#224 "Planting Seeds"

Lynn and Cassie are on their way to a play when they meet Marina, a 14-year old street kid begging for money. When Lynn refuses, Marina walks away and gets into the car of a strange man who offers her money for sex. Wanting to help this girl, Lynn hires a private detective to locate her. Once she finds her, Lynn is shocked to discover that the girl's parents don't want her. Marina is placed in a therapeutic community. Lynn sees that none of her options are good; the therapeutic community has horrible conditions,and her previous foster parents abused her. Lynn decides that the best option for Marina is to live as an adult and be emancipated. The judge agrees. Though things look promising, Lynn checks on her a week later and finds she's back on the streets. Meanwhile, Danni represents a man fighting his ex-wife for custody of the embryos they had frozen while they were married. Because the man went though chemotherapy, he can no longer have children and knows the embryos are his last chance. His ex-wife refuses. When he realizes the case isn't going his way, he secretly has the embryos implanted in a surrogate mother. Even though he loses the case and has to pay a fine, he gets the chance to be a father.

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#223 "Clemency"

Lynn fights for clemency on behalf of Justin, a 25-year old who’s been sentenced to death for killing high school students in a shooting rampage. Though Lynn believes Justin’s crimes are unforgivable and he should never be let out of prison, she doesn’t believe that execution is the answer. One week before he is set to die, Lynn sets out to convince the governor to spare his life. She approaches the victims’ families and asks if one of them would testify that Justin should be show mercy. And even though Joe convinces a Federal Court to give Justin a 24-hour stay in order to plead their case to the clemency board, their efforts fail and clemency is denied. Justin will die for his crimes. Out of options, Lynn returns to the office, where she and the other members of the firm watch the clock while Justin’s sentence is carried out.

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#222 "Recovery"

When Randi’s daughter, Mary Beth, is injured from falling down a staircase Randi rushes to the hospital to give blood, hoping to save her daughter’s life. But Mary Beth refuses to take blood from the woman who murdered her father, and dies right in front of Randi’s eyes. At the wake, Mary Beth’s husband, Tim, is arrested for murder. It turns out that Mary Beth and Tim were fighting and Tim pushed Mary Beth down the stairs. Tim is allowed to make a deal with the D.A. when his father comes forward and admits that he abused Tim as a child. In turn, the D.A. lets Tim plead guilty to a lesser charge and he is only sentenced to four years. Randi can’t believe it.Not only did the murderer of her daughter get off with a laughable sentence, but her granddaughter, Annie, is being placed in the custody of Tim’s parents, who have confessed to abusing Tim. Randi wants full custody but discovers that Tim’s parents only admitted abuse behind closed doors and not incourt. Therefore, their statements cannot be used against them. Randi goes to prison and begs Tim to tell the truth about his father. She pleads with him to not let Annie grow up with the same man who abused him. Tim refuses to give Randi what she wants. The case looks bad for Randi, but Joe delivers a strong closing argument. The judge awards custody to Randi. Meanwhile, Rex’s client, Anna, is a well-known rock star, who is opening a drug rehabilitation clinic. The only problem is, she’s opening it in Beverly Hills, where the citizens are against having drug addicts in their town. Opposing counsel is so impressed with Rex and Danni’s arguments, that they agree to let the drug center stay. Also, Danni discovers that her chances of adopting Rapheal may be hurt when Rex turns in an unfavorable review of her.

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#221 "Americans"

Lynn’s friend, Amanda, is recently divorced from her Native American husband, John. Though Amanda has been granted custody of their children, John feels the ruling was unfair and kidnaps the two children, taking them to his reservation. Since American Indian land is immune to government laws, the U.S. courts cannot enter the Indian land to arrest John nor take back the children. Lynn and Joe go to the tribal council to discuss away to work out this problem. The tribal council feels that the children would be better off living on the reservation. After days of discussion, Lynn comes up with another idea. When John leaves the reservation for a quick grocery trip, Lynn has him arrested and forces him to make a deal. John agrees to return the children but his tribe refuses to recognize the government’s order and denies the police access to the reservation. A stand-off occurs between the police and the reservation. In hopes of avoiding a gunfight, Lynn marches directly up to the front gates and demands to be allowed to entered. In the confusion, Lynn is shot, but solving this crisis is more important than her health. She convinces the tribe to come to a compromise with Amanda. Danni runs into her first obstacle when trying to adopt Raphael…her boyfriend Alex leaves her.

