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- Kelly and Ajoni plan to wed, with or without the blessing of their parents. As M.E. worries about her daughter and grandchild's future, she thinks back to when Elston ran away to Canada to avoid the draft.
- Present: M.E. disagrees with Colliar taking Davis on a hunting trip to teach him about guns; Rene represents a teacher who is fired from her job for being a Wiccan; Past: Rene wants to change her look before junior high begins and M.E. gets her first bra.
- Present: As M.E. visits Fillmore to speak with Davis's teachers about his slipping grades in the aftermath of the tornado, she is caught in the middle of a school shooting; shocked and devastated by having to watch a student die in the gunfire, M.E. turns to food for comfort; after Rene suffers an arrhythmia while they're on a date, Turk insists that she see a cardiologist; on the strength of the article M.E. writes about the shooting, Glenn offers her a weekly column; Rene inspires her neighbor Muriel to take the positive step of creating an animal rescue organization after Muriel's beloved dog is accidentally put to death at the pound. Past: Colliar is bullied and beaten when he supports Rene's running for Freshman Class Representative; after trying to help Colliar during the beating and getting a black eye herself, M.E. is angry when he succumbs to pressure and votes against Rene.
- Present: Rene reunites with her cousin who spent 20 years passing as a white man; Past: Rene's aunt encourages her to sing in the church choir while M.E. gets pushed to the side.
- Young Rene and M.E. have a party in the basement of Rene's house, and some of the boys get out of control in response to Rene's gift from her brother Elston, a dress with cutout windows that when Sara saw it earlier she forbids Rene from wearing it to the party. Present time, Turk's sister Rita Gail comes to town and takes control of everything around her, including a Terhune Family Wedding Ring. Present time M.E. is writing a story about the Business Fair in Birmingham that turns ugly when male participants grope two women exhibitors. Rene represents the two dressmakers that were groped by drunken men at the business fair. The police don't press charges, so Rene sues the city. Kelly tells M.E. that Ajoni lost his job, and M.E. encourages Kelly to ask Ajoni to ask Colliar for a job. Present, Turk proposes to Rene at dinner with Sara and Rita Gail there too, and presents a Ring that is not Rene's style. When Ajoni loses his temper at dinner with M.E. and Colliar he tells them he wasn't fired, that he quit his job because it has no future and he found out the University had saved a spot for him. He and Kelly walk out from the dinner. In the Past, Rene's parents, Sara and James find out that Rene wore the dress with that her brother Elston sent her from Canada where it is what the hip people are wearing, and blame her for the boy's reactions at the party by saying "boy's will be boys".
- Present: Rene represents a white couple who is prevented from adopting their black foster daughter; Past: Johnny is grounded for protesting at a drive-in when the manager refuses to serve Rene.
- Present: Emmet turns one, issues surrounding his race arise. Renee and Turk move their relationship forward while Rene works on a birth control case. Past: Collier gets in a car accident
- In the present, Rene meets Bill's ex-wife, M.E. finds a publisher who wants to read her manuscript: the problem is she hasn't written any of it yet. In the past, M.E.'s family is staying with her aunt on a ranch, and M.E. worries her aunt will shoot one of her horses because it threw her off during the last visit.
- Mary Elizabeth worries her marriage is ending, and Rene represents a woman who is fired after not covering for her co-workers who have children.
- Present: When M.E.'s Grandma Otis is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she fights her parents to keep her at home instead of putting her away, but the fight ends in tragedy. Past: Grandma Otis teaches M.E. the meaning of courage after she ridicules Colliar for crying at a funeral.
- Rene expands her firm and files suit for a deaf man. M.E. and Collier deal with Kelly's fear of taking care of the baby. M.E. worries that she and Collier are drifting apart. Young M.E. and Rene start high school.
- Rene takes on a lead factory which is poisoning local children; M.E. makes an effort to spend more time with Davis; young M.E. and Rene perform in a school play.
