A new client comes to Jennifer with a case involving child custody and wife-beating. Arthur copes with his father's displeasure when he learns Arthur has resigned from Carson and Carson and is working for Jennifer. Meanwhile Godfrey tries to get Arthur to rejoin the firm. Sarah decides she'd like to move in to the Godfrey Carson house on a permanent basis and Jennifer agrees to let her stay with her grandfather until the accommodation problems at Vic's have been resolved.