Rich Cooper

Alan helps his ex-lover who tried to kill him get out of a psychiatric hospital. Brad and Denny take a case where a wife is suing the hospital for causing her emotional distress when her husband died during an angioplasty.

Detectives investigate an airline baggage supervisor's complaints of sexual harassment after she is found murdered.

Brandon's overprotection alienates Kelly; Donna learns she's been stabbed in the back by Valerie, who juggles her rich man and her poor man on a dinner cruise attended by Steve and Carly.

Janet (Jo Beth Williams) visits with big news that causes tension; Karen wonders if Elizabeth killed Tom because of the affair; April considers telling her daughter about Richard.

Novelist Kay Ludlow is dealing with writer's block while her literary agent Jim Rothman puts the pressure on to tum out 350 pages by the next morning to secure his two million dollar share. Getting a wicked inspiration for her next novel, Kay impulsively murders Rothman and leaves behind a scorpion in a jar as the killer's calling card! With Amanda as her buddy and literary model, Kay observes her and Dr. Sloan's deduction process in action that will assist her in completing her next best seller. Ironically, as the team searches for Rothman's killer, a copycat murders Sid Abernathy who is another of Rothman's clients. When Steve reveals evidence that Kay plagiarized Abernathy and locates an identical Scorpion-encased jar on her premises, he arrests Kay for Abemathy's murder - but Kay had no part in this foul play!