EPISODE

3. First Date

Tensions arise between Jane and Belinda as they defend an out-of-control aging rock star against being expelled from his band. Grayson fights to save a graffiti-strewn low income apartment building from a greedy developer by claiming it's a work of art.

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Belinda and Jane defend rock star Liam Matthews ( Rick Springfield ), accused of wrecking a hotel room, and they manage to cut a deal for him. But when Liam's band fires him over his reckless behavior, Jane helps him out only to have Belinda become furious over Jane's plan. When Belinda's interference grows, Jane persuades Kim to return to the firm early. Ultimately, after a car accident Liam is revealed to have early onset Parkinson's disease, the true source of his erratic behavior. The band's manager hid the truth from Liam and his bandmates to avoid paying more for insurance and in an attempt to get Liam kicked out of the band. After Jane reveals this in court, the manager is arrested for felony reckless endangerment as his actions have prevented Liam from getting needed treatment. Liam is exonerated and reconciles with his bandmates. Grayson takes on a developer planning to tear down a rent-controlled apartment building and evict its tenants. Grayson makes the case that graffiti from a famous artist on a building wall makes it an historic landmark. At the end of the episode, Grayson and Terri discover that the graffiti artist, whose real identity has always been unknown, was in fact their client. Rather than cash in on a small painting the artist left him, Grayson chooses to frame it. Jane and Grayson prepare for their first date.

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