This episode stars Russell Means, who was the first National Director of AIM (American Indian Movement), an organization whose primary focus is to fight racism and to fight for the independence of the American Indians. In 1971, Means was the leader of the 200 AIM members that took the reservation at Wounded Knee by force, which led to negotiations between Indian leaders and the U.S. government, concerning Indian grievances. In 1990, he founded the American Indian Anti-Defamation Council. He has also run for Vice President and President of the United States.

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#220 "Bringing Up Babies"

A woman leaves her baby on the doorstep of the law firm, with a note attached: “Find my baby a home.” Later, the mother, Chloe, is found and arrested for child abandonment. Once again, she turns to Holt & Assoc. for help, this time asking them to represent her. Randi takes the case. The awful truth is that she was raped, and she hates her baby because he is a result of that abuse. Though she is eventually cleared of criminal charges, the father, Lee, then steps in and demands custody. Rather than let her child be raised by the man who raped her, Chloe now has to fight for custody. But because Lee was never actually convicted of rape, it can't be used in court, and it's Chloe that looks like the bad person. Just when they're about to give up hope, a deal is made that frees Lee of his reputation, and convinces him to release parental rights of his son. Finally, Chloe is able to do the best thing for her baby, and puts him up for adoption. Meanwhile, Raphael, a foster child that Danni helped six months ago, visits her, requesting her to be his foster mom. Initially, Danni is denied the request, but she has another idea: She is going to adopt him.

#219 "Gay Divorcee"

Lynn and Joe represent Sean, a gay man, who is separating from Jesse, his boyfriend of twelve years. He is fighting for joint custody of the children that he had adopted with Jesse. Now, Jesse is leaving him to marry a woman and insists it will be better for the children to come with him. Even though they adopted the kids together, only Jesse’s name was on the adoption papers; which is something they had to do because the courts don’t recognize same sex unions. Therefore, Jesse is the only one recognized as the children’s legal parent. Jesse argues that he can provide the kids with a “normal household” with a mother and a father, Lynn argues that it doesn’t matter. Though the kids love Sean, they claim they would rather be with Jesse. They’ve already encountered teasing at school and the older boy, Jonas, admits that he’s afraid that if he stays with Sean, he could end up gay as well. Sean tells the judge that he will support Jonas, no matter if he is gay or straight. In a surprise decision, the judge awards full custody to Sean. The judge feels that Sean’s unbiased support is the kind of environment that children need, and obviously Jesse is still confused about who he is.

#218 "Safe At Home"

Guest starring Dana Delaney

Lynn and her friend, Mary, are reviewing divorce papers when they hear a gunshot from inside the house. They race in to the other room to discover that Mary’s son, Graham, has been shot in the head. Her other son, Charlie, had figured out how to open her gun safe, and while the boys were playing with the gun, it had accidentally gone off. The district attorney brings a case against Mary, claiming she was negligent in keeping the gun in a safe place. Rex defends her, arguing that Mary did the right thing by buying a gun safe and keeping the gun locked in it. He says that the gun safe was faulty, that it had a very simple code, and anyone could break into it…even a child. The courts find that mother did nothing wrong and drops the charges, but the ex-husband doesn’t agree. He files for sole custody of Charlie when he discovers that two days after Graham’s death, Mary went out and bought another gun. Lynn, who openly opposes guns, finds herself defending Mary. She manages to prove that just because Mary’s house has a gun, doesn’t mean it is any less safe than a house that has a swimming pool or a cabinet full of cleaning supplies. And Rex, who has been pro-gun all along, finds himself questioning his beliefs when Charlie reveals that Graham had actually used the gun to kill himself. And the accident was no accident at all.

