In a flashback, the Newton family helps Ava runs for district attorney against an obnoxious opponent, and Harlan is convinced that a win for Ava would have negative effects on her marriage to Wood.

Herman's visiting father Brick gets pushy with Freida and seems interested in spending time with everyone in town but Herman.

Evan has a physical confrontation with Vernon Moody, who disagrees with one of Evan's editorials, but Wood is called as the star witness--for Moody.