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1. Ch-Ch-Changes
Six months later, the Hawks have hired a new coach and general manager, a disciplinarian who fires Dani as team therapist when she insists on patient confidentiality. Dani learns that Nico did not go to Dallas when he approaches her on behalf of sports agent Connor McClane (John Stamos), who needs her to treat the crippling anxiety issues of a top pitching prospect. She does so and McClane offers her a full time job with his firm V3, on condition that she end her private practice and work for him exclusively. TK, after talking with Dani, decides to remain with the Hawks in the hope that the new coach's harsh methods will lead to a championship. Matt, who has been with his pregnant other girlfriend, takes a new job in Boston. Both Nico and McClane's chief of staff Troy Cutler appear to be worried that Dani will discover some secret within McClane's firm.
2. Gimme Some Lovin'
Dani begins work at V3 with the case of a young actress whose instability is making her unemployable. TK asks Connor to represent him so that he can continue to see Dani; Connor explains that his erratic past makes booking endorsements for him a challenge. An interview with a potential advertiser turns out to be a test arranged by Connor, which TK passes. It is revealed that Nico is investigating V3 for someone else, who is pleased that he has befriended Troy. Nico warns his employer that Dani must be protected from any consequences from the investigation.
3. Swimming with Sharks
Connor asks Dani to help a basketball player who has gone cold from the free throw line, although he is represented by rival agency SBG. This leads to a war between the two agencies, with SBG partner Abby Bruce (Connor's former assistant) trying to woo away TK. Using this war as cover, Nico has V3's computers hacked in the interest of his own investigation, and installs a hacker as a second agent within V3. Dani has difficulty making connections with Lindsay but makes progress in setting boundaries with her assistant Paloma.
4. Snap Out of It
Connor introduces Dani to his friend and client, a self-help guru who denigrates talk therapies and whose strange behavior invites her professional attention. TK's new girlfriend Sheera Kane ( Kate Miner ) is a Stanford business major as well as a model, and is taken with his entrepreneurial ideas. Encouraged by Paloma, Dani receives the attentions of a visitor from V3's LA office. Nico determines that Troy is keeping a separate set of V3 books. He gives them to the federal agent he is working with (to clear himself from charges stemming from Pittman's operations) and asks in addition to see someone named Alex Careles who is being held by ICE.
5. V3 for Vendetta
The FBI raid V3's offices and seize evidence under a sealed warrant. Connor and Troy suspect SBG, but a senior V3 finance officer named Carl comes to Dani and says that he is to blame, as he has been stealing from the company. Dani urges him to confess and seek a plea deal, and arranges for an interview with an FBI contact of Nico's. But Carl instead commits suicide, leaving Dani a brief note and a flash drive. Meanwhile, Troy enlists Paloma to spy on Dani, Nico sets a deadline for the end of his cooperation with the Federal agent, Sheera helps TK attend a charity event and still make his pre-game curfew, and Dani's new LA friend breaks off their relationship after a mutually satisfying fling.
6. Good Will Haunting
When a sex tape of TK and Sheera appears on the internet, the Hawks' coach vows to trade TK to Buffalo as punishment for the curfew violation. Connor uses all his skills to get TK traded instead to New Jersey, where he is reunited with Coach Parnell. When TK learns that Sheera released the tape, he breaks off their relationship. Paloma has a chance to steal the flash drive for Troy, but decides to remain loyal to Dani. Dani shows the drive to Nico, who has it decrypted and finds that Carl (who has been haunting Dani in dreams) was using the charity foundation to move V3 money to the Cayman Islands. Dani helps a novelist with his writer's block.
7. Bringing the Heat
Hutch, the pitching prospect who was Dani's first patient through V3, has renewed anxiety issues. On the eve of his call-up to the majors, he suddenly announces his retirement, leaves V3, and disappears. Dani insists on continuing to help him in spite of her exclusivity contract, leading her to briefly quit before Connor apologizes and asks her to stay. Nico travels to the Caymans and finds that the "children's hospital" to which Carl was sending money is a vacant lot owned by an auto mechanic in New Jersey. He hacks the mechanic's computer and finds more money laundering, including payments to Joseph Crabcheck, a former student at V3's baseball academy who appears to be at the center of Hutch's hidden issues. Dani demands that he tell her everything about the money laundering in spite of his fears for her safety, and he finally kisses her and agrees to tell her everything. Meanwhile, TK attempts to break it off with Sheera, but after makeup sex, an episode of property destruction, and a tearful speech, he instead becomes engaged to her. Also, Connor discovers that Troy is lying to him about his travel schedule and Paloma is temporarily replaced by an incompetent intern while dealing with a "family emergency".
8. The Game's Afoot
Nico tells all to Dani, who admits affection for him but does not want to pursue a relationship at this time. He is able to track down Crabcheck, who is coaching under an assumed name in Connecticut, but Crabcheck will not talk to Dani. Connor learns from his lawyer that the investigation will soon lead to indictments, and that Troy is plotting to take over V3. Both Connor and Troy approach Bruce of SBG as a potential ally. Paloma pursues a harassment case against Troy, but he outmaneuvers and fires her. TK is injured in practice, and is offered an "experimental treatment" at the V3 clinic that could make him better than before but requires him to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Crabcheck finally visits Dani and tells her that although he is bound by nondisclosure agreements, she should look into the V3 clinic. Meanwhile, Dani counsels two sisters who must learn to work together on a relay team.
9. Sucker Punch
A boxer comes to Dani for counseling, then kisses her in public, and a photo of the kiss is dropped off at Dani's house. Paloma at first rebuffs Dani's help, but then tells Connor about Troy's severance payment to her. Connor fires Troy over the payment to Paloma and what he says is the attempt to blackmail Dani, but actually he is paying the boxer himself. Paloma returns to her job. Troy asks Abby to record a conversation with Connor that could compromise him and force him to yield V3, but Abby instead records Troy confessing. TK has reservations about the treatment, though Sheera encourages him to proceed with it. Nico meets with TK and gets him to remove some of the drugs from the clinic, which Nico then gives to the FBI. The FBI agent (who previously had questioned Dani and was rebuked by Nico for it) thanks Nico and tells him that he is free to leave for Dallas, and that Alex Careles will also be freed. Nico announces his departure plans to Dani, who kisses him and leads him to her bedroom.
10. Sympathy for the Devil
Alex Careles is Nico's wife, who he claims to have married for professional reasons and who is divorcing him. As the clinic is raided, Troy talks to the FBI but cannot implicate Connor. Connor plans to leave for Brazil, leaving Abby in charge of V3. Just as he leaves, he has a private conversation with Dani, who has learned from Hutch that Connor knew about the illegal treatments. He admits his guilt to Dani, who leaves him with his conscience in exchange for Connor's arranging a new tryout for the unenhanced Hutch. The unenhanced and no longer engaged TK attempts to get ready for the key game with the Hawks, with the help of his physical therapist India, whom he hired away from the V3 clinic before the raid. He is able to play a few downs and make a key contribution to the Bobcats' win, but his season is ended (something he accepts with newfound maturity). Nico tells Dani more about himself, including that he has declined the job in Dallas; they prepare to leave for a vacation together on Nico's so-far-unexplained private plane.
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