#217 "Soul Custody"

Danni’s new client is getting divorced from her husband. When she married, her husband and she had secular beliefs, but over the course of their marriage, they both rediscovered their religious roots. Now, she is a practicing Orthodox Jew, her husband is a born-again Christian. The divorce is amicable except for one issue, their five year-old daughter. Neither the wife nor the husband want the child to be raised by the other’s religion. They leave it up to the courts to decide, but no court wants to get involved with a case based on religion. Finally a Buddhist judge permits the parents a custody hearing in order to prove which environment is better suited to raise the child. During the trial, each side tries to prove that the other religion is more damaging to the child’s growth. In the end, neither religion is found to provide a better upbringing. The judge threatens to take the child away from both parties and place her in foster care, if the parents can’t reach their own decision within 24 hours. The wife finally agrees to allow her child to be raised by her husband. Since their daughter was born of a Jewish mother, she will always be Jewish. And maybe someday, the daughter will return to her heritage. Or so the mom hopes.

#216 "The Liar's Club, Part II"

Guest starring Zachary Ty Bryan and Patty Duke

Joe’s ex-intern, Jamie, makes a deal with the DEA. He turns over Joe so he can avoid a prison sentence, by getting him to reveal he laundered money from a drug dealer on tape. Joe is immediately arrested. Holt and Associates goes into overdrive, trying to find a way to get Joe off. At the preliminary trial, the firm tries to prove that what Joe told Jamie was falsified, but a testimony from the drug dealer who gave money to Joe pushes the group back to square one. Randi discovers a technicality and convinces the judge that the prosecution did not follow government guidelines when making the arrest. Joe’s case is dismissed. The prosecution refuses to give up and takes the case to civil court. They put a hold on all of the firm’s assets and accounts. The prosecution claims that Joe mixed his laundered money in with the firm’s money and all the money is now suspect. Once again, Holt and Assoc. kicks into full gear, looking for a way to save their firm. They retaliate against the head prosecution attorney, Skidmore.

They feel that Skidmore violated their rights and now they are suing him for damages. Even though a judge is convinced that the lawsuit has merit and freezes Skidmore’s accounts, Skidmore uses his legal connections to get the ruling overturned. This time he goes too far. Joe brings it to the courts attention that Skidmore broke the law by using his legal connections.

Skidmore finds his accounts frozen and is forced to make a deal. In the end, Holt and Assoc. is returned to normal and Jamie’s prison sentence is lifted. Through-out all of this, Julie and her new boyfriend, Alex, discuss moving in together.

#215 "The Liar's Club, Part I"

Guest starring Zachary Ty Bryan

Joe represents a straight A college student, Jamie, who was arrested for possession of drugs. He bought 5 sheets of acid at a rave, which happened to be the exact weight that changed the charge from possession to drug trafficing. The case is personal to Joe because Jamie interned at Joe’s office, during the summer. Things become difficult when Jamie’s cousin, Matthew, testifies that Jamie is a drug dealer. But it goes from bad to worse after Joe discovers that Matthew was actually the drug dealer and he made a deal with the DEA. Matthew turned over his own cousin to avoid going to jail himself. Ultimately, the prosecution offers Jamie a deal, if he turns over his source, then they will drop the charges. Because Jamie doesn’t know the name of his source, he turns over the only person he knows who has connections to drug dealers … Joe. Danni’s client, Alex, is a 36-year old man who has been supported by his parents all his life. When they decide to discontinue his $20,000 a month allowance, he sues. Danni proves that Alex is emotionally incapable of having a job because of the way his parents coddled him, and wins her client a $500 a month allowance. However, the fact that Alex is emotionally unstable, doesn’t stop Danni from sleeping with him.

#214 "The Quality of Mercy"

Guest starring Andy Griffith, Janet Leigh, Janis Paige and Michael Tucker

Lynn represents a woman, Mary, who is dying from Alzheimer's and diabetes. Mary wants to stop taking her medication and end her life. Though her husband, Colin, loves her, he understands her need to end her suffering. But Mary's daughter, Lisa, doesn't want to see that happen. Lisa is afraid that if Mary stays with Colin, he'll allow her to stop taking her medicine. To prevent that, she takes her father to court and wins custody of Mary. Colin is granted visitation rights. During one of his visits, Mary begs him to follow her wishes and help her die. Colin consents, by ending her life. He is immediately arrested for murder. In the course of the trial, it is discovered that Colin had been having an affair with Mary's best friend, Ann. The prosecution uses this information to show Colin may have had other motives in killing his wife. Lisa knows that her mother did truly make the choice to die, but is too emotionally conflicted to appear at the trial. Without her testimony, Colin is sentenced to prison for 15 years. Meanwhile, Viveca's rental application is rejected by a landlord who refuses to rent to "sue happy" lawyers. So what does Viveca do? She sues. Joe takes the case, hoping to get on Viveca's good side, but loses the case and fails to score points with her. In the end, Viveca threatens the landlord that she will continue to sue until he agrees to let her rent from him. This works and she gets herself a new apartment.

