Christy (Anna Faris) has gone back to school and is pursuing her dream of becoming a lawyer, while Bonnie (Allison Janney) attempts to have a healthy romantic relationship with her fiancé, Adam (William Fichtner).

Through it all, Christy and Bonnie rely on their support system from AA, including the wise Marjorie (Mimi Kennedy), the wealthy and sometimes misguided Jill (Jaime Pressly), and the overly emotional Wendy (Beth Hall).

Elsewhere, Natasha asks Christy's help to find her a job so she can get Emily back, while Jill is feeling depressed and has gained a lot of weight.

Meanwhile, Christy is assigned a younger partner named Cooper (Michael Angarano) for a law school project, and the two soon become romantically involved.

Absent: William Fichtner as Adam Bonnie injures both ankles when she accidentally steps off a curb while talking on her cell phone with Christy.

After inviting herself and Christy to the dinner meeting, Bonnie learns that Adam and Patrick have been at odds for years over business and emotional issues.

As Christy tries to figure out where her relationship with Patrick is going now that he's returning home to Santa Cruz, the girls learn from Marjorie that Victor had a stroke and is in the hospital.

With Marjorie and Wendy's help, they locate a seller for the stolen contents through Craigslist, only to find Mary, one of their fellow meeting attendees, living there.

Bonnie intends to force him to get sober and go to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, but Ray insists that he gets cleaned up his way and stays with Adam, only to resort to using cocaine again.

Absent: Jaime Pressly as Jill Although she still wants to make the long-distance relationship with Patrick work, Christy hooks up with Cooper after running into him at school.

Absent: Jaime Pressly as Jill Christy travels to Santa Cruz to surprise Patrick and tell him that she wants to start a real relationship, but their attempts to be physical together fall flat.

Absent: William Fichtner as Adam Jill's everyday relapses cause a strain in Christy and Patrick's relationship when the latter arrives over the weekend to celebrate his 54th birthday.

First appearance of: Kristen Johnston as Tammy Absent: William Fichtner as Adam Christy finds a new sponsor named Nora (Yvette Nicole Brown) after seeing Marjorie lose her temper at a deli clerk in the grocery store and later having a heated argument with her at a women's spa day.

Bonnie first refuses to do her job out of petulance and fear that she'll be doing menial labor for the rest of her life, but actually begins working hard after heeding advice from Marjorie and Christy.

During a stop for ice cream, a police officer notices there are no plates on the car and later arrests Bonnie for having over $2000 in unpaid parking tickets.