- Present: Rene and Bill discover that they have different styles of parenting; M.E. gets in trouble for lying for a colleague; Past: M.E. helps Rene sell candy in white neighborhoods and discover that Colliar is being abused by his alcoholic father.
- Present: Colliar has left the house. ME deals with her relatives' attitude about race. Rene tries a rape case. Past: Colliar and Henry compete at everything.
- Present: M.E. and Colliar face financial issues after a client of Colliar's goes bankrupt; Past: M.E. and Rene learn that a seamstress was a Holocaust survivor.
- Birmingham Daily writes an article about Rene. M.E. and Colliar's neighbor sues them. They counter sue for chasing Kelly and Davis with a rake. Past: M.E. is worried about the Cuban Missile Crisis and Rene question their friendship.
- A disabled man seeks Rene's help when the state threatens to place him in an institution; and M.E. faces the severity of Alzheimer's disease with her father. In the past, Port Dixie is invaded by Rene and M.E.'s new high-school friends.
- Rene represents a singer who is sent to her by Joe Lozano. Unfortunately, this attractive crooner who sings so well is not given credit for his performance
- Present: While on route to a family reunion, Sara collapses and is sent to the hospital; Past: Rene and M.E. accidentally cause a fire using firecrackers which make the townspeople believe the incident was racially motivated.
- M.E.'s plans for a stress-free Yuletide are spoiled when her parents discover that Kelly is pregnant; Rene's hands are full organizing a politically correct Lawyers in Politics holiday party, while also entertaining her family.
- Present: After suffering from a serious allergic reaction which hospitalizes her, M.E. decides to change her will; Past: Rene and M.E. discover something shocking after opening a secret box.
- Present: Davis joins the football team; Rene represents a client who confesses to a 34-year-old murder; Past: Rene and M.E. learn that they share ownership of Port Dixie with a homeless woman claiming to be a Hungarian princess.
- Present: Rene becomes a guardian ad litem for a teenager whose mother is being investigated for abuse after allowing her daughter to undergo various cosmetic procedures; M.E. and Colliar confront Kelly after discovering a condom in her boyfriend's pocket; Past: M.E. and Rene give Tully's cousin Agnes a makeover to help her fit in.
- Present: Renee learns some unpleasant truths about herself and her relationships after an old college friend comes to visit; Past: Rene feels abandoned when M.E. spends time with her family's new maid.
- Rene defends a past rape victim whose rapist wants custody of "their" son. M.E. is dealing with Kelly and school. Past: M.E. introduces Rene to her mother.
- In the present, Renee gets set up on a blind date with a man named Michael, whom she finds strange and doesn't understand how to take her rejection. M.E.'s sister Theresa (Delta Burke) comes to visit and M.E. and Colliar continue to have relationship problems. In the past, M.E. and Renee pull a prank on Theresa that results in Renee being injured and M.E.'s mom taking her to the hospital.
- Present: M.E. and Rene's childhood friend offends Rene after taking part in a bigoted prank during a parade; Past: Rene gets her first crush and M.E. accidentally breaks Colliar's leg during a soapbox race.
- Present: M.E. and Colliar deal with Davis being suspended from school for sexual misconduct; Rene fights to have a billboard advertising a strip club removed; Past: Rene and M.E. want to join a boys' only tree house.
- Glenn arranges for M.E. to witness the execution of a man convicted of rape and murder so that she can write a column about the emotional event.
- Present: M.E. contemplates whether or not she should throw a birthday party for Colliar; Past: M.E. steals money from her mother in order to buy sea monkeys and both girls are in for a shock after the assassination of President Kennedy.
- Present: Approaching their 26th wedding anniversary, M.E. and Colliar are at odds; Rene tries to build on a relationship with a man who only wants sex. Past: M.E. forced to attend charm school; Colliar and M.E. share their first kiss.
