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Two friends, one black and one white, recall their friendship in the past when they reunite in the present.

Kelly and Ajoni plan to wed, with or without the blessing of their parents. As M.E. worries about her daughter and grandchild's future, she thinks back to when Elston ran away to Canada to avoid the draft.

Present: M.E. disagrees with Colliar taking Davis on a hunting trip to teach him about guns; Rene represents a teacher who is fired from her job for being a Wiccan; Past: Rene wants to change her look before junior high begins and M.E. gets her first bra.

Present: As M.E. visits Fillmore to speak with Davis's teachers about his slipping grades in the aftermath of the tornado, she is caught in the middle of a school shooting; shocked and devastated by having to watch a student die in the gunfire, M.E. turns to food for comfort; after Rene suffers an arrhythmia while they're on a date, Turk insists that she see a cardiologist; on the strength of the article M.E. writes about the shooting, Glenn offers her a weekly column; Rene inspires her neighbor Muriel to take the positive step of creating an animal rescue organization after Muriel's beloved dog is accidentally put to death at the pound. Past: Colliar is bullied and beaten when he supports Rene's running for Freshman Class Representative; after trying to help Colliar during the beating and getting a black eye herself, M.E. is angry when he succumbs to pressure and votes against Rene.

Present: Rene reunites with her cousin who spent 20 years passing as a white man; Past: Rene's aunt encourages her to sing in the church choir while M.E. gets pushed to the side.

Young Rene and M.E. have a party in the basement of Rene's house, and some of the boys get out of control in response to Rene's gift from her brother Elston, a dress with cutout windows that when Sara saw it earlier she forbids Rene from wearing it to the party. Present time, Turk's sister Rita Gail comes to town and takes control of everything around her, including a Terhune Family Wedding Ring. Present time M.E. is writing a story about the Business Fair in Birmingham that turns ugly when male participants grope two women exhibitors. Rene represents the two dressmakers that were groped by drunken men at the business fair. The police don't press charges, so Rene sues the city. Kelly tells M.E. that Ajoni lost his job, and M.E. encourages Kelly to ask Ajoni to ask Colliar for a job. Present, Turk proposes to Rene at dinner with Sara and Rita Gail there too, and presents a Ring that is not Rene's style. When Ajoni loses his temper at dinner with M.E. and Colliar he tells them he wasn't fired, that he quit his job because it has no future and he found out the University had saved a spot for him. He and Kelly walk out from the dinner. In the Past, Rene's parents, Sara and James find out that Rene wore the dress with that her brother Elston sent her from Canada where it is what the hip people are wearing, and blame her for the boy's reactions at the party by saying "boy's will be boys".

Present: Rene represents a white couple who is prevented from adopting their black foster daughter; Past: Johnny is grounded for protesting at a drive-in when the manager refuses to serve Rene.

Present: Emmet turns one, issues surrounding his race arise. Renee and Turk move their relationship forward while Rene works on a birth control case. Past: Collier gets in a car accident

In the present, Rene meets Bill's ex-wife, M.E. finds a publisher who wants to read her manuscript: the problem is she hasn't written any of it yet. In the past, M.E.'s family is staying with her aunt on a ranch, and M.E. worries her aunt will shoot one of her horses because it threw her off during the last visit.

Mary Elizabeth worries her marriage is ending, and Rene represents a woman who is fired after not covering for her co-workers who have children.

Present: When M.E.'s Grandma Otis is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she fights her parents to keep her at home instead of putting her away, but the fight ends in tragedy. Past: Grandma Otis teaches M.E. the meaning of courage after she ridicules Colliar for crying at a funeral.

Rene expands her firm and files suit for a deaf man. M.E. and Collier deal with Kelly's fear of taking care of the baby. M.E. worries that she and Collier are drifting apart. Young M.E. and Rene start high school.

Rene takes on a lead factory which is poisoning local children; M.E. makes an effort to spend more time with Davis; young M.E. and Rene perform in a school play.

Present: Rene and Bill discover that they have different styles of parenting; M.E. gets in trouble for lying for a colleague; Past: M.E. helps Rene sell candy in white neighborhoods and discover that Colliar is being abused by his alcoholic father.

Present: Colliar has left the house. ME deals with her relatives' attitude about race. Rene tries a rape case. Past: Colliar and Henry compete at everything.

Present: M.E. and Colliar face financial issues after a client of Colliar's goes bankrupt; Past: M.E. and Rene learn that a seamstress was a Holocaust survivor.

Birmingham Daily writes an article about Rene. M.E. and Colliar's neighbor sues them. They counter sue for chasing Kelly and Davis with a rake. Past: M.E. is worried about the Cuban Missile Crisis and Rene question their friendship.

A disabled man seeks Rene's help when the state threatens to place him in an institution; and M.E. faces the severity of Alzheimer's disease with her father. In the past, Port Dixie is invaded by Rene and M.E.'s new high-school friends.

Rene represents a singer who is sent to her by Joe Lozano. Unfortunately, this attractive crooner who sings so well is not given credit for his performance

Present: While on route to a family reunion, Sara collapses and is sent to the hospital; Past: Rene and M.E. accidentally cause a fire using firecrackers which make the townspeople believe the incident was racially motivated.

M.E.'s plans for a stress-free Yuletide are spoiled when her parents discover that Kelly is pregnant; Rene's hands are full organizing a politically correct Lawyers in Politics holiday party, while also entertaining her family.

Present: After suffering from a serious allergic reaction which hospitalizes her, M.E. decides to change her will; Past: Rene and M.E. discover something shocking after opening a secret box.

Present: Davis joins the football team; Rene represents a client who confesses to a 34-year-old murder; Past: Rene and M.E. learn that they share ownership of Port Dixie with a homeless woman claiming to be a Hungarian princess.

Present: Rene becomes a guardian ad litem for a teenager whose mother is being investigated for abuse after allowing her daughter to undergo various cosmetic procedures; M.E. and Colliar confront Kelly after discovering a condom in her boyfriend's pocket; Past: M.E. and Rene give Tully's cousin Agnes a makeover to help her fit in.

Present: Renee learns some unpleasant truths about herself and her relationships after an old college friend comes to visit; Past: Rene feels abandoned when M.E. spends time with her family's new maid.