that he was only trying to get Paul to confess. Paul pats Matt's chest and feels the tape recorder, so he tears open Matt's shirt and rips the tape recorder from his bare chest. Ouch! Looking at the recorder, Paul cockily states, "you're not hooked up to anyone" but Matt insists he's wrong and that the cops will be there any minute. Paul knows he's bluffing and confesses into the microphone that he did, indeed, kill his wife. He then drops the recorder to the floor but before he has a chance to stomp on it, Matt kicks it out of the way and pushes Paul to the floor, knocking the gun out his hand in the process. As Paul scurries for the gun and Matt for the recorder, the cops rush in and yell "Freeze!" Paul tells the cops that Matt was trying to kill him but when Matt holds up the recorder and informs them Paul killed his wife and he has his confession on tape, Paul panics and turns and fires at the police. He's instantly shot and knocked to the ground and as the last bit of life eeks out of his body, the cop asks him, "your injuries are very serious - is what this man says true?" Alycia runs in and joins the crowd around Paul while Matt begs Paul to tell the truth. Paul confesses, "I killed my wife... I set him up..." and dies. Matt wholeheartedly cries, not only because he got his confession, but also because he probably knows he will never ever get another storyline like this again.

At the D&D client party we've been hearing so much about Billy and Brooke enter and are surprised to discover Alison sitting there. Turns out she's more resourceful than anyone gave her credit for and tipped her cab driver to escort her to the table. Actually, you'd think someone would be more than happy to help her given the fact she organized the whole thing. Billy asks Alison to dance and while out on the dance floor Alison morphs into Bewitched, blinks twice, and her vision is magically restored. But instead of telling anyone, she closes her eyes and keeps on dancing.

The following morning, Thelma and Louise (a.k.a. Alison and Jane) are eating breakfast and Alison's vision is back to normal. Just like that. Jane suggests that Alison keep her vision a secret and lie about her blindness but Alison insists she can't fake it and plans to tell Billy the truth.

Woohoo - Matt's been cleared of all charges, including the charge of having a decent storyline after the first few episodes. His coworkers are throwing him an impromptu welcome back party at the hospital when Dr. Hobbes walks in. He informs Matt that, despite the dropped charges, Matt still broke the rules by getting involved with a staff physician, not to mention all the damage he did by having the hospital's reputation "dragged through the mud". With that, Dr. Homophobe informs Matt he's fired and when you think about all the people who have had sex with each other on this show, if there WERE to be an AIDS epidemic, Matt would be the LAST person to get it so why doesn't everyone just lay off him already!

Next we get to see Amanda do something she doesn't normally do - eat. She's at her desk having lunch when Brooke comes in to do some filing. As she complains about having to do "mindless, entry level work" she comes across a locked drawer that Amanda quickly informs her is "off limits". Intrigued, she listens to Amanda spout off some nonsense about "gaining knowledge from any position within a company" and you can already see the gears turning in her head as she replies, "you're absolutely right, Amanda".

Richard, Jane, Jake and Jo are out having dinner where Richard is showing everyone why the nickname for Richard is Dick. He stiffly compliments Jo on her new position and then informs everyone that Jane fired a perfectly good staff photographer in order to hire Jo. Jane explains that they needed "new blood" but Richard continues with a sarcastic comment about Jane being in charge. Jake doesn't help the situation much either when he tells Jo she's lucky this job fell into her lap so now both men have successfully alienated their dates. Outside the restaurant, Jo gives Jake a hard time for not rushing to her defense because, after all, "friends support friends". Jake tells her maybe they shouldn't be friends and whines about all his problems at Shooters now that Sydney is gone (turns out she's a math whiz now and was doing all his books) and finally admits he hoped he wouldn't "lose her to a career again so soon". Um... you're not dating - how can you lose something (or someONE) you don't have? The sexual tension builds as Jo tells Jake they "need structure" and how neither of them has been willing to admit they belong together. They agree to "take the plunge" and as an extra added bonus of having Jo as a girlfriend, Jake will get his books done by her until he can find someone else to do them. They seal this bizarre deal with a kiss.