- In the present: M.E. mistakes a black woman for a waitress at a restaurant, throwing a wrench into her friendship with Rene who thinks she's racist. Odessa's leaving so Rene has to hire a new assistant. M.E. decides to write an article on racism, and speaks to her uncle Jimmy who runs a racist website. In the past: Jimmy catches Rene and M.E. hanging out and confronts M.E.'s parents about it. Rene wants to move back to Detroit and tells M.E they can't be friends anymore.
- In the present, M.E. confronts her uncle Jimmy after a cross burns on their lawn. Davis informs M.E. that Jimmy's website has a hit list with Rene's name on it. Rene takes Jimmy to court and calls M.E. to the witness stand. In the past: M.E. and Colliar bring Rene a hamster to cheer her up, but it gets loose in the house. Jimmy and his partner pull Sarah over and threaten her and Rene's lives.
- Uncle Jimmy Died. There is a fight following the HS City Championship B-Ball Game. Rene defends a classmate of Ajoni's, and is jailed for contempt. Kelly is going to the hospital for tests to find the cause of her high blood pressure.
- Present: Kelly gives birth to a little boy ; Past : Rene 's father fight for her to be the valedictorian & M.E. parents plan to send her to an all girls high school.
- Present: Rene after surgery returns to work is anxious. M.E. worries about her weight. Past: Rene explores the Black Panther group.
- Present: Rene defends a young man charged with hitting a pregnant woman with his car who ends up losing her child; Past: When a popular friend of M.E.'s sister befriends M.E., she tells her that she cannot be friends with Rene anymore.
- In the present, Renee tries to get a license for a same sex couple to get married as the city lets it's negative opinion of homosexual relationships be known. In the past M.E. tries to learn what sex is.
- Present: When Rene is pulled over by the police and humiliated by them, she wants to put the incident behind her, but after witnessing a college student go through the same ordeal, she changes her mind; Past: M.E. supports the civil rights movement by forming a group of White Muslims consisting of Colliar, Bobby and Tully.
- Present: Rene and Bill disagree on how much money they should spend on a house; M.E. pulls a bold stunt to get the attention of her boss; Past: M.E. fights with a new girl who has a crush on Colliar.
- Present: M.E. and Colliar are shocked when they learn that Kelly is pregnant; Past: Rene gets a new boyfriend while Colliar and M.E. go through a rough patch.
- M.E. is offered a position but it seems she won't be able to take it. Renee argues for reparations on the day of her approaching wedding. M.E.'s mom makes an unexpected announcement.
- Present : Rene represents a man who was fired from a conservative company for refusing to cut their dreadlocks while M.E. vies with a well known wedding planner . Past - M.E. wants to get busboy job at a restaurant but disappointed when the owner offers the job to Colliar while Rene plans on attending Student Council meeting .
- Present: M.E. decides to write a book about the unsung heroes of the civil rights movement; Rene reunites with a friend from her past who is serving a life sentence in prison; Past: Sara fills in for James after he is arrested during a protest.
- Rene faces off against the school board after Kelly is asked to leave before graduation because of her pregnancy. Elsewhere, Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien deal with the fact that they are to become great-grandparents.
- Rene's campaign manager hires an image consultant; M.E. encourages Colliar to deal with his anger over Kelly's pregnancy; young M.E. learns what Rene goes through to relax her hair.
- Present: Racial tension arises between the Sims and Williams families after Ajoni is discovered by M.E. in Kelly's bedroom; Past: when M.E. reveals that Rene has a crush on a white boy, Rene's grandmother is not pleased.
- Rene helps plan a ceremony honoring her father. She asks M.E. to help. M.E. discovers something that could be emotionally scarring for Rene. Past: "Project C" is going on in Birmingham. Also, Rene develops her first crush.
- Present: M.E. and Rene visit Los Angeles to see M.E.'s sister, Teresa; when Teresa returns to Birmingham with them, she confronts the haunting memory of being molested by her piano teacher; Past: Matt and James search for M.E. and Rene after they run away from home.
