After Jim announces that he plans to run for Governor, Candace holds the affair against Jim and threatens to reveal the news to the media. Hanna is shocked when she discovers an eviction notice on her door.

The episode was rated 7.64 from 140 votes.

Wyatt is shocked to learn that his reckless driving while high is responsible for the death of a little girl and putting a man (Benny) in the hospital. Jim plans to orchestrate a cover-­up—that is, if he can find the car, Jeffery's black sedan. Meanwhile, Jeffery observes some disturbing behavior from Amanda and tries to warn Candace about Amanda's mental state, divulging that she is bipolar and borderline schizophrenic. Amanda soon spirals out of control and begins stalking the professor that raped her. At the courthouse, Jim and David meet with their potential campaign manager, who shares with them the community's outrage about the hit-and-run accident. After she exits, David learns that the campaign is in jeopardy when Jim reveals that Wyatt was the perpetrator of the heinous crime. Across town at the county hospital, Hanna waits for Benny's prognosis. There, she runs into Tony and discovers that he is undergoing treatment for kidney failure and is looking for a donor.

The episode was rated 7.65 from 105 votes.

After all the issues going on around her, Amanda tries to commit suicide after an altercation with Candace sets her over the edge. Katheryn shames Candace directly after Jim reveals the affair.

The episode was rated 7.68 from 120 votes.

Jim falls into Candace's vindictive trap once again and David is irked by the fact that Jim is unable to control himself; Celine becomes jealous and envious of Hanna; Veronica confronts Candace.

The episode was rated 7.68 from 134 votes.

After her secret is reveled, Katheryn tells everyone what she really knows about Jim's secret activities. Jeffery finally discloses his love for Wyatt.

The episode was rated 7.68 from 97 votes.

Katheryn tells everyone that she is leaving for vacation but that information turns out to be false. Veronica agrees to work on Benny's case. Wyatt is shocked when a previous girlfriend shows up. Jim receives the news that Amanda and Candace have moved into an apartment together.

The episode was rated 7.69 from 108 votes.

Maggie, Jim and David hold a gathering at campaign headquarters, and when Jeffery arrives, he is surprised to find that his new love interest, Landon, is the publicist for the campaign. However, things really heat up when Candace crashes the party and tries to extort money from the Cryers. Fed up with her games, Jim sets a plan in motion to end her meddling for good. Meanwhile, Hanna sits in jail, mourning the loss of her son. She learns that Tony had her arrested, accusing her of moving Benny without power of attorney. Hanna is confused by this accusation until a conversation with Katheryn reveals that she had Benny moved to a private hospital. As they talk, Katheryn learns of Hanna's incarceration and pulls some strings to get her out. Unfortunately, Hanna has already named Wyatt as the hit-and-run driver the police have been looking for, and Katheryn's son is arrested. Finally, Amanda exacts her revenge on professor Cannon by stabbing him in the back during his afternoon jog.

The episode was rated 7.69 from 106 votes.

As Katheryn is helping Hanna get out of jail, Wyatt is arrested for the hit-and-run of a little girl and Benny. Katheryn is devastated to learn that Hanna turned Wyatt in, but Hanna tells her that she will not sacrifice Benny for Wyatt, no matter how much Katheryn's helped him. Furious, Jim tells Hanna that he will not be accepting her apology when she discovers she's wrong about Wyatt being the hit-and-run driver. After some thought, though, Katheryn tells Jim that they should just let Wyatt pay for what he's done instead of protecting him. Then, after a dramatic day at the campaign office, David and Veronica continue to disagree about Jeffery's sexual orientation, and Jeffery still struggles with his own identity. Elsewhere, Candace realizes that she is in a fight for her life when she is given an ultimatum by her captors. Meanwhile, Hanna is given hope at Mercy Hospital when Benny's new doctor tells her that her son is demonstrating slight brain activity.

The episode was rated 7.75 from 106 votes.

