Tue, Jul 28, 2009
William and his team set out to help the people who have no one to go to bat for them. William tries to help an addicted police officer facing review from Internal Affairs--and harboring a dark secret. Swenton aids an alcoholic man and his high-functioning 10-year-old daughter, while Akani tries to convince a homeless addict that getting clean is worth the effort.
Tue, Oct 7, 2008
After being clean for two years, two months and five days Swenton succumbed to his old habits and eventually uttered the five most used little words of a junkie "I wish I were dead". William takes him under his own wing to get him clean. Gaza, a known drug dealer, calls in a favor to William but being unavailable because of Swenton Akani and Darnell (against his wishes) take the case to follow Gaza's daughter Nika and see if she is doing drugs at college & her sorority house. Akani tells Darnell to follow Nika but he deliberately loses her and plans to get his revenge on Gaza for what he did to his younger brother. Akani finds that she is bulimic and coughing up blood. Darnell finds her collapsed in her fathers shop and its up to William to come to the rescue.
Tue, Oct 14, 2008
Jonus Mullins approaches William for help for his alcoholic son Neil and his daughter-in-law Shelly. Their alcoholism is affecting their daughter Maggie so William and his team take her and leave her in the guardianship of her grandfather. Whilst Neil is determined to succeed in his battle with alcohol it is a monumental battle for Shelly. Meanwhile, Arnie begs William and Akani to let him out of rehab and Melissa is not happy that William turns up at her first house sale.
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
Major Larry Duren, a longtime friend of William's father whose job is to notify the families of military casualties, recently delivered word to an alcoholic father of his son's passing. Now he wants William to help the father overcome his addiction. However, William's father wants William to help Duren himself, also a heavy drinker. Both William and Duren know that the Major is too far gone and is going to die from his disease. While William struggles to repair the lives of the dead soldier's father and his remaining son, he finds himself unable to stand by and watch Duren die. And when Ben comes to spend the week with his father, William struggles with exposing his son to his work.
Tue, Sep 8, 2009
When an undercover NARC and a Mexican mafia princess come to William for help, the girl's notorious father threatens to harm William's family if he doesn't stay away from her. Everything changes when William learns the NARC is in possession of stolen drugs, on the run from a dirty cop who wants them for himself.
Tue, Aug 4, 2009
Hospital administrators call on William after a nurse collapses in the O.R. William finds himself going head-to-head with a genius transplant surgeon who contends that his addiction makes him a better doctor. Meanwhile, Melissa takes in the nurse's son while she detoxes, awakening old issues.
Tue, Sep 16, 2008
After a botched intervention on real estate agent Kate Gibbons addiction counselor Keith Bowen questions William's methods. Meanwhile, William and Ben sit down and re-negotiate their relationship. Elsewhere, Akani is certain that Swinton is doing drugs again and assigns herself as his bodyguard and Jeannie breaks up with Darnell because of his job.