- Present: Rene defends an old family friend, then realizes he lied and is guilty. M.E. and Rene decide that they won't discuss politics. Past: March on Birmingham coming,M.E. gives Rene her St. Christopher medal for protection.
- Present: ME, incapacitated by back pain, believes a young boy across the street is being locked in his room and left alone for hours. Rene negotiates between a Cherokee artist's interpretative mural titled, "Holocaust: No More Forever" and the Holocaust Remembrance Committee who commissioned it. The actor Gary Paul Davis plays the artist, Charley Majors. Past: ME and Rene have boyfriend issues.
- Present: Rene fights for the rights of a homeless woman, while the newly homeless M.E. and Colliar search for shelter and comfort. Past: Unwelcome guests crash the girls' pajama party.
- Present: Rene represents a teenage boy charged with murder and the prosecutor wants to try him as an adult; Past: M.E. and Rene decide to experiment with alcohol.
- Present: A tornado ravages the Sims house while M.E. and Rene are trapped inside Rene's law office with a parolee. Past: Sara discovers that young Rene is dating an "older man".
- Present: Rene helps Lakeisha out after she is brought up before the Bar Association for misrepresenting herself as an attorney; Past: M.E. and Rene become lookouts for a poker game.
- Rene provides legal and psychological counseling for Joe when he is sued for being a good samaritan. M.E. and Colliar look for an apartment.
- Present: M.E and Rene have some conflicts over Kelly. Past: Teresa takes revenge on M.E. and Rene spying on her making out; Rene gets her period, M.E. feels left out.
- In the present, Rene tries to move on with her life after breaking up with Michael, but he begins stalking her and forces his way into her home. In the past, Rene and M.E. sneak out to go to the carnival but stumble upon a Klan meeting and find out M.E.'s uncle Jimmy is in the Klan.
- Present: M.E. writes about the importance of the Confederate flag , Rene represents nursing home residents , Rene & Turk deal with the next phrase of their relationship , Past : Rene & M. E. learn about feminism.
- In the present, Renee represents a client who is suing for land that was taken from her grandmother. M.E. has her first story published and learns Colliar lost his job. In the past M.E. enters a talent contest at school.
- Present: Rene throws a housewarming party to cope with the loneliness of her breakup with Bill; Past: Rene becomes silent after witnessing a man being assaulted by two white boys.
- Present: M.E. and Sara suspect that Rene is avoiding making wedding plans with Bill; Past: a white civil rights activist stays at Rene's house.
- Present: Rene undergoes bypass surgery. M.E. discovers that Kelly and Ajoni are in debt. Past: Rene and M.E. endorse Robert Kennedy while Colliar and Tully endorse Nixon.
- Present: Rene's painful recovery from her heart bypass surgery continues, while M.E. and Colliar deal with the growing faith of their son Davis. Past: Rene deals with embarrassing teenage heartbreak while her family hosts a visit from her mother's friend, Mrs. Scott. In the midst of Rene's personal loss, events change the world for everyone, and demonstrate for Rene what true loss really means.
- Present: When M.E. visits the grave of her deceased son, Bobby, she learns that the cemetary made a mistake and digs up his grave; Past: Teresa loses her virginity and M.E. has her first kiss with Colliar.
- M.E. and Colliar realize how much their lifestyle has changed when they move into a new apartment. Rene's long lost ex-husband comes to visit. Present: Rene and Turk have a spirited disagreement over potential candidates for a Girls At Risk scholarship before Turk finally gives in to Rene's choice; Past: "Bob Goodie's Dance Machine", a TV dance show, is coming to Birmingham and Teresa desperately wants to be one of the featured dancers on the show; in exchange for dance lessons from Rene, Teresa promises to support Rene's campaign to have a Black Studies curriculum at school.
- Present: M.E. is shocked when a Vietnamese man claims to be Johnny's son; Rene represents a man who wants full custody of his children by enforcing a prenatal contract he made with his ex-wife; Past: Johnny returns on leave from boot camp and lets everyone know that he is going to Vietnam.
