The judge in charge of the Frobisher case, Sanford Toomey, suggests to Patty Hewes that her case is weak and gives her until the end of the week to submit a brief arguing why the case should be allowed to proceed. Things get complicated when she receives a parcel at the office containing a hand grenade. Patty and her husband have to deal with their son after he has hacked into his school's computer system and may now be expelled. Ellen is tasked with writing a key portion of the brief for Judge Toomey but clears her absence on Friday evening to attend her engagement party. Patty decides to test her by having her perform a last minute task on Friday that will force her to choose between her personal life and the firm. Although Tom Shayes is still secretly on Patty's payroll, he is being pressured by another firm to take a job with them. When Patty learns who sent her the hand grenade, she takes rapid and drastic action. In the flash-forward, Ellen retains Hollis Nye as her attorney and denies having killed her ex-fiancé.
—garykmcd