Candice Azzara

While Maura is away at a convention, Jane needs Susie's help to solve a murder; Korsak is forced to deal with painful unfinished business.

Del and Caroline (Eric Lutes, Lea Thompson) run into his bitter ex-wife (guest star Joely Fisher) while on a weekend trip.

Caroline gets caught in the middle of a mother-daughter battle when Annie's mother visits; Richard gets a second job.

When Richard fails to return her call, Caroline gets frantic just as Annie arrives with her own problems.

When Allison gets a skin graft on her hand after it is burned, she wonders why the hand acts with a mind of its own; Bridgette keeps her role on the soccer team a secret from her parents.

When Caroline's cat starts acting oddly, Joe recommends that it should see a cat therapist; the therapist decides that Richard is the problem as he has issues with animals; Annie goes on a blind date organised by her mother.