- Present: M.E. discovers something surprising while interviewing a Baptist minister for an article; Past: M.E. threatens to break up with Colliar if she's not allowed in his band and is surprised when Colliar breaks up with her instead.
- Present: Rene resumes her full time schedule & represents an artist who paints photos of money . Past : M.E. & Rene are surprised to discover that their teacher ( whom is dating M.E. 's uncle) is a member of the KKK .
- Present: M.E. and Colliar discover that their neighbor is a convicted pedophile; Past: Rene accidentally hits Johnny's baseball into into the yard of a mysterious neighbor that M.E. is suspects of being a murderer.
- Present: During a road trip, Rene and M.E. end up carjacked and Rene is arrested for car theft; Past: M.E. and Rene explore the possible existence of aliens.
- Present: M.E. and Colliar practice tough love with Kelly and Ajoni can't find a babysitter in order to attend a party. Rene defends the civil rights of the dead when an abused son doesn't want his abusive father buried next to his mother who was also abused by his father. Past: The kids experience the hippie subculture.
- Present: M.E. is pleased when her book sells out at a local bookstore and is later asked to appear on a local TV show; Past: Teresa decides to become a nun after being denied as captain of the cheerleading squad.
- Present: M.E. gives Tillie an ultimatium after Tillie faces issues with a loan shark; Past: James is assaulted by the police during the march in Selma.
- Present: Kelly's wedding approaches, Collier is not dealing well. Past: M.E. unknowingly smokes MJ.
- Present: Rene hires a youth that her boyfriend Bill mentors; M.E. feels guilty about falling in love with another man; Past: Rene and M.E. witness Martin Luther King marching in Washington.
- M. E. ponders becoming involved in a class action lawsuit that has been filed against a comedy club. Rene confirms her commitment to Turk by proposing to him. Rene helps a young teen with divorced parents. Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated. Theresa learns disturbing facts about her ancestors when M. E. does a family tree for a school project.
- Present: Rene Jackson returns to Birmingham for her father's funeral and gets reacquainted with her childhood friend, Mary Elizabeth Sims, who is married with two kids. Past: Rene and M.E. meet for the first time.
- Young M.E. and Colliar break up; M.E. and Rene look at how different their lives would have been if M.E. and Colliar had never married.
- Present: Rene runs for DA, ME directs a play. Past: Rene and ME try to save Port Dixie.
- Present: M.E. convinces Rene to attend their high school reunion; Past: Rene is anxious about attending a predominately white high school while M.E. goes on a hunger strike in order to convince her father to allow her to attend South Birmingham High School.
- Present: Rene represents a developmentally disabled man who doesn't want a vasectomy; Past: M.E. and Rene sneak off to a rock concert and find themselves in danger after the police are involved.
- Present: Rene is sued by a former client and his wife for malpractice; Past: M.E. makes a decision to convert to Catholicism which upsets her mother.
- Rene finds herself up against an old male acquaintance who is representing an insurance company in an AIDS case.
- Present: Rene represents Bill after he is involved in a controversial shooting; Past: M.E. suspects Colliar is cheating on her with Rene.
- Present: M.E. is upset when Rene hires a black contractor instead of Colliar to do some renovations on her house; M.E. is put in the middle when Colliar sues one of Rene's clients for reverse discrimination when he loses out on a job to a black contractor who submitted a higher bid; April is diagnosed as bipolar, but resists taking her medicine; Kelly and Ajoni start dating again. Past: Inspired by their favorite mystery books, Rene and M.E. decide to play detective and follow James, and accidentally help him to discover that the F.B.I. is tapping his phones.
- In the present: M.E. and Colliar deal with Kelly dating a black boy, Rene takes on a case of a junkie who was beaten by police and they covered it up. In the past, Rene gets her first boyfriend and hides it from her father.