#213 "Separation"

Guest starring Craig Sheffer and Ronnie Cox

Randi’s clients have given birth to a set of conjoined twins. The hospital claims that unless the twins are surgically separated, there is a good chance they will both die. One of the twins is in poor health, and even if they are separated, there is a good chance the weaker twin will die anyway. The hospital wants to go ahead with the surgery, but the parents feel like since the twins are their children, they should be left with the choice. After a brief trial, the judge allows the parents to make the choice. As soon as this happens, the weaker twin’s health worsens. The mother decides that it would be in the best interest to separate the girls, in doing so, at least one of them would live. But the father refuses to allow this to happen. So the mother sues for divorce and files for custody of the children. The judge in the case decides that if the girls were old enough to make their own decision, they would want to stay together. He awards custody to the father. Yet, the victory is brief. The father realizes that saving one of their lives is better than losing both and agrees to the surgery. Meanwhile, Lynn wrestles with the fact that her ex-husband, Michael, is dating someone new. And this new woman is becoming a prominent part of her childrens’ lives.

#212 "Film At Eleven"

Lynn leaves the courthouse during a union rally. Even though the crowd is unruly, she pushes her way through. But within seconds, the crowd turns from innocent to angry, trapping Lynn in a full-scale riot. In the ensuing fray, Lynn’s shirt is ripped off. Her attack is caught on tape and then aired on the nightly news. Lynn feels that the news station did nothing to protect her safety during the assault. In addition, she claims they violated her privacy when they failed to obscure her face during the broadcast. But Lynn is up against an unbeatable opponent. She is fighting the First Amendment. She is fighting the Freedom of the Press. She believes she was violated, but the other side argues they were just reporting the news. Lynn convinces the man who assaulted her to testify that the cameramen incited the crowd to rip off women’s blouses. After showing the video footage in court, the jury decides in Lynn’s favor. It is a short victory, because the judge overturns the decision. Lynn feels somewhat vindicated by the case, at least she convinced 12 people that she was right. Back at the office, Patricia tells Viveca the wrong court date. When Viveca’s client calls from the courthouse in a complete panic, Patricia ends up pretending to be Viveca and argues the case. Her client is suing her seamstress, because on the day of the wedding, the seamstress attempted some last minute alterations and ended up ripping the dress, leaving the bride with nothing to wear. Patricia’s flair and quick thinking convince the court that her client in the right. Also, she proves to Viveca, she could also be a pretty good attorney if she wanted.

#211 "Intentions"

Danni's friend is pregnant…and an alcoholic. Unfortunately, her addiction not only gets the best of her life but also causes the death of her unborn baby. The district attorney charges her for murder. Danni takes the case, arguing that this woman has a problem that is beyond her control. As much as she disagrees with what her friend did, Danni convinces the jury that a woman has a right to decide what happens with her body. If she wants to drink during a pregnancy, the government should not step in and tell her otherwise. The jury is split over the issue and the case is dismissed. Lynn represents a hooker who has recently broken up with her boyfriend of nine years. Lynn argues that since the hooker spent 4 nights a week with the boyfriend, she lost money because she was not able to tend to her clients. The woman wants half of his estate, but the man claims that he was never her boyfriend. He swears he was never anything more than her customer. Lynn manages to prove that this relationship was real and stronger than most marriages. Ultimately, the jury awards the woman 1.2 million of her ex-boyfriend's estate.