It's nighttime and, as promised, Alison approaches Billy's apartment to confess her recovered sight. However, outside his open window, she stops when she hears him inside talking with Amanda (where the hell is his paranoid, whiny, overpossessive wife when THIS ex-girlfriend is around?) Amanda and Billy are talking about his relationship with Alison and its negative effects on his marriage but he tells Amanda he's "not going to abandon Alison... not while she's blind, anyway" and what does he mean by "while" anyway? Last I checked, he thought Alison's blindness was permanent. Hearing this last comment, Alison slowly retreats from the window and walks away.

Jane enters Richard's office wearing what appears to be a robe but it must be a coat of some kind as we'll see in a minute. She's disappointed he dropped her off at home so he heatedly explains that they need space and then informs her he's cancelling the spring line show. When she begs him to change his mind, he whines that THE COMPANY means more to her than he does which, actually, is true. He complains that things are getting too complicated so Jane assures him she's only interested in his success. She tells him she cares about him and that she wants to show him how much at which point she removes her coat to seduce him with her naked body. Richard gives in.

Brooke sneaks into Amanda's office and goes snooping around until she finds what she's looking for - the key to the big "secret drawer". Unlocking it, she rummages through some files until she finds a big envelope way in the back. Opening it, she's shocked to find some papers and a Florida driver's license with Amanda's picture (circa her "T.J. Hooker" days) only the name on the license is Amanda Parezi. Just then Alison walks in and, seeing Brooke, feigns blindness and asks, "is anybody there?" When she gets no answer, she closes the door while Brooke mutters, "nobody you blind bitch!"

Another week, another court hearing. This time it's Kimberly who's in the hot seat for her "well planned bombing" and don't you think if it was well planned she would have actually KILLED somebody? Heart attacks don't count - eyeballs on windshields do. Peter is there to support Kimberly but notices his coworkers Michael and Sydney have also decided to join in the festivities. When he demands to know why they're there, Syd proudly proclaims, "Haven't you heard of victim's rights? I'm here for JUSTICE!" Kimberly's generic lawyer pleads "not guilty by reason of insanity" prompting Michael and Sydney to stand up and start shouting to the judge about how Kimberly's faking it and isn't really insane. As the mayhem escalates, Kimberly - who, despite the fact she blew up a building, isn't in shackles or even handcuffs (yet last week the innocent Matt was) - stares into her metal water pitcher where the evil, bad man stuck in her head magically appears. He tells Kimberly in his Spanish sounding Ren (of "Ren and Stimpy") voice, "You were stooopeeed tooo theeenk I was gone" and then instructs her to "keeel your beeetrayers". Kimberly stands, turns and lunges at Michael but is immediately restrained by the guards who drag her off while she screams, "I have to kill them - he told me to!!" Michael and Sydney smugly smile at Peter, confident they accomplished what they set out to do, but Peter informs them otherwise. "You all but insured the judge's acceptance of our plea", he tells them. "So thanks - I couldn't have done it without you".

Jake's in his kitchen being domestic when there's a knock at his door. Expecting Jo to be on the other side, he grabs 2 glasses of wine but is surprised to find a big-eyed blonde standing there. She introduces herself as Shelly Hanson - Jess's ex-wife - and then asks to see him. Jake sadly has to inform her of Jess's death at which point she invites herself into his arms and just pouts as he holds her.

Back at Insanity General, Peter stops by to commend Kimberly on her "outstanding performance". Kimberly is curled up in the corner of her bed rocking back and forth listening to the Ren hallucination tell her how she's stuck there forever. Kimberly mumbles to Peter, "I don't want to see you" and when he looks at her for explanation, she lunges at HIM shrieking, "You lied! You lied!" Peter quickly retreats from her locked room leaving Kimberly inside, banging on the door screaming through the window at him.

--written by Stacie and Arnie