Ian and Lucy arrive at the courthouse for Alison's preliminary hearing. Out in the hall, Jack bitterly taunts Livvie about her new man. Though Alison entreats her attorney to let her take the stand and tell her own story, Kate assures the girl she already has everything well under control. A worried Ricky goes in search of Karen. Meanwhile, Mary bails her son out of jail and encourages Frank to seek help from a therapist. Karen renews a few old acquaintances at the strip club where she used to work. Under cross-examination, Dara forces Lucy and Jamal into giving damaging testimony against their mutual friend. Later, Jack reveals under oath how Livvie confessed to lacing the candle with a psychotropic drug but Dara cleverly paints him as a vengeful ex-lover trying to smear his former girlfriend's name. Frank secretly retrieves his own file from Kevin's office. Confronted by an irate Ricky at the club, Karen insists she's exactly where she belongs. Kate drops a bombshell in the courtroom
