Samuel and David are home and won't stop crying. Matt gets a new job at the Dairy Shack as a delivery guy. Mary sneaks to the pool hall to meet Wilson while Lucy covers for her at home. Lucy ends up doing all the cleaning by herself. Mary hangs out with Jordan as Wilson arrives. Wilson is thinking of moving back to Glen Oak, but Mary realizes she doesn't have feelings for him anymore. Ruthie wants to run away from home because she doesn't get much attention as she used to. Annie gives Ruthie her baby book. Simon orders food from the Dairy Shack to check out Matt's new job. Matt is fired from his job and meets an old girlfriend, Shana.

Becker is less than thrilled when his estranged father, Fred, makes an unannounced visit. Although Becker is unhappy to see his father, the others are instantly charmed by Fred's easygoing, jovial manner. Despite Becker's chilly welcome, Fred refuses to give up on resuming contact with his polar opposite son.

From a case where a couple sues their company after firing them because they were dating, to a wife losing her dead's husband's estate because she remarried, to a stolen kiss between Ally and Billy - love can sure complicate things. Too bad Fish doesn't realize this when he hires Ling.

Mitch, Alex, April, Jessie, Cody and Jake Barnes from Zuma Beach is participating in a big rescue. A car has ended up in Bologna Creek. When the driver has been brought back to safety, Mitch notices that Jake is missing. Jake is trapped under a fallen tree. Mitch finds him and rescues him. Later at headquarters while they are in the shower, Jake's ex-wife's boyfriend, Eric Barnett, stops by. He tells Jake that his ex-wife Clare is dead and that he has a son named Terry. Jake didn't even know that Terry existed.

Carrie gets a speeding ticket and Doug, out of fear of the car insurance doubling, convinces her to go on a date with the cop that gave her the ticket.

Nick Jordan helps a family to make a difficult decision, but he can't escape a clash with Karen Newburn over their troubled past, as well as an altercation with an ex-boyfriend of Ellie Sharpe's.