#210 "Generations"

In a parking lot, Randi stumbles across a husband angrily yelling at his wife. She tries to help the wife, but the man forces the woman into his car and drives off. After doing some research, she tracks down Nancy, the wife, at her place of work. It turns out that Nancy's husband, Rick, has been beating her. Randi understands how difficult Nancy's situation is, and uses this to finally convince her to leave her husband. A judge issues a restraining order and it seems like Nancy is in the clear, until the Department of Children and Family Services comes in and takes the children away. DCFS claims that Nancy is an unfit mother because she let her husband beat her repeatedly in the past, setting a bad example for her children. Randi convinces the court that because Nancy had the courage to stand up to her husband, it proves that she is not only a fit mother, but a role model to her children. Meanwhile, Lynn finds herself in a quandary with her daughter. Cassie is a teenager now, and asking for more freedom. Lynn doesn't want their relationship to fade, and in turn, promises Cassie that she can come to her with any problem and she will always keep an open mind. Cassie takes her up on the promise when her 13 year-old friend Becky gets drunk. Lynn takes care of the situation and swears that she will keep this a secret. But Lynn's maternal instinct gets the best of her and she calls Becky's mom. Even though Lynn knows it was the right thing to do, Cassie doesn't agree and loses trust in Lynn. During all of this, Danni finally signs the paperwork and becomes a partner of Holt & Assoc.

#209 "Echoes"

Andrés' mother, Beatrice, recognizes a man in a hotel bar. She claims he is Eduardo Larios, a man who tortured people in Chile over thirty years ago. More importantly, he is the man responsible for killing Andrés' father. When Andrés hears this, he attacks the man and is later arrested. With Andrés in danger of being deported to Chile, Lynn and Joe claim that Andrés was merely attempting a citizen's arrest on Larios. But the State Department claims the man is actually Patricio Romero, a banker from Chile, an innocent man. To make matters worse, the only witness that knows what Larios really looks like is Beatrice. It's her word against his. While Lynn and Joe are prepping Beatrice for the stand, they discover that while in prison, Larios raped her. Based on the date of Andrés' birth, they realize that Larios would have to be his father. Joe convinces the judge to order a blood test, and it is confirmed that Patricio Romero is indeed Eduardo Larios, and Andrés' genetic father. Eduardo Larios is arrested and the assault charge against Andrés is dropped.

#208 "Family Values"

When Frank Reese is arrested for drunk driving, he loses his spot at the top of the liver transplant list. But when he learns that the next person on the list is Dr. Martinez, one of the hospital’s doctors, he believes the hospital made an unfair decision. He discovers that Dr. Martinez is responsible for millions of dollars of funding, contingent that he is a resident. Frank feels they took advantage of the situation, after all, he’d only had one drink. Lynn and Joe represent the hospital, and with two lives at stake, they have the unfortunate job of defending one man’s right to live and, in turn, condemning the other to die. Joe ultimately wins the case by proving that the doctor’s situation is more medically urgent, because by saving his life, the lives of his patients will also be saved. Meanwhile, Danni represents a chimpanzee named Charlie, who lives with the Babcocks, the couple that raised him as their son after rescuing him from poachers in Africa. But after a complaint by a neighbor, Danni fights to stop Fish and Wildlife from sending Charlie back to Africa. Eventually, they prove that it would do Charlie more harm than good to return him to the wilderness, as the civilized world of the Babcocks is the only one he knows. Back at the office, Randi is still affected by the news that Andrés has a child. She doesn’t want to complicate his life any further, and decides it’s best for everyone if they take a break from the relationship, despite Andrés’ objections.

#207 "For Love"

Guest starring David Carradine, Michael Tucker and Denise Crosby

Rex escorts his schizophrenic brother, Andrew, to apologize to the café owner who had him arrested in the previous episode, "Going Home." A fight breaks out, and in the melee, Andrew shoves the owner into the street where he is hit by a car and killed. Andrew confides to Rex that the "voices" in his head told him to do it. He is charged with murder. Joe assists Rex with Andrew's defense, but the judge dismisses their insanity plea. Rex has only one chance: he must convince the jury that Andrew was delusional at the time of the incident. He decides to put Andrew on the stand, in an attempt to persuade him to admit that he hears voices. When Rex finally succeeds, Andrew is found guilty of manslaughter, not murder, and is sentenced to serve his time in a psychiatric hospital. Meanwhile, Randi and Lynn have a personally wrenching case of their own, as they fight the INS to allow Andrés to return to the United States. Andrés' ex-wife is no help - her claim that their marriage was a sham is the reason that the INS won't let him return. But when Randi discovers that Andrés fathered a son with his ex-wife, she uses this information to prove the marriage was real and wins the case.

#206 "Telling Lies – Part II"

Guest starring David Carradine and Esai Morales

Danni and Joe take on the entire foster care system. In an attempt to shift blame, the Department of Children and Family Services fires every caseworker named in the lawsuit. They even put Danni on the stand and blame her for her client's injuries at his foster father's hands. But Joe gets the last word when he discovers DCFS has been hiding thousands of files that prove the department has broken the rules. He uses every single one of them in court and wins the case. Back at the office, Lynn and Rex are both looking for a nanny. Lynn is looking for someone to take care of her son and Rex is looking for someone to care for his brother. They both discover Poppins, possibly the greatest nanny ever created. The two of them will do whatever it takes to win her services.

#205 "Telling Lies – Part I"

Lynn represents two grandparents trying to gain visitation rights to their grandson, who has been sent away to school. After the judge rules that they be given the address to write to the boy, they fly to the boarding school. There they discover the school is a military camp for troubled teens, where the kids are forced to do manual labor and are often beaten. The grandparents return to court, fighting for custody. The judge agrees the grandson is a problem child, but finds that sending him to a place worse than a prison, is excessive. The judge awards custody to the grandparents. Danni helps a foster child who has been arrested for shoplifting. The boy claims his foster father beats him and Danni complains to the Department of Children and Family Services. They refuse to take Danni's allegation seriously and the boy ends up in the hospital after being beaten close to death. Joe reveals that Rex is the one who voted against Danni's partnership bid while trying to convince her to file a class action lawsuit against DCFS. Danni agrees, going against the wishes of the entire firm.

#204 "Going Home"

Guest starring David Carradine and Charles Martin Smith

Randi and Danni find themselves on opposing sides of a messy divorce. The husband and wife hate each other and fight constantly, putting their emotionally unstable five year-old son in the middle of it. When the wife bitterly claims that the husband is not the father of the child, the judge orders a paternity test. To both parents' surprise, their son belongs to neither of them. He was switched with another child at birth. They find their biological son and petition for visitation. However, when the other couple sees the hateful atmosphere their biological son has had to endure, they seek custody of both boys. Meanwhile, Rex's homeless brother, Andrew, has been arrested for vagrancy. The city determines that he is mentally unfit. They order to have him confined to psychiatric ward. Rex must fight to prove that his brother is mentally stable. Also, Danni plays detective when she tries to discover who voted against her becoming a partner.

#203 "Affairs of State"

Guest starring Michael Gross

Lynn represents her friend, Karen, in a divorce from Harlan Bell, a California senator currently running for re-election. Karen has had enough of being a politician's wife and wants out. But Harlan is fighting to keep them together, at least until the end of the election. A divorce would hurt him in the polls. Karen can't wait. She has a terminal illness and won't live to see the end of the election. Before she dies, she wants to be free of her husband's control. More partnership controversy arises at Holt & Assoc. when Lynn makes Joe Celano a partner, without letting Rex or Randi vote on the matter. Lynn agrees to include them on all future firm matters. They are all present when Danni finally puts in her bid for partnership. But to Danni's shock, she is rejected and left wondering who voted against her.

#202 "One Mistake"

Guest starring Hal Holbrook

Lynn represents a family friend in a custody battle for his daughter. The wife has been accusing the husband of beating their daughter. Behind closed doors, the husband tells Lynn that he never hit his daughter, but admits he has molested her. Because of attorney-client privilege, Lynn can't tell anyone, nor can she withdraw from the case. She's stuck fighting for man that she knows is sexually molesting his daughter. All of a sudden, she is in a case that she doesn't want to win. Randi also has a problem client, a man decides to sue a bar for "overserving" him because he ended up cheating on his wife with a woman he met there. Now his marriage is over, and he wants the bar to pay for impairing his judgement. Randi scoffs at the idea until she learns that if she wins then her name will be part of new case law. Only minutes away from victory, Randi is horrified to discover that the client has dropped the suit, because he finally admitted to himself that it wasn't the booze that made him stray; he wanted out of the marriage all along. Back at the firm, jealousy gets the best of Danni when she discovers that Lynn has made Rex and Randi partners. However, Danni continues to stall as she makes more demand in response to Lynn's offer.

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#201 "The Choice"