Come Back Soon

Amys Entscheidung, bei Maxine auszuziehen, erweist sich mehr und mehr als eine schlechte: Die neuen Nachbarn sind zu laut, Lauren ist den ganzen Tag schlecht gelaunt und Michael nutzt Amys ungl ückliche Wohnsituation als Argument, um das volle Sorgerecht für Lauren zu beantragen. Unterdessen beendet Maxine ihre krankheitsbedingte Pause, denn ihr Zahnarzt hat sie auf ein Mädchen aufmerksam gemacht, das von seinem Freund missbraucht wird. Gleichzeitig tritt Jared Duff wieder in Maxines Leben - mit einer romantischen Liebeserklärung und einem Verlobungsring...

Although Amy tries to make the best of it, she and Lauren are still miserable in their small apartment; unable to avoid running into Jared and his date at the diner while looking and feeling her worst, Maxine gives him the cold shoulder, but Jared remains undeterred in his affection for her and finally gets her to accept an engagement ring; Michael sues for full legal custody of Lauren; just as Amy is prepared to ask her mother if she can move back in, she discovers that Maxine has puts her house up for sale; Bruce pleads no contest on his assault charge and receives a suspended sentence; Amy hears a case of a woman who locked her children in the trunk of her car because she had no one to care for them while she was at work; Maxine ends her medical leave after her dentist asks her to investigate the possible abuse of a teenaged patient; Bruce is fired and the dreaded Ian Jankowski is promoted to C.S.O. and assigned to Amy's courtroom.

Amy er bundulykkelig, hun lider af kærestesorg, føler sig ensom i sin lille lejlighed, og hun og Maxine er stadig ikke på talefod. Men det bliver værre endnu, for hendes eksmand Michael truer med at søge om forældremyndigheden over Lauren. Jared Duff er tilbage i byen - og har et noget overraskende spørgsmål til Maxine.