Reed is sentenced to community service in an AIDS hospice; Teddy uses flattery to soothe Sorenson's ego; Big Al entrusts a secret to Georgie.

Big Al is visited by a friend; police officer Cat is determined to find the carjacker who shot her mother; Georgie considers moving in with Brian.

Alex clashes with an ultra-conservative columnist; Sorenson proposes to Teddy, who soon has misgivings about the union.