Katheryn panics when she discovers that Amanda has left the estate with a strange man. At campaign headquarters, a suspicious new staffer named Carlos joins the Cryer campaign. Later, Jim tells David that Wyatt will be rearrested at some point and also updates him on Candace. David assures Jim that Veronica is holding on to the car to manipulate Jeffery but won't hand it over to the police. At Jeffery's apartment, he and Melissa have an awkward conversation when he returns home the day after their date. Tensions rise when Candace shows up asking Jeffery to let her hide out at his place until things cool off. At the Cryer mansion, Amanda invites her new boyfriend, Quincy, to dinner for dubious reasons. Then, District Attorney Jennifer Sallison arrives to rearrest Wyatt based on Hanna's testimony, but Jim refuses to surrender his son and warns Jennifer to quit while she's ahead. Then, Tony visits Hanna's house at Benny's request, and Candace drops a bombshell on her mother and brother.

The episode was rated 7.76 from 94 votes.

Veronica collects enough evidence to send it off to David, which in turn exposes the conspiracy. Katheryn gets nervous when her secret almost goes public.

The episode was rated 7.76 from 107 votes.

Candace is relieved after she gets released from her debacle with the kidnappers, until she returns home to find all of her possessions gone at Jim's bidding. Meanwhile, a slightly drunk Jeffery reluctantly has unprotected sex with his mother's blind date candidate, Melissa. Confused and upset, Jeffery pays a late-night visit to Landon at the Sarandon Hotel. While Benny is getting discharged from Mercy Hospital, Hanna talks with the district attorney and detective working on Benny's case. The detective says he never met Byron Marshall and Hanna starts to believe that her friend may not be who he claims. Amanda continues to show unsettling behavior in her parents' house. Finally, when Veronica goes to the Sarandon Hotel to make amends with David—until she sees him coming out of a hotel room with Maggie.

The episode was rated 7.78 from 106 votes.

Just as Wyatt is about to be rearrested by District Attorney Jennifer Sallison and the police in the Cryer home, a news report comes on the television about the infamous hit-and-run that killed a local girl: A man named Norman Hewens has turned himself in for the crime, seemingly clearing Wyatt's name. Jim has played his ace in the hole, and the DA and the police leave empty-handed, foiled again. Meanwhile, Benny must play mediator between his mother and his sister after Candace reveals the horrible fate that befell her son. Later, Amanda has a session with a psychiatrist and expresses her frustration with her family. Then, Jim gets a visit from Celine's son, Carlos, who levels the would-be governor with a stunning disclosure: Jim is his father.

The episode was rated 7.79 from 85 votes.

Jeffery tells his parents that he's gay. Hanna discloses that Tony is actually Benny's father. Candace informs Amanda that her parents are keeping her inheritance.

The episode was rated 7.81 from 103 votes.

David is put in a precarious position when Maggie invites him to her room after a few drinks, but he resolves to stay out of his house because Veronica still refuses to divulge the whereabouts of Jeffery's car. Later, Veronica is rattled when Quincy breaks in to her bedroom in the middle of the night. The ex-con also works Amanda in order to gather more information about what Candace has been up to. Meanwhile, Katheryn and Jim are furious when they learn that Tina and Michael saw Wyatt at Lizzie's grave site, and they plan to get their son out of town. Then, Benny flirts with his nurse, Darlene, Michael makes a move of his own on Hanna, and Jeffery and Melissa go out on their first date. Elsewhere, Jim's plan to save Wyatt comes together when he finds ex-con Norman Hewens, aka Bolo, and convinces him to take the fall. Finally, the Malones drive Candace to the middle of nowhere for nefarious reasons.

The episode was rated 7.82 from 107 votes.

Hanna is overjoyed as Benny finally wakes up from his coma and makes astounding progress in recovery. He also reconnects with an old classmate who has been caring for him in the hospital. After Wyatt is released from jail, he contemplates his mistakes and goes to visit the grave of Lizzie, the little girl he killed, where he is recognized by the girl's mother as the hit-and-run driver. David continues to be supportive of Jeffery and attempts to understand his life by talking with Landon. However, David encounters another personal problem when Maggie oversteps her professional boundaries. Meanwhile, Quincy, the father of Candace's child, shows up at Candace and Amanda's apartment, and Amanda discovers that Candace's past is more of an enigma than she thought. Elsewhere, Jim pays the still-captive Candace a visit and gives her a final chance to save her life.

The episode was rated 7.85